Big cities can be a mixed bag. They can be centres of pollution, deprivation, and conflict. However they can also be centres of vibrancy, diversity, and opportunity. London is no exception and has examples of all of the above. Most visitors to London probably think of Oxford Street, Covent Garden or perhaps the Tate modern [...]

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Career grump Charlie has done it again. Hit the protruding nail on it’s rusty head. The head being the talking heads of TV news reporting. I’ve often wondered why the  formulaic and hackneyed style of much  TV news reporting  doesn’t come under fire more often.  It’s banal sequences of nodding heads and insincere men in [...]

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