Proving that boys do sing Boy Three is something of a music fan. From behind me in the car he will yell his approval or otherwise of whatever choons Radio Two is pumping out on our journey to nursery.He often asks who’s doing the singing. Perhaps he compares notes with his little chums over snack […]
Where are all the role models for women in newspapers?
I’m rather pleased to be featured on All Media Scotland. I’ve written about citizen journalism and how ‘real’ journalists should work with them. (We need a new phrase here – the opposite to citizen journalism. Suggestions: professional journalists, trained journalists or sell-out journalists?)Anyhow, apart from a little showy off that’s not the point of this […]
The case study request that made me bang my head off the desk repeatedly
Questions from an encounter with a pretty boy
Last week two of my oldest friends and I met in a trendy city restaurant for one of our infrequent catch ups. Fair is foul, and foul is fair:Hover through the fog and filthy air.Just getting that in before the Panther of News does.So there we were swapping news and enjoying each others’ company – […]
Who would stop a little boy wearing a tutu?
The childminder dropped Boy Three off today, he’d had a good day. “I hope you don’t mind, but he was dressing up… he was wearing a pink sparkly ballet tutu.” Why on earth would I mind? “Some people are strange about it,” she explained. Now this is an entirely sensible childminder of twenty plus years […]