There’s a cheque sitting on my desk – made out to me from News International. But if you think I’m going to tell you about a great dilemma or some kind of scandal, you’re wrong. It’s actually a very ordinary – even boring – thing. I’m a freelance journalist so, if I’m doing it right, […]
The Handbag Index: what’s it worth?
Some might say the currency of a happy marriage is love, patience and kindness. Some might even suggest it’s about passion and romance. Others even say it’s a form of domestic slavery where you swap supper and ironing for money. But here at the Palace of Bundance it’s handbags, shoes and, sometimes, shiny things in […]
Katie Price: make your Jordan mind up…
Please understand the dudgeon merchants of the Daily Mail
There can hardly be an internet-surfing tweeter/tweep/whatever in Britain who wasn’t sent a link yesterday to a story by the Daily Mail’s Jan Moir. Ooooh outrage. Before you run off to google it, I’ll tell you what she was on about. She was pouring bile on celebs who tweeted their sympathy for Amanda Holden at […]
Cambuslang man has to climb ladder to flush toilet
Once upon a time there was a young reporter and she was incredibly keen. She found the whole business of newspapers and ink and stories and that just about the most exciting thing, in the world, ever. How could anyone not want to be a journalist? Hmmmm.cue wiggly screen special effect to suggest end of […]