24 May 2017
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Part 2: Pondering the lies in British journalism and the aftermath of the Manchester attack
The old gentleman who accosted me last week, accusing journalists of ‘telling lies’ is partly right, but not for the reason he believes. Earlier this week, I was reading an op-ed by Brian Cathcart in Byline.com about the lack of concern UK journalists are displaying about our failing democracy. It was a bloody uncomfortable read.…
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In which I am accosted by an old major on the virtues of Trump
My maternal grandmother had a sharp and witty tongue, I am told. I don’t remember her – she died when I was 18 months old – but I could have done with her sharp tongue on a particular occasion last week. I often work in coffee shops. I’m more productive in a setting other than…