Is it just me, or has this furore over Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross prank calling Andrew Sachs’ answerphone on a radio show been blown out of all proportion? Both men involved have apologised to Sachs, and that should be the end of it. Instead, they are now suspended from their BBC broadcasts, and Sachs’ […]
Glasgow Herald: Why the Pope Should Visit Ibrox: isn’t it obvious? The International Society of Flying Pig Watchers needs somewhere to hold their inaugural meeting. Harry Reid makes some sensible points, but let’s face it – it’s hardly going to happen, is it?
I’ve had a day to read and get used to The Observer in its Berliner format. It’s much easier to handle, much easier to read, and every writer seems almost painfully aware of the change. The quality of both the Guardian’s and Observer’s journalism is fantastic; now they have a great-looking platform from which to […]
Bit disappointed in John Naughton today … first he gets the year wrong for the first commercial SMS — it was 1992 regardless of when your phone supported it, John. Then, in today’s new spangly Berliner-format Observer, he states that the Internet was “developed between 1973 and 1983”. The first international connection — from the […]
Mothballed last year, the Observer Blog has returned in preparation for the Sunday newspaper’s relaunch into the Berliner format — the same process its stablemate The Guardian successfully went through in September 2005. newsdesigner.com has more details on the relaunch.
Well, here it is: Cute, isn’t it? You can read The Guardian free online until the 26th of September if you want to find out what it’s like without binning 60p. Shame they ditched the sans-serif masthead though … cf: The Guardian | BBC News | NewsDesigner.com
I was driving back from Andy’s earlier — gave him a lift home to Penilee after a chilled weekend with ade and qif — and I decided to stop in Asda for a couple of odds and sods. On the way out, I spotted a billboard beside the Tryst car park, announcing the new development […]
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