Zesty Lemon

With the rest of the world in revolt over much more instrumental disadvantages, there has been little coverage of anything else in the media. One such organisation that is probably glad of this convenient diversion is Ofcom because, in their infinite wisdom as the regulating body for UK communication industries, they have decreed that soon, [...]

I guess that everyone at some point has had some sort of righteous outpouring of emotive dictation. It might be triggered by a debate on a particularly controversial issue or by an excess of the amber nectar, but either way, on reflection most people eventually regain a hold on reality. Previously, I’ve described my political [...]

Finding words to describe my current thinking of the solidarity charade exhibited by unions today has so far been my biggest challenge of the week. Admittedly it’s only Monday and I’m still recovering from the abrasions of an indulgent weekend, but I can’t be the only one concerned about the growing unwelcome influence that they [...]

After the doom, gloom and generally rocky road the financial system has been traversing the last couple of years, I can imagine that the treasury breathed a slight sigh of relief when the balance books of bailed out banks returned to profit this week. Northern Rock and Lloyds Banking Group both saw their books hit [...]

Unless you’ve been living in a pit for the last four months, you couldn’t really have avoided the global media coverage surrounding the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the subsequent spillage in the Gulf of Mexico. Apart from bequeathing a level of lubrication rarely seen; in at least the feathered inhabitants of [...]

Mark Zuckerberg really hit the big time when he launched Facebook. Sure, they’ve had their issues with privacy and it’s occasional facilitation in child grooming which of course never looks good in the annual shareholders report, but on the whole, it’s redeveloped modern day networking and communication. Now this would be fine if it stopped [...]

People that know me personally will be fully aware that I’m an indiscriminate gadget whore, and I’ll cite this as the reason why I was to be found queuing in the dawn hours amongst like minded hordes for the much anticipated release of the new Apple iPhone 4.