Every now and then Blade encounters the “it was random” argument. This is used to explain vignettes in books and films, motifs in paintings and even counterpoint in music. It goes something like this: “So-and-so did not deliberately use such-and-such a word, or colour, or chord – it was an accident.”
Blade has little truck with [...]
Amid reports that certain guardians of linguistic propriety have launched a campaign to prohibit the use of the cliched formula “a wry smile” (as in, “He allowed himself a wry smile as the opposition crumbled”, or “In such circumstances of disquiet, not to say discombobulation, only a wry smile is permissible”), we cannot but summon [...]
Doubtless PleaseRobMe would contend that its service is creative, not curious. It might further add, to those who say that its name ought to deploy the verb “burgle” rather than “rob”, that language is Protean, not Procrustean. But we, who ply our trade in PR, are happy to dip, if only occasionally, into the hinterland [...]
The Press Complaints Commission – what is it good for?
We’re not sure. If ever there was a time for the PCC to show that it was not a toothless apparatchik of the press, ultimately interested only in acting for the good of its members, it was surely in connection with Jan Moir’s appalling article about [...]
Blade is intrigued by the idea that employers should charge for work experience.
Granted, it would bring in a little extra income. And in these perilous times, businesses need to be as left-field as Ryan Giggs (and as creative, too) to find new ways of bringing in revenue.
But to charge for work experience is also to [...]
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Πλάτων, Greek philosopher.