I need a white suit
I’ve just watched the first episode of Reggie Perrin on BBC1. It was very enjoyable (in a watching a car crash in slow motion kind of way), far better than I thought it was going to be than after the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ED209 – Week 15
This week’s topic has been on how national identity develops in children and young people. Given the lack of TMAs on the ‘identity’ sections of book 2, I suspect it’s probably going to mean that there...
View ArticleDeeply sad
I’ve just been reading the chapter on young consumers for ED209 and came across a piece of research, cited in the text, that is almost certainly factually inaccurate. The chapter cites a piece of work...
View ArticleTorchwood – Children of Earth
Torchwood. Children of Earth. I don’t get it. As in the long lost ITV Digital adverts: “You’re so brilliant monkey, but I still don’t get it. Will you hit me with large wood please.” Clearly, neither...
View ArticleHow to avoid revising for ED209 #1
I try not to make a habit of watching the shopping lifestyle channels on Freeview, but they can be surprisingly entertaining at times. I think it’s the combination of enthusiasm, desperation and...
View ArticleIs Amazon losing its way?
One of the things I used to really like about Amazon was that the marketing emails it occasionally sent you and the recommendations it made on its site were usually pretty good. Spookily accurate in...
View ArticleDD303 – Week 18 – Decision time
This week I’ve been working my way through chapter 11 on judgement and decision making. I’m glad to say that the horrors of chapter 9 on working memory are now fading into the distance. It’s a good...
View ArticleDD303 residential school – number crunching day
Good morning from Bath University - or do I mean Kirke University? There’s been a film crew around all week working on a new Channel 4 comedy that uses the university as a set. Currently outside the...
View ArticleDD307 – Attitudes
I’ve been catching up with a bit of note making today by finishing off my scribbles on the attitudes chapter of the critical readings book. As I was reading it, I was reminded of an old episode of “Yes...
View ArticleShould Adam Crozier resign?
After all, it is wrong to tempt others when you can reasonably avoid doing so. And ITV, of which Mr. Crozier is the chief executive, has tempted Nadine Dorries away from serving the interests of her...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The OED Online word of the day is …“Tardis”
Predictable I suppose, but still fun! Happy 50th to the Doctor.
View ArticleThe Occupational Psychology of Open All Hours
One of the more enjoyable television highlights this Christmas was watching David Jason reprise his role as Granville in Still Open All Hours, which aired Boxing Day on BBC One. Open All Hours, with...
View ArticleWhose disease is cat skin?
Many, many, many years ago, when I was a sixth former, we had a record player in our common room. One person was a big fan of The Skids. He played their records so often that the sarcastic remark “Oh,...
View ArticleG.B.H.
Michael Murray on power: It’s great being someone Frankie, that’s a fact. D’you know, I can never remember a time when I didn’t want to be someone. When you’re someone you’ve got the power to do nearly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Woomerang Boomerang – It’s Tingha and Tucker
I happened across my Tingha and Tucker membership pack while I was sorting through my parents’ house this afternoon. Here’s the signed picture it contained of Jean Morton with them and their friends....
View ArticleYou’re fired! Why “The Apprentice” wasn’t all about negotiation this week
One of my guilty pleasures is watching “The Apprentice”. It’s back on our screens at the moment and this week’s episode featured one of my favourite tasks – the scavenger hunt. The teams were asked to...
View ArticleShoestring reloaded
Watching television programmes remembered from my childhood can sometimes be a dispiriting experience. ITV3’s endless repeats of On the Buses is a reminder that terrible sitcoms were made long before...
View ArticleWar in the blood
Every so often the BBC produces something that is worth the year’s licence fee alone. War in the blood, first broadcast last Sunday, is one such programme. It’s a truly remarkable 100 minutes of...
View Article