Category: Society

  • Do they know it’s Christmas?

    A blast from the past that’s as relevant today as it was when “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” was first recorded a quarter of a century ago. This is a song in which a real A-list of musical talent and…

  • It it weren’t a serious matter, it would be a farce

    Winter certainly did arrive in many parts of the UK overnight on Thursday with thick snow blanketing much of the eastern and southern parts of England. Friday December the 18th was a day of complete chaos on the roads, on…

  • The $220m effect of Tiger Woods’ fall

    Tiger Woods’ personal life may be out of the prime time news headlines at the moment but the financial consequences of what he allegedly did are now becoming clear. I’m talking about the effect on business, not only the value…

  • Facebook is for brands – the careful ones

    ReadWriteWeb published a detailed post today on research from Razorfish about online consumer behaviours with a strong focus on Twitter and Facebook. While the overall post makes for interesting reading and is very useful from a fact-finding perspective, what leapt…

  • The iceberg uncovered

    This week’s edition of The Economist arrived in the post this morning. Not an unusual event, really, except it reminded me that last week’s didn’t show up until Tuesday because of the postal strike for three days. Which followed the…