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#365DaysOfBiking- May 20th - On my way home tonight, I hopped onto the canal... May 20, 2013
- May 20th - A small result. The bike racks at Birmingham New... May 20, 2013
- May 19th - Up on the north heath at Chasewater, something rather... May 19, 2013
- May 19th - A busy day at Chasewater. Linda Mason had posted some... May 19, 2013
- May 18th - A late evening run to the supermarket, and one of the... May 19, 2013
- May 18th - I’m hoping a linesman or electrical engineer... May 19, 2013
- May 17th - Interesting to note that the Wakeboarding company who... May 18, 2013
- May 17th - Spring wends onward, despite somewhat indifferent... May 18, 2013
- May 16th - Spring is here, too, at the verges, hedgerows and... May 17, 2013
- May 16th - A day without rain, for me at least, and quite... May 17, 2013
- May 15th - It was a dreadful commute on the way to the station... May 15, 2013
- May 15th - Today, I went to Redditch for the first time in more... May 15, 2013
- Bob’s music
- The Ad Libs – Nothing Worse Than Being Alone
- Ian Anderson – A Raft Of Penguins
- Peter Gabriel – On The Air
- Toots and The Maytals – Louie Louie
- Joe Jackson – Breaking Us In Two
- The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain – Macarthur Park
- Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster Jammin'
- Steve Miller Band – Take The Money And Run
- Shakira – Te Dejo Madrid
- Small Faces – Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
Tag Archives: New media
Stay pressed
In the wake of the continuing closure of local papers, this time in Cannock and South Staffordshire, there’s a very interesting article written by good friend of the Brownhills Blog, Stuart Williams, over at he is revitalised Bloxwich Telegraph. I … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Brownhills stuff, Express & Star, Fun stuff to see and do, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged Blowich Telegraph, Bloxidge Tallygraph, Brownhills, Cheap tat, Common people, Connect Cannock, Express & Star, Jayne Howarth, local blogs, local journalism, local press, New media, press decline, Stuart Williams, The Plastic Hippo, Twitter, Walsall, Walsall Observer, WV11
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No self interest there, then…
I was saddened to see today that a local newspaper for the Humberside area – The Hull Daily Mail – seems to have decided to launch a character assassination based hatchet job on the webmaster of a competing, free local … Continue reading
I have little to add, but…
Regular readers with sharp minds may remember that way back in August, I took umbrage at Express & Star columnist Peter Rhodes, following his smug, snide snipe about all this ‘new’ citizen journalism not being as diligent and honourable as … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Express & Star, Followups, It makes me mad!, Local media, Shared media, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged Bad Science, Ben Goldacre, Brownhills, citizen journalism, Daily Mail, Express & Star, local blogs, Local politics, New media, Peter Rhodes, Politics, Trafigura, Twitter
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