http://www.times-series.co.uk/blogs/newsroom/ Times Series /blogs/newsroom/ en-gb Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:49:50 +0100 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:49:50 +0100 http://www.times-series.co.uk/blogs/newsroom/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.times-series.co.uk/resources/images/534527/?type=rsslogo http://www.times-series.co.uk/blogs/newsroom/ http://www.times-series.co.uk/blogs/newsroom/4296079.PM_s_Questions_and_can_can_councillors/?ref=rss Wednesday isn't really Wednesday without Prime Minister's Question Time (PMQT). It takes the crescendo out of the political week, leaving it flat and lifeless - like Jacqui Smith's fringe after a particularly gruelling session in the recesses of the PM's left armpit during one of his more gesticular furies. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:46:17 +0100 b1c6e67887b0c02d85226ff4cc5e8f08 http://www.times-series.co.uk/blogs/newsroom/4226558.New_council_boss_gives_first_ever_interview/?ref=rss New Barnet Council chief executive Nick Walkley has never given a media interview before – ever. But, 14 hours into office, in the wake of the Icelandic deposits fiasco, he changed his mind. And I was the lucky reporter at the end of his about-turn, invited last week into his suspiciously leather-embossed office to find out exactly what Barnet had in store... Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:03:55 +0000 8390c9b7094e950cddcaa5477dc63a06 http://www.times-series.co.uk/blogs/newsroom/4143531.British_flower_power/?ref=rss Roses are dead, narcissi are new. That was the message being sent out by a Hendon florist in the build up to Valentine’s day. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:46:11 +0000 7c5bee7a5ca6855a38e01200cf6294cb http://www.times-series.co.uk/blogs/newsroom/4141640.Wigs_and_wisdom/?ref=rss I have spent much of the past couple of weeks sitting in court. No, not like that (I'm much too clever for them). For work. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:14:44 +0000 3f4cec8bca8338a71c2e4fef51c82f34 http://www.times-series.co.uk/blogs/newsroom/4117415.Valentine_s_Day__Watch_out_for_those_STDs_/?ref=rss As Valentine’s day fast approaches, there is seemingly no end to the stream of press releases using the occasion to plug their businesses, promotions or causes. Of course, Valentine’s day was created by satan in a pact with florists and PR people (you try telling that to the missus), so they are entitled to savage it. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:00:00 +0000 ee379cecdc6ad204aa5b703ddc9f6631 http://www.times-series.co.uk/blogs/newsroom/4118868.The_true_cost_of_love/?ref=rss Being single is as much a blessing as it is a curse. On the plus side, I can sleep on whichever side of the bed I choose. Or across both if I so desire. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:59:53 +0000 553ec5309c73fe8182c27077fb87100b http://www.times-series.co.uk/blogs/newsroom/4101005.The_footballer__the_banker_and_the_civil_servant/?ref=rss What have Heurelho Gomes, Sharon Shoesmith and Sir Fred Goodwin got in common? Well, they have all been paid a lot of money for doing their jobs, and they were all particularly bad at them. Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:00:00 +0000 c07a4a6734c86fde7646a9a4b5f36699 http://www.times-series.co.uk/blogs/newsroom/4085945.The_impossible_dream/?ref=rss It was a good week for the history books when Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States of America last Tuesday. As the media relished the rare opportunity to go to town with mass coverage of a single issue, many Americans wept with joy as they watched a small seed of hope become reality. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:30:19 +0000 703c831c0a4ac62e94eb3ef38b411147 http://www.times-series.co.uk/blogs/newsroom/4047699.Don_t_shoot_the_messenger/?ref=rss A grown man lays collapsed amid the dirt and debris of a city being showered in bombs. His eyes, widened and frozen with fear, could belong to a man taking his last breath. Equally, they could belong to a man already dead. Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:26:03 +0000 b6fd30c63e756070a215c7db107359f8 http://www.times-series.co.uk/blogs/newsroom/4030501.2009__Putting_the_glee_into_gloom/?ref=rss So I’ve been given the task of doing the first 2009 blog for the Times Series. Brilliant. Not only do I get to feel the weight of our various national and global crises on my shoulders - no money, no sun, no peace, no God (according to 800 Exmouth buses) - but I also have to inflict my inner-gloom and despair onto everyone else. It’s one thing hating the world, but it’s really rubbish when the world starts hating you back. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:44:03 +0000 b8a7a504218c7cfadfe9dd72166c5581 http://www.times-series.co.uk/blogs/newsroom/3991674.Tragically_misleading_journalism/?ref=rss The death of any young person is always tragic and difficult to report. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:23:09 +0000 a0f20ca4248c89effd5a402aad9e74bc http://www.times-series.co.uk/blogs/newsroom/3985632.The_status_quo_is_not_an_option/?ref=rss “The status quo is not an option,” announced everyone’s favourite Lord, Peter Mandelson, last night as he defended the impending privatisation of Royal Mail to Jon Snow. Now where have we heard that before? Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:43:09 +0000 651158dfccf27eada99d346c1d2671c1