April 2006
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Comment is brilliant
Posted on Apr 08 2006 | Tagged as: Blogistan, Media
Of the discourse found on Blogs, there is as much comment on what newspaper columnists are saying as there is on what they are sayingit about: many bloggers prefer taking apart a columnist’s argument than generating commentary of their own. (Those that prefer the latter, and are good it at, are generally already breaking into […]
I now appear to have human rights
Posted on Apr 08 2006 | Tagged as: Politics, Work
The National Assembly for Wales decided it might be a good idea if we (the temporary staff) actually had some decent terms and conditions. Probably a PR thing so they look like a decent employer. So when the contract with their current recruitment agency, Acorn, came to an end, they allowed competition for the new […]
Misconceptions
Posted on Apr 01 2006 | Tagged as: Media, Culture
Perhaps this shouldn’t be called ‘Spanish’, but rather ‘Live a permanent beach holiday and remain completely ignorant of the culture of the country you’ve moved to’ magazine.
Along with most of the other 150,000 Brits in Spain.
Ironically, those Brits that have been living in Spain for two decades and think it’s clever that they couldn’t so […]
