Category: Society

  • The election QR code that lacks imagination

    Much of the UK went to the polls today in a mix of national and local elections. Elections for the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly and the Northern Ireland Assembly are being held, as are polls in 279 English councils.…

  • Why vote yes to AV?

    I didn’t listen to Today on BBC Radio 4 last Wednesday and hear Mark Borkowski’s reported comment that the Alternative Vote (AV), on which we have a referendum on May 5, has created "a great yawn across the nation." Yet…

  • The Royal Wedding broadcast live on YouTube

    The global media event that will be the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (aka The Royal Wedding) on April 29 will also be a global internet event as the ceremony will be broadcast live on YouTube. According to…

  • Charlie Chaplin Google Doodle

    It’s always a pleasure to visit the Google search page as you never quite know what to expect in the Google logo you will encounter as it might have received the Google doodle treatment. Today, Google may well have produced…

  • Local gestures can make global impacts

    On Saturday March 26 at 8.30pm, we’ll be turning our lights out at home for about an hour as we support Earth Hour 2011. It’s our small part in supporting a grassroots environmental campaign that aims to bring attention to…