Hot on the heels of her appearance on stage at the Labour Party conference, Sarah Brown is being lauded as the potential saviour of her husband, a certain Gordon Brown, a man whose prospects of remaining in government following the next general election have long since been written off. But can Mrs Brown save the [...]
Blade was struck by this story from the FT, reporting on the uncertain political fate of Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion who retired from chess in 2005 to become the face of opposition to Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin. As a chess player of some ineptitude, Blade has the utmost admiration for Mr Kasparov. Confronted [...]
It is with regret that we pay tribute to Bill Bateson, the former sports editor of the News of the World, who died last week at his home in Truro, Cornwall. He was 73. Bateson was a legend on Fleet Street and in sports journalism. He worked at the NoW for 34 years, seeing it [...]
Renowned pedant, Richard Dixon of The Times, is in the Royal Parks Half-Marathon on October 11. He is thus soliciting sponsorship for the oft-unheralded but rather wonderful Article 25 charity, which sends architects and related specialists abroad where there is a need for decent buildings. Mr Dixon avows that he is planning to walk the [...]
Here’s an event we’d like to attend. The Advertising, Brands and Communications Cup is taking place today and tomorrow on the Solent, with crews getting that wild and blustery feeling as they compete on 40ft Beneteau yachts. The ABC Cup is in aid of Helen & Douglas House, the UK’s first children’s hospice, and its [...]
Is there a geek inside all of us?
Excellent Nike ad
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).