Katie Price and I go back a long way. That’s not to say I’ve actually met the woman but I’ve read, written and edited enough words about her to stretch, well, a very long time. I always had sneaking admiration for someone who took nothing but brass neck and a pretty face and turned it […]
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 […]
Kate expectations: The pop princess and the commoner queen
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 […]
Kids and the news: it started with Maddie for us
How much news do you let your kids see or hear? My big Boys’ awareness of the current affairs world probably started when Maddie went missing. Her plight struck a chord with them. Now they read First News, watch Newsround and know what happened at the general election. In this house they don’t really get […]