First they moved in on the cosy, not to say lucrative world of football agents, now they’re treading on the toes of the Beautiful Game’s literary brethren. Of whom do we speak? Why, Blacks LLP, of course.
We wrote of the Yorkshire firm’s involvement in Field, an innovative collective of lawyers, property experts, tax supremos and designers, as last year came to a close. Among other things, Field aims to bring what many observers would say is a much-needed professionalism into sportsperson management. A welcome development and a noble aim, but we didn’t expect Blacks to start doubling up as literary agents, too.
But that’s just what they’ve done. Led by Stephen Lownsbrough, Head of Sport, the Blacks’ team has brokered a no-holds-barred account of the ever-entertaining, not to say controversial, Wales’ star Robbie Savage’s life. The book, perhaps unsurprisingly entitled Savage!, will be published by Mainstream and is due out this autumn.
Savage welcomes the chance “to put the record straight” by writing his autobiography, which will, of course, appear only a few weeks after the suave Italian himself, one Fabio Capello, has led England to World Cup success. Whether Mr Capello is given a bonus by the FA in the form of a Lamborghini Murcielago – Savage’s conveyance of choice – remains to be seen.
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Something remarkable happened today. Yes, the Supreme Court launched its Twitter feed. It even has a Twitter policy, one of caveats, disclaimers and little by way of illumination but regardless: who would have thought that the successor body to the House of Lords would stoop to engage with the world of tweets, hashtags and retweets?
We look forward to the day when court business will be conducted via Twitter. Meantime, check out this link for an excellent blog on the Supreme Court.
So Farewell, then, Sir Fred Goodwin.
Now you are just Fred.
Not Right Said Fred, but plain Fred.
The Forfeiture Committee did for you.
No one had heard of it before,
But Dave said it had to act, and it did.
Trouble is that no one knows what to think.
Is it ‘Alas, poor Fred‘,
Or ‘Hurray! Sir Fred is dead!’?
We don’t know.
Do you?
By A. Mob, aged 1,378 and a half.
STOP PRESS:
Fed up with being stuck on the Thames in south-east England, London yesterday decided to move. In a dramatic gesture which augurs ill for the Olympics, the city upped sticks and relocated to East Anglia.
Lawyers were not consulted about the move, and the city’s precise motivation remains unclear. However, financiers fear that London’s decision is a sign that it wishes to downsize. Moreover, a source from London said: “We no longer want to be Britain’s seat of power. If the Scots can deregulate, why can’t we? East Anglia is a nice place where nothing happens. It’s time for a quiet life. Please respect our right to privacy.”
Elsewhere, Birmingham did not do anything, but Manchester was seen to be packing its bags. “There’s an opportunity for us,” said Manchester. “We can become London.”
East Anglia said: “We don’t mind. It’ll be refreshing to be associated with something other than fens and flatness.”
A cartologist at CNN, which broke the extraordinary news, was later fired.
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).