Newspapers are all wallowing in Shit Creek and Paddles R Us has gone out of business. The Internet has murdered print media, punters read it on the phone and advertisers no longer see the point. Right?Not exactly. Not according to Carnegie UK Trust and Co-operatives UK.This week they ran a meeting designed ultimately to inspire […]
170/365 my family and other animals
169/365 fancier, not necessarily brighter
On the ceiling of the Grand Central Hotel Glasgow. I was on the way back from the Co-operatives UK and Carnegie UK Trust’s session on community-owned local media. There was much food for thought, but my head’s too full right now. If you can stand the suspense I’ll bring the best thoughts up tomorrow. […]
168/365 what happens when you unplug everything?
That’s my lovely Twitter hashtag mug, a secret Santa pressie from a secret Facebook group. It’s the picture of the day because I’m still recovering from two whole days off-line and out of range. We were on Tiree for the weekend. And the little Hebridean island is beyond the reach of my mobile signal, and […]
167/365 Happy Fathers’ Day
166/365 Skerryvore Lighthouse – heaven or hell
Far away you can just make out the Skerryvore Lighthouse and, to the right, waves breaking on the reef The signal tower – the means of communicating with the lighthouse Lighthousemen’s houses at Hynish This weekend on Tiree our digs were in one of the buildings that used to make up the settlement that built […]