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Monthly Archives: November 2011

28/11/11 Video Killed the Radio Star

I’ve decided to put my stratospheric rise to the peak of radio broadcasting on hold for the time being. Perhaps I’ll go back to it once the NCTJ exams are out of the way or perhaps it’s not the right medium for me. There was the feeling that I was just one slip of the [...]

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24/11/11 God is in the Radio

My Mother once said to me, “You can go to Australia on your own but you can’t go down the corner shop.” I find that succinct in a way no GP, shrink or bar-room confidant as yet has managed. I can’t seem to get out of this slump but the show goes on around me [...]

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23/11/11 The Press: Articulating our Rage or Skullfucking our Souls?

Another devil’s advocate exercise; this one weighing the pros and cons of a free press. Mark Lewis, speaking at today’s Leveson inquiry had far more intelligent, insightful things to say on the matter. This kind of writing is good fun but can also be quite confusing; I often need to take a step back to reaffirm my beliefs [...]

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21/11/11 Our Rock is an Alcoholic and We are Happy-Hour. Part Two

“In 2010 the world emitted 30.6 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide. If you want to know how big 30.6 gigatonnes is, look at your children and imagine them dying from skin cancer and lack of water, and then stop asking stupid questions and just do your fucking recycling.” – Frankie Boyle, Work! Consume! Die! I’ve spent [...]

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16/11/11 1 – Giving Blood

An experiment was carried out to illustrate the effects of blood loss on the efficacy of prescription opioids and Tennessee sour mash whiskey. I’ve been terrified of needles since as far back as I can remember – one of my earliest memories is being wheeled screaming down a dimly lit corridor into theatre to have my adenoids pulled out by [...]

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12/11/11 Svineriet: Pages 11-24

1 Pete watches the boy through the open doorway, he watches that hard-done-by streak of piss poncing around in the kitchen like he owns the fucking place, making himself a cup of tea, thinking he’s being sly but he’s not, oh no. Didn’t ask him if he wanted a hot-drink though did he, selfish cunt. [...]

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12/11/11 The EU: Commission, Council and Parliament

The European Commission Role: The commission, formed in 1951, is the primary institution for initiating EU policy.

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11/11/11 About Me (2008)

A couple of years ago I was studying Multimedia Design and Communication. A prerequisite was a personal web-site containing an e-portfolio. All that code is redundant now but for posterity’s sake here is the content from the old ‘About Me’ page. Please understand that at the time the side effects of my pills were quite, [...]

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11/11/11 Insurrection Lite

Playing Devil’s Advocate to the English Riots   Three The August 2011 riots of England and Wales were perpetrated by mindless thugs hell-bent on violent assault, the destruction of property and opportunistic theft. The terror and anarchy that spread from the capital to other UK cities may have started as a peaceful protest against the [...]

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07/11/11 Middlesbrough – a City at Heart

Middlesbrough has today launched its bid to be Britain’s newest city. In 2010, the Government announced that a new city would be created as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations next year. Many locals feel that there’s a real chance that 2012 will prove to be third time lucky in its bid for official [...]

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