It is unlike The Sun to do anything quietly, but this morning saw an apparent end to the ‘star attraction’ of the controversial newspaper – a very unremarkable farewell to the infamous and downright demeaning Page 3 feature.
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A nation divided – to wear a poppy, or not?
With the ceramic poppies at the Tower of London aside, it seems a growing abundance of ‘poppy fascism’ has wickedly stolen the limelight from Remembrance Day more so this year than any other.
RIP Mick Deane
Today I woke up to the very sad news that Sky News cameraman Mick Deane has been shot dead whilst covering the violent protests in Cairo, Egypt. Deane had worked with Sky News for fifteen years and has been described by his colleagues as a “brilliant journalist” who was “as brave as a lion”.
“Music is art, and art is for all”
Today’s post is a sort of continuation from a small piece I wrote a couple of months ago called “Age isn’t a number in the world of radio”, discussing the ongoing battle between ageism and the BBC. Older fans of Radio 1 have recently been banished and booted out in the hope of lowering the age of the average listener, and in all honesty it’s a bit bloody unfair.
