Author Archives: Robert

Bankers Bonuses and the Rule of Law

Posted on 8 February 2012 by Robert

I am sure I have made this point somewhere before on this blog, but a quick search through my archives doesn’t reveal it, so… All this business about bankers and CEO bonuses makes me uneasy. The pattern is now very … Continue reading →

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#BSDthinks Event Write-up

Posted on 3 February 2012 by Robert

I went to a Blue State Digital event earlier in the week and assembled my tweeted aide memoirs on Storify: Blue State Digital THINKS.  We discussed digital trends that are now mainstream. Its a rather long Storify, so I won’t … Continue reading →

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Remixing Disney Princesses

Posted on 31 January 2012 by Robert

It is unsruprising that iconoclastic artists use the images of Disney characters in their work. Continue reading →

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The Websiteless NGO

Posted on 29 January 2012 by Robert

I’m managing a rebrand and website redesign for English PEN. Part of the project is the integration of third party services like Twitter and YouTube that host some of our output. This has prompted me to wonder whether it would … Continue reading →

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On The Censorship of Cricket

Posted on 26 January 2012 by Robert

The thing that caught my ear this morning was the cricket scores. England are on tour, playing Pakistan… in Abu Dhabi. The English cricketers cannot travel to play in actual Pakistan due to security threats. This echoes the problems experienced … Continue reading →

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Human Rights Under Attack Again

Posted on 25 January 2012 by Robert

Plenty of Sharp-bait in the media this morning. David Cameron will give a speech today criticising the European Court of Human Rights, for going against the laws and judicial decisions of Council of Europe countries. I’ve argued before, in a … Continue reading →

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The Mealie Mouthed Statement from the #Jaipur Literary Festival

Posted on 21 January 2012 by Robert

I’ve just been sent this rather mealie mouthed statement, apparently from the Jaipur Literary Festival, in response to a protest by authors Hari Kunzru, Jeet Thayil and others. They read from The Satanic Verses at the festival after Salman Rushdie … Continue reading →

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Sharing Adele on the Internet

Posted on 20 January 2012 by Robert

It is enriching art like this which is likely to be compromised by the propose SOPA legislation in the USA. Continue reading →

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It Was Like A Movie

Posted on 16 January 2012 by Robert

The print and TV news media is full of the highly visual tragedy of the Costa Concordia, run aground and capsized in the Mediterranean. Describing the chaos of the evacuation, survivors have likened their experience to the film Titanic. You … Continue reading →

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How the Depiction of Technology in #Sherlock Captures the Zeitgeist

Posted on 8 January 2012 by Robert

In a paywalled Times article this time last week, Hugo Rifkind highlighted our loss of the communal Christmas TV moment. EastEnders can never achieve the dizzy ratings heights of the 1980s, Eric and Ernie are dead, and even the numbers … Continue reading →

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