Today is technically my last day in paid employment. At some point during its course, I hope that the University of Sheffield will be sending
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Can US media survive being gagged by Trump?
Trump’s turning on the mainstream media in the US. Much of it is to be banned from the White House. How can US democracy survive
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The Washington Post abandons press impartiality
Unsurprisingly, Jeff Bezos of Amazon and the Washington Post still uses Twitter: He used his Twitter account to post this yesterday: The deluded mindset of
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Country mouse goes to London
I spent the day in London today instead of visiting a bird reserve. The Royal Academy was our initial destination, to meet our elder son.
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Yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life
Yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life. That comment needs explanation. What happened yesterday, for the first time since I began
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Polls don’t always work
Despite the result of polls both here and on YouTube that suggested I should concentrate on educational-style videos, I still put out yesterday’s on the
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Black water
Why am I sharing this? It came up on my YouTube, and I love people dedicated to doing something really well without mega-resources but with
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What would you like me to make videos about?
The reason why I thought of asking on this blog whether more polls might be popular is because the response to those we have put
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More polls?
When this blog was renamed and re-launched almost exactly 2 years ago, the inclusion of polls within posts proved to be a popular feature. For
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