Jesse Thomas uploaded a new video presentation recently, explaining the state of the internet in statistics form. If you’re a sucker for this kind of thing, which I am, and have nothing else to do on a Sunday bar a Carling Cup final to watch then it’s worth watching. Some are suggesting that these stats [...]
Entries from February 2010
26/02/2010
Are the Tories crippling the BBC?
So I got home last night from London after attending the Future Of News Meetup. I was pretty tired and relaxed and about to play Football Weekly Extra and then I saw Chris Addison go completely beserk on Twitter about 6 Music, the BBC’s ‘alternative’ digital radio station. Why? Because the BBC might be axing [...]
25/02/2010
February’s Future of News Meetup
I’m in London tonight for the second official Future of News Meetup. It should be pretty good if the last one was anything to go by. With all hope that luck is on my side, I’ll be tweeting from the meetup itself with others (follow me here if you aren’t doing so already). If you [...]
21/02/2010
BAFTA Film Awards 2010
No live blogging this year, but instead here is my list of predictions for all the categories:
BEST FILM: The Hurt Locker
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM: An Education
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER: Duncan Jones (Director – Moon)
BEST DIRECTOR: Lone Scherfig (An Education)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Up
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: In The Loop
BEST FILM NOT IN THE [...]
20/02/2010
The Bubble
This was fantastic last night. Basically, the premise of The Bubble is that three celebrities are locked away for four days without any knowledge of what is going on in the outside world (no telephones, no internet, no TV, no radio etc.). They then get whisked away to a TV studio where David Mitchell asks [...]
