Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
As the BBC announces it’s to hack away at its multi-service broadcast offering, I’m left wondering whether the Beeb is hoping to drum-up protest from sympathetic fans in a bid to secure its future.
6 Music is probably the most controversial station to be axed. Although it has a relatively small ...
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
As a predominately female team, the Peppermints were horrified to see headlines in one national paper suggesting that Denise Van Outen had been stripped of her presenting role on ‘Over the Rainbow’, simply for being pregnant. A stream of angry comments ensued, but our frustrations were redirected as we continued ...
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Thank goodness the BBC is ditching its misguided attempt to ‘funk up’ its long-standing institution, Gardeners’ World. The Beeb has pulled off the unenviable double-whammy of alienating its core Gardeners’ World audience whilst simultaneously failing to excite a younger demographic.
OK, so I can’t claim to be amongst the programme’s most ...
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
This week will mark the fifth anniversary of a crucial piece of Labour legislation – one which has single-handedly provided some of the decade's most shocking and widely read news stories.
On New Year's Day 2005, the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act was introduced across all levels of the public sector, ...
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Is it me, or is The Apprentice getting a little dull? I watched the programme last night – although I must admit I’ve not seen the whole series – and I felt like I wanted Sir Alan to turn round and sack the lot of them. The arrogance and childish ...
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