London’s Lumiere event fail to light up some imaginations
HUNDREDS of thousands took to the streets of London over the weekend for ‘Lumiere’, an event that illuminated the capital with colourful light shows against…
Immigration lawyers set to benefit from Cameron’s language teaching proposal
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a £20 million project to teach English to Moslem women – backed by a threat to those on…
Lettuce pray
What is it about … … relatively expensive London restaurants that makes them so arrogant they think they can ignore vegetarians …? Last night, I…
Coverage of killing marred by newsroom cuts across regional newspapers
WHEN a man’s body was found after firefighters were called to a blazing rubbish bin in Leeds on Saturday evening in January, the effects of cuts…
French parliamentarian adds to copyright confusion
A GREEN party politician in France has come close to endorsing theft as a legitimate challenge to privatisation. Defending the online publication of the Diary…
Is Google ignoring the silver surfers?
After learning about the company’s creative campus, Matt Adams wonders whether the over-50s aren’t being left behind. GOOGLE has come under much attack – certainly…
‘Let me be the customer, please’
AT LEAST four six people were queuing – but the bank still had at least as many young staff standing around trying to exude self-importance…
Taking off – with air passengers’ cash
GO online to book a flight – and, if you’re using an airline website, you’d think that most of what you were paying to…
Clear communication means avoiding embarrassing exposure – especially online
If you don’t want to confuse your customers, avoid ‘windbag writing’ on your site. Adam Christie minds his Ps and Qs. WEBSITES display organisations’ weaknesses….
Who pays for those tempting low prices?
ASDA, the TV advert says, would like to thank all those who have kept prices down. Really? A certain buying power may, yes, bring economies…