Gold! Gold! Gold!
Apparently, the word “gold” is now verboten if used in advertising. As is summer, silver, bronze, sponsors or London. How the fucking, fuckitty fuck did […]
Month: July 2012
The End for Paper Maps?
Nick Higham asks the question. Much as I like to use satnavs when riding or driving, I still like a paper map when route planning. […]
Attention Deficit?
Over the years, I’ve noticed a number of trends in differing trainees. Usually, this is differences in age groups. Young learners are used to absorbing […]
Circumcision Ruling in Germany – the Fallout
One of the fairly predictable outcomes of the recent decision by a German court that infant circumcision for cultural or religious reasons constitutes bodily harm was […]
Stuff Your Choice Architecture
Groan writers, statist and authoritarian to the core do not see the problem with Michael Bloomberg’s use of the nudge to persuade New Yorkers to […]
Apparently I am not British
Those of us who did not support Andy Murray at Wimbledon are not British according to Michael Deacon. Wimbledon 2012: if you didn’t support the […]
Zero Tolerance for Cyclists
I have mixed feelings about this one. Police have begun a “zero tolerance” crackdown on cyclists using pavements in parts of Cardiff. On the one […]
What a Banker
Red Ed wants the banks to be spilt up and sold to new incomers, apparently. In a speech on Monday, the Ed Miliband will reinforce […]
I Don’t Think So
This idea is as stupid and unlikely to succeed as freedom fries. A Conservative peer has suggested that bank holidays should be renamed in response […]