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Ryanair: cheap flights and cheap jibes

Ryanair: cheap flights and cheap jibes

All it needed was a cheery 'thanks very much, we'll look into it' and all would have been well but that easy-going Irish humour was lacking recently when several Ryanair staff decided having a pop at a blogger making some quite minor but nonetheless constructive, critical points about the online ... Read more »
Southern Railway Passenger Playlist

Southern Railway Passenger Playlist

Southern Railways usually do a pretty good job of running trains to and from London and Brighton. But the past few weeks have been horrendous. I'll forgive snow disruption reluctantly (although not the website being down due to demand as people were desperate to get info) but signal failures, ... Read more »
Apes, Recruitment Consultants and Metaphors.

Apes, Recruitment Consultants and Metaphors.

I had two conversations with recruitment consultants the day before yesterday. One chinwag was engaging, challenging and positive (Do I get extra points in the 'buzzword bingo?'). The other was like discussing nuclear physics with a chimpanzee. There's never much point, especially when the other ... Read more »
If Meg Whitman runs California like eBay...

If Meg Whitman runs California like eBay…

Meg Whitman announced today that she's seeking the Republican nomination in the 2010 California Gubernatorial election. A political ingénue, it's the first time she has sought public office but she has a distinguished business career behind her. Most notably as eBay CEO for the decade that saw it ... Read more »
Enterprise Nation: Home Enterprise in the UK 2009

Enterprise Nation: Home Enterprise in the UK 2009

Last Thursday saw a great event held by the tireless Emma Jones and Enterprise Nation, champions of British homeworking. The great and the good (and a few folk like me who fell through the cracks) came together to hear predictions for the year ahead. Find out all about what 2009 holds for us all on ... Read more »
John Prescott & Stephen Fry: Authenticity is all that Counts

John Prescott & Stephen Fry: Authenticity is all that Counts

John Prescott and Stephen Fry are not cut from the same cloth. One a Labour politician, former Deputy Prime Minister and trade unionist. The other a bipolar homosexual with a criminal record and a fondness for Oscar Wilde. One known for mangling the English language and the other a sesquipedalian ... Read more »
Snow in Brighton

Snow in Brighton

Some pictures taken last night, at about ... Read more »