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Going about naked

I have been a little quiet on planet blog recently. The reason, as I'm sure you'll understand, is that I have not been wearing make-up and I can't possibly be expected to hang around in cyberspace when I haven't got...

Posted by Jo Ind on December 9, 2008 1:44 PM

Journalist publishes book online at Washington Post

I have discussed a couple of times with my digital editor the idea of posting an extract or a short story on my blog. So it was really interesting to read about fellow journalist David Hilzenrath who began serialising his...

Posted by Susan Humphreys on November 26, 2008 9:52 AM

Ignoring bullying - it shouldn't figure

SO according to government figures not a single pupil in Sefton or Liverpool was permanently excluded for bullying last year....

Posted by Ben Turner on November 19, 2008 10:17 AM

Where there's a school, there's a claim

AN ECHO investigation revealed that Merseyside parents shared a cool £30,000 in compensation against schools last year. Cue the cries of "compensation culture" and where there's blame..... Not a bit of it - lawyers will tell you - parents will...

Posted by Ben Turner on November 4, 2008 7:04 PM

Be inspired by Alexander McCall Smith for Telegraph writing challenge

Here's another creative writing competition that's running on the Telegraph's website to tie in with their publication of Alexander McCall Smith's new serial novel Corduroy Mansions....

Posted by Susan Humphreys on October 15, 2008 9:00 AM

HOME AT LAST

Our time in Sangin was drawing to a close. The patrolling was relentless because we had to ensure the town and surrounding areas were as secure as possible, allowing a smooth changeover. In the coming fortnight sixteen air assault...

Posted by Russell Oliver on September 14, 2008 6:00 AM

Literary festivals in Liverpool and Chester

This week I've been working from Chester - a lovely city - and while out at lunchtime I spotted they're about to have a literary festival. By coincidence this morning I received an email telling me about the forthcoming...

Posted by Susan Humphreys on September 12, 2008 11:47 AM

BLOG: The Legal Risks of Corporate Blogs

I have been blogging, or, more accurately blawging, for over six months now and have really enjoyed being able to share my thoughts on the law and being a trainee solicitor on the Legal Week site. Blogging is becoming ever...

Posted by Philip Gray on August 28, 2008 12:18 PM

Slacker Sounds: Liverpool, literature and the dying art of the fanzine

Ah, the good ol' music fanzine. Years ago a brief trip to Probe, Hairys and Quiggins would provide you with a plethora of new wave literature eager to rant down your lughole. These days diddly squat. Blame blogs, like...

Posted by Peter Guy on August 12, 2008 4:57 AM

Blog On

Assembly Members are missing a trick by failing to turn on to blogging, according to arch blogger Peter Black. The Lib Dem AM is dismayed at the reluctance of many of his colleagues to join the on-line community. The number...

Posted by Tom Bodden on August 7, 2008 10:28 AM

Video blog: Cricket to banish an England fan's blues and more

Watch my latest video blog where I talk about the Glamorgan games to come at Colwyn Bay and other local cricket matters. I also look at the pre-season football scene and offer my three sports predictions for the week...

Posted by Tim Channon on August 1, 2008 5:25 PM

Video blog: Cricket to banish an England fan's blues and more

Watch my latest video blog where I talk about the Glamorgan games to come at Colwyn Bay and other local cricket matters. I also look at the pre-season football scene and offer my three sports predictions for the week...

Posted by Tim Channon on August 1, 2008 5:25 PM

Touching Me Touching You

Dan Thomas wants to be touched. Don't we all?...

Posted by Peter Guy on July 7, 2008 6:00 AM

Hell is other people's status updates, what Sartre forgot to tell you

I thoroughly enjoyed Michael Palin's diaries of his years in Monty Python, he's amusing, literate and as has been widely noted very very very nice, but reading them made me feel somewhat inadequate. Here's a man that was writing and...

Posted by Jon Bounds on June 20, 2008 12:17 PM

Viva el presidente?

Blogging Assembly Members are claiming a victory in a battle with presiding officer Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas against 'censorship’ of their websites. It's not been a good week for the PO who found himself at the centre of a row over...

Posted by Tom Bodden on June 12, 2008 6:39 PM

The most heartbreaking story you will read this year

At the age of 25 Adrian Sudbury was diagnosed with leukaemia. But far from sitting back and letting grief and misery wash over him, this brave young man has spent his final months campaigning to get more people donating...

Posted by Tara Cain on June 10, 2008 2:00 PM

I can has daysaver? Bus culture online

Buses aren't the most romantic form of transport, or at least aren't romanticised. Car driving gets the Route 66 treatment, the concept of "the road movie" and any number of soft rock classics, trains get Brief Encounter, Night Mail and...

Posted by Jon Bounds on June 5, 2008 1:24 PM

Dipping a toe into shark infested waters

Are you brave enough to face the Query Shark? Have you mastered the art of the query letter? That's the one you write to ask an agent or publisher if they'd consider your masterpiece. In America there are a...

Posted by Susan Humphreys on June 5, 2008 9:29 AM

Joy's new lodger creates a stink in Paradise!

Hi! My name is Joy Dehany, I'm 36 and I live in Paradise...No, really. Today should have been my hobby day, whether it's baking, sewing, card making, playing the piano, writing a couple of chapters of my book, daydreaming,...

Posted by Jane Stirland on May 30, 2008 11:53 AM

Free speech - but not on expenses

AMs are beginning to kick off about new rules which they fear could curb their blogging activities. Labour bloggers Huw Lewis, AM for Merthyr Tydfil, and Leighton Andrews, Rhondda, are among those unhappy at a lack of consultation over the...

Posted by Tom Bodden on May 14, 2008 10:36 AM