Tag Archives: Journalism
November 21, 2011 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 [...]
Tags: Denmark, End-times, Journalism, Middlesbrough, Radio, Scotland, Students
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November 16, 2011 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 [...]
Tags: Alcohol, Drugs, gore, hospital, Journalism, needles, Students
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November 7, 2011 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 [...]
Tags: Britain, Journalism, Middlesbrough, Politics
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November 6, 2011 Vikings, Lego and Bacon (2005)
Back in the day – when I still regarded Journalism as attainable a vocation as Astronaut or Ghostbuster – I met a beautiful girl who, rather than take me to bed, distracted me by introducing me to her father. He was the editor of the soon to be defunct second local paper of a small [...]
Tags: Britain, Denmark, Journalism, Strawberry
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November 4, 2011 Nanny and the State
Nora Saunders was born in 1926. Her daughter quips that in that time she’s buried three servicemen – succeeding where the nazis and North Koreans failed. My Nan used to be a real hard arse. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s seven years ago and soon after was put on the partially sighted list. Her second [...]
Tags: Britain, Journalism, Politics, Portsmouth
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November 3, 2011 Sir Stuart Bell. End of the Party?
We have been learning much about the right way an elected official should behave. Sir Stuart Bell, Labour MP for Middlesbrough since 1983, seems to be teaching by bad example; the polar opposite of what his constituents expect and deserve. Not only is Bell’s presence largely absent in the Houses of Parliament – his figures [...]
Tags: Britain, Journalism, Middlesbrough, Politics
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November 3, 2011 Lizards and Earthquakes
‘Flash photography from the start,’ warns the news anchor. Cut to Wills and Kate in a garish photo opportunity: a UNICEF centre in Copenhagen. There was once a time I’d get home from the pub with a lady in tow or perhaps a large kebab. These days, it’s oatcakes and the news. Our hopelessly cheesy [...]
Tags: Alcohol, Britain, Denmark, End-times, Journalism, Politics, Radio
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November 2, 2011 The Doubt of the Benefit
‘Have you done any work in the last two weeks?’ she asks, her gaze boring into you as if to flush out any deceit. ‘No,’ you say, not mentioning the night shift you’re on tonight, or yesterday spent helping dig the foundations for Craig’s extension for a fiver an hour, cash in hand. A few [...]
Tags: Alcohol, Books, Journalism, Portsmouth
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October 27, 2011 TV Review: Hillsborough Disaster Debate
Inside Out, North West. BBC One, 19.30 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 There are a few news stories that I remember from my early childhood, events so huge that despite barely comprehending them I couldn’t fail to be moved by the public outcry. There were the strikes and riots synonymous with Thatcher’s Britain, together with atrocities [...]
Tags: Hillsborough, Journalism, Politics, TV
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November 11, 2011 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 [...]
Tags: Britain, End-times, Journalism, Politics