Sales of the Telegraph will hit the stratosphere this weekend with the announcement that the paper is publishing a 64-page special supplement on MPs’ expenses. In the old days, the likes of Carter-Ruck, Schillings and David Price & Co would be gearing up to seek injunctions on behalf of many of our 646 MPs. This [...]
A sensible move to see justice done or a sad day for the British legal system? Either way, the excellently named Lord Judge’s decision that four men accused of a bungled multi-million pound armed robbery be tried without a jury has led to some seriously negative PR for British justice. Take a look at the [...]
Readers may recall that one of Swordplay’s scribes met with Alex Wade a week or so ago. The media lawyer turned writer and journalist had spent the morning meandering around his legal haunts of old, by way of research on a theme dear to his heart: what has become of the ‘lawyer with character’? By [...]
Our tireless attempt to communicate with clarity has been interrupted by a press release from a Tourist Board somewhere in the west of Britain. Its key offending line is: We all know the English summer is unseasonal, but don’t let that stop you from heading to the coast this weekend for the [X event]! Bring [...]
What to make of Mr Justice Eady’s ruling that bloggers are not entitled to preserve their anonymity? We ask because the question has a bearing on this very blog. Who is Blade? Who of those in the Swordplay labyrinth commits pen to paper, or, rather, words to WordPress? Would we disclose their identities, if we [...]
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Memo to would-be hacks: good writing is no longer a tool of your trade
Released almost a year ago, Spada’s groundbreaking research report, British Professions Today, is available for free download
This bank is so well designed that many of its staff never go home (allegedly)
In the latest of our series of white papers, Spada Research examines trends in environmental reporting.
After a raft of phone-hacking admissions and allegations, we are no longer seen as the gruff but dependable watchdog. Neville Thurlbeck, formerly of the News of the World (part of his Damascene conversion; to be continued).