Dive into the archives.
- Desmond’s “Nazi” tirade
A quite remarkable exclusive on Media Guardian today, concerning the behaviour of one of Britain’s newspaper moguls. Well - OK - he owns the dying, increasingly bizarre Daily Express, and the downmarket Star - but bear with me.
“Express owner Richard Desmond today launched an extraordinary tirade against Telegraph bosses at a meeting of their joint [...]
- 10 important things learned during a week off to revise for an exam
1/ Booking a train ticket on Thetrainline.com appears to be impossible.
2/ Booking a return to Swindon on thetrainline.com’s big rival, Qjump.co.uk, is an exercise in frustration.
3/ Indeed, while Qjump says it is “the faster way to buy train tickets online” this is presumably only in comparison to the aforementioned thetrainline.com, which is dysfunctional. Or unfunctionable. [...]
- The state we’re in
From Guardian Unlimited & PA this afternoon:
Internet bank Egg was criticised by the advertising watchdog today for encouraging people to get into debt and feign illness to skip work.
In an email newsletter promoting its services, the company began by asking: “Suffering from SAD (skint and depressed)? New Year’s Day’s come and gone. Resolutions made [...]
- The London Marathon and me
I’m delighted to learn that the London Marathon goes right past my door this Sunday. However, since I’m forbidden by doctors from running daft distances in silly costumes, I’ll just have to raise a glass at the Adam and Eve as the fit people sweat their way by. Shame, that.
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