Post-Election: May’s Day of Dismay – 9 June 2017
After the surprise election, the shock results. Andrew Burdett rounds up the political events that led to a hung parliament and Theresa May’s humiliation.
After the surprise election, the shock results. Andrew Burdett rounds up the political events that led to a hung parliament and Theresa May’s humiliation.
AB Productions / Today / Video
Trying to get well-framed shots was much harder than I’d been expecting. Leaning right up against the window, I did my best to anticipate what we were about to pass, focus up, and get a second’s worth of video before we flew by.
The Apprentice returned this evening, with the usual mix of stuck-up candidates, witty voiceovers, and stunning aerial shots of London. Here, my Twitter round-up from tonight’s episode.
Whenever there’s a big news story, everyone flocks like vultures to somehow be a part of it. Witness, in the aftermath of Mandela’s death (yes, that again…), every political leader from Cameron to Mike...
Family / Summer 2013 / Today
I wrote on the last day of last month about the greatness of the preceding weeks. Today being 30 September, it’s perhaps apt to reflect on this month. In essence, September’s been an enormous contrast...
Every Sunday night, around this time, I quietly sit alone and reflect on the week that is ending. The conversations I’ve had, jokes I’ve been told, things I’ve read, videos I’ve seen, radio I’ve listened to. All that kind of thing. Here I share a link to webpage that made me smile.
“MAGGIE DEAD”, screamed The Sun. “REJOICE!”, cried the Socialist Worker. “Margaret Thatcher: 1925–2013”, led The Times, The Telegraph, and The Independent with rather more dignity. News last Monday of the death of the former...
London 2012 / Photos / Today
We’ve won the fight, scored the goal, and hit our target. And other such clichéd phrases under the strained semantic field of success in sport, to show our satisfaction at being able to claim...
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