Revolutionary Rants

I was just watching Channel 4 News, as I usually do whilst eating my lunch. They had a light hearted article on the new ‘Lonely Planet’ guide, which apparently praises Leeds as being like ‘London’s Knights bridge area’, as well as complementing Sheffield and, wait for it, Blackpool…

Yet, this same guide rubbishes the ‘English Rivera’ and refers to the Devon seaside town of Ilfracombe as like the end of the Earth on a wet day’!!!!!!!!
[ read more ]

Comments (0)

Well, yes, I am supposed to be on my weeks placement with the local paper today, but yesterday has put me off placements for life!!!

I sat around for 6 hours out of an 8 hours day (having got up at 06:45 to get there nice and early as instructed) doing nothing - luckily i had brought my book, as the computer was locked! I went for half an hour to the Magistrate’s Court (which was really interesting, actually, but only from the point of view of watching, not in a journalistic way), and the other hour i was doing something was typing out letters / planning permission notices. Plus, they all thought I was still at school (flattering in one way I suppose…)!!!
[ read more ]

Comments (0)