Rachel Johnson on Blogging
Via The Englishman; this comment from Rachel Johnson in the Times: I don’t get blogging. It’s not only that I’m reluctant to write for nothing. […]
Blogs & Blogging
The Webbys
Georgina Henry over at the Groan’s comment is twaddle thinks it should win a webby: Comment is free has been shortlisted for the second year […]
Oooh, a Troll
Looks like I have netted my first troll. So far, after blogging for nigh on four years, I’ve managed to escape the brain-dead numb-skulls of […]
Jackie Ashley and Identity Politics
Jackie Ashley complains – among other things – about the state of blogging. Again, I am speaking impressionistically, not scientifically: but has not the rise […]
Political Compass
Despite its relative lack of nuance, every so often I re-take the political compass test to see how I stand. It rarely varies. As is […]
Pompous Prig
Via Tim W and Tim at the Conservative Party Reptile, I am now (unfortunately) aware of Richard Murphy. I wish I wasn’t, but, I am. […]
Free Speech
I noticed when Justin first waded into the Archbishop of Canterbury firestorm, that he was jumping to conclusions (which, frankly, surprises me). He accused those […]
Madeleine Bunting Doesn’t Get It
Madeleine Bunting bemoans the state of civilisation today: Trivial personal anecdotes, you might say, with some justification. But what I saw at Edmonton bus station […]
The Things People Say
In the somewhat drawn out discussion that started an aeon ago with Jeremy Clarkson’s bank account, Urko quotes C S Lewis: “Of all tyrannies, a […]