I LIKE DRINKING LAGER. There I said it. Lager is – at its best – crisp and beautifully refreshing with a subtle flavour, a wonderful drink for the genuinely thirsty. I’m sure the related articles will show that I’ve made this […]

Branding expert Mark Ritson in Marketing magazine this week, in his article on the “Ten Branding Lessons” to be learned from ToTP’s demise.
 Brand naming is always more important later, rather than sooner. Yes, Top Of The Pops was […]

Something that would be banned if I WAS IN CHARGE: those radio and TV quizzes where there are three answers and two are obviously wrong, because there’s some law preventing people from just doing prize draws on TVs. Either change the law or bri[…]

You have to hand it to the Guardian. When it comes to dipping their toes into new media they pretty much out do all the other trad news sources in the UK, with on the BBC’s online content coming anywhere near close to navigability and comprehen[…]

Hello. You are probably here because this page, on a pop culture site, is #6 on searches for “porn” on Bing.
There is no porn here. There never was porn here. There used to be an article about how using the word ‘porn’ as a me[…]

I like Ken Loach, I do, but he don’t half like tragedy. Looking for a Loach film with a happy ending is like searching for an original idea in the head of a horror film producer. And whilst happy endings aren’t very realistic, and often s[…]

Courtesy of the koganbot comes notice of this new cyber-hang-out: paper thin walls. Key attraction for our patrons must be daily reviews of a reasonably varied assortment of tracks by a hand-picked squad of trig-friendly writers who’ve thrown a[…]

Websites as Graphs
Pretty java graphical representation of a website. The process of drawing is prettier than the result. Wish it told you more about what the nodes represent.[…]

That is, an excuse for a meta-post, and some dry technical info on nu-FT.
I am very impressed with WordPress – both with the internal architecture and the external functionality. The FT regulars have had to get used to a new way of writing with mor[…]

Beer Made From Arctic Icecap: Environmental transgressive thrill ahoy! screams that headline – modern day decadence to rival the Easter Island statues OR WHAT! Actually just a microbrewery with a good PR gimmick, inuit?[…]