News Archives

We're Nice, We Are
According to the rest of the world, anyway, and who are we to argue? We Brits are seen as intelligent, polite, trustworthy and honest, if a bit boring, while Americans are ignorant and the Russians violent. Admittedly all this comes from an international branding expert, whatever one of them is, but it's not often we get a pat on the back, so we think it's only fair to graciously accept the compliment.

The Train Standing at Platform Two...
...takes longer to get where it's supposed to be going than it did twenty or thirty years ago. Gone are the days of the sprawling inefficient monolith that was British Rail, nowadays we have efficiency, targets, healthy competition and er, slower trains. Some are even slower than their steam driven counterparts of a hundred years ago. That's progress for you.

We're Betting Big Brother Is Being Watched By You
The annual festival of goldfish bowl watching is upon us once again and the claustrophobia factor is being turned up a notch more, although the testosterone count may be lower than last year. The BB stereotypes are out in force - the diamond geezer, the outrageously camp and proud of it, the outsider, the token bi and the downright wierd. We might say we deplore mindless television for the masses - even one of the contestants does - but we love it really.

Is That a Good Deal or What?
A seventeen year old work experience student has saved Central Trains a cool three quarters of a million quid a year by working out why their trains were running late. And in an unparalleled act of generosity the company has shown their appreciation by awarding her with a... um Gold Award.

And the Winner is...
Not Javine, that's for sure. Which was strange, because to our ears her song was pretty similar to the winner's, Greece. And she was a better singer. And a better performer. And better looking. Not that this is sour grapes or anything - we wanted those two Latvian McFly clones and thought the Eastern bloc vote would see them through. Still, it was nice to see the Turks give the Greeks douze points.

How Weird Is Your Country?
The Times of India takes a quizzical look at one of the UK's top news stories and are suitably bemused at our politicians' involvement in youth fashion. Yes, it's that hoodie thing. Now, we know that gangs of youths terrorising all and sundry is not a joke, but you know what? Banning hoodies is.

How Wierd Is... the Business World?
The story may be about red post boxes, but the interesting bit is at the end where it says the Post Office is set to announce record profits of £500 million. Compare and contrast with these stories, which tell of poor service and missed targets in the very same period. Nice work if you can get it.

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