As I am writing this, actor, presenter, geek, conservationist and comedian extraordinaire Stephen Fry is stuck in a lift in London’s Centre Point. How do I know this? Well, he sent me a picture of course. That he sent this very same picture to 107,923 other people is neither here nor there. This image was distributed by Stephen Fry using his iPhone and Twitter. I have been following Stephen Fry using Twitter for around 4 months now, since he started [...]

Now that the UK is officially in a recession, what is interesting to see is how news organisations want us to visualise economic slowdown. When the Great Depression is mentioned, a lot of us would picture people walking around, in sepia, with mouth and brows arced downwards, like a sad clown. But where did this image come from? Television, most likely. Though this isn’t a new piece of imagery, call me crazy, but this is how I’ve always pictured it. An episode of the Simpsons is one example that [...]

To cement my position in the league of Welsh bloggers, I would like to offer a quick round-up of the news coming out of Wales in the first half of this week, flanked of course by a bit of my own banter. Traffic ban to stay in force despite appeals Cardiff’s St Mary Street will remain closed to private cars for at least another year – despite calls for the link to Cardiff Bay to be reopened. With work about [...]

This is a screenshot from the Heathrow airport website this afternoon, shortly after the incident described here. I think that the status ‘landed’ is an overstatement. They should use ‘It’s over there, somewhere’.

Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter, has been killed in an encounter with a Stingray off the coast of Queensland, Australia whilst filming a documentary. News reports say he was stung either through his heart or through the left side of his chest causing heart failure. Irwin is survived by his wife and colleague, Terri and their two young children, Bindi, 8 and Robert (Bob), 3. More than just an outlandish stuntman, Steve was a true environmentalist and wildlife conservationist. Ever an [...]