A loyal Times reader, Blade read with interest film maker Edgar Wright’s tribute to the late Edward Woodward, which appeared on page 4 of the paper on Tuesday. He is concerned to note, however, that Wright is not happy about the appearance of the piece, which was apparently lifted without permission from his blog.
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Hats off to the man thus far known only as Darren, who solved Belle de Jour’s identity six years ago but then resolved to keep it secret. Not only that, Darren also alerted Belle to the fact that the Mail was on her trail, after setting up a “Googlewhack” of Belle de Jour and Brooke [...]
We celebrate the news that the High Court has dismissed two ‘weak’ libel actions. We welcome the Free Speech is not For Sale campaign to reform Britain’s libel laws. We believe in Article 10 and freedom of expression. But we fear that Roy Greenslade, writing on the foregoing in the Guardian, is guilty of a [...]
To no one’s great surprise, Times editor James Harding confirms that from spring 2010 News International will charge for a digital edition of the paper. Harding says that while the Times enthusiastically embraced ‘the culture of free’ this policy had its downsides: “Historically, newspapers have treated their best customers worst and their worst customers best… [...]
Our peripatetic scribe, Alex Wade, drops us a line about… Swindon. Granted, the place is in the news, poised as it is to become the UK’s first wi-fi town, but could there really be anything to say beyond an indifferent ‘well done, Swindon’? Read on for an unexpected eulogy.
Swindon is much derided. If memory serves [...]
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Πλάτων, Greek philosopher.