Ex-BBC journalist and media law/journalism teacher, taking time out to walk, run, dance, help wildlife, chase ambitions, and confront ADHD discrimination.
Warwickshire, UK
Joined March 2009
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Sigh. I remember when it was all beards, beer and bashing sticks, with a sing-song in the bar to finish. Seriously, is traditional English #morris dancing becoming too corporate?
According to the Guardian website, the US Senate has passed a hate crime bill that is anti-Asian. Or did I mis-read that?
At first, I thought it rather funny to find myself way out in the Warwickshire countryside, #running on a recycled articial sports pitch. On reflection: weird, but probably not funny. #plasticwaste
My new word for the festive season: Santasmagorical - something with a dreamlike, fantastical, unreal, deceptive, or shifting appearance, a red coat and a long white beard. Sadly the Sydney Morning Herald got there first, in 1968. Sigh.
A serious issue, but I'm not sure @BBCNews has thought through the logic of this promo on its home page. How about: How do you lip-read people in facemasks?
Pond dug in lockdown in a south Warwickshire village garden, and filled in the rains of June 2020. And today, a new visitor. Should I be excited, @WKWT? vimeo.com/443400382
A nice new take on a classic of journalistic wisdom, and why it's no longer news that "Trump just did a rally and he said a bunch of crazy stuff." From @chrislhayes of MSNBC, via @cjr: cjr.org/special_report/2020-…
Any journalism student who uses "ululate" when they mean "cry" will be given a reason to do either. (I don't mean this literally). This infographic purports to teach good writing style. Grrr.
Simon and Garfunkel unwittingly anticipating political reality in the digital age, 50 years ago. Radio 4 has been playing The Boxer this morning and the lyrics seemed aposite.
Was it really appropriate for @BBCWorld to put this fun-looking explainer on a story about people dying on a volcano? bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50…
