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Nick Clegg, tuition fees and the maths that don't add up 29 Nov 2010 | 12:27 am
On the subject of the university student tuition fees increase, Nick Clegg writes in today's Screws that 'one in four graduates will end up paying back less overall than they do at the moment.' Well,...
Publish and be damned? Er, not quite 27 Oct 2010 | 07:04 am
It’s become a regular feature in newspapers. Small boxes of print, often buried towards the back, with someone’s name and the words: ‘An Apology’, usually followed by something along the lines ‘On 5th...
The stroke that nearly floored me 26 Oct 2010 | 09:41 am
I’m at work, of course. I’ve been working ridiculously long days, trying to help get a magazine out. Sometimes I’ve started work at 8am and got home at midnight, without a proper break. Sometimes I’ve...
Two sides to every story 25 Oct 2010 | 04:31 am
It’s not all beer and skittles, this online life. One of the most difficult things to come to terms with, I think, is that if you raise your head above the parapet, people think they can publish what ...
Now this really is a scandal 24 Oct 2010 | 11:02 pm
For those of us who have known people with cancer, we know all too well that time is of the essence when you're trying to fight this awful disease. Now the Government scrapped plans to speed up tests ...
Enough already! 28 Jun 2010 | 05:56 am
I don't usually write this kind of post, and I promise you it's a one off. But after the events of the past week I feel something needs to be said. So, I've been blogging for over a year now, both he...
What price anonymity? 8 Mar 2010 | 08:52 am
Two years ago I interviewed a mum from the North of England whose husband had been charged with sexual assault. It transpired that he had in fact been having an affair with the alleged victim who had,...
Murder in Albert Square 28 Dec 2009 | 09:49 am
Rosebud was his sled. Or rather it wasn't because this was Archie Mitchell, not Citizen Kane, even though he was nursing a snowglobe for much of his final hour in Albert Square. Meanwhile the list of ...
Sorry Ma'am, just grin and bear it 6 Dec 2009 | 10:21 pm
A well-known family has complained about paparazzi intrusion into their personal lives and have asked to be left alone at Christmas, citing the Press Complaints Commission Code and insisting that shot...
A Letter to my 16-year-old self 3 Dec 2009 | 04:08 am
This post is in response to a writing workshop suggestion by Josie at Sleep is for the Weak Dear Liz, The New Romantic look is Not A Good Look. Ditto the Princess Di. Try to find your own style and ...
