Blog posts tagged "Channel 4 News"

February 7, 2012 9:04 am 11 Comments

From a distance the Shard is graceful - a thing of beauty. But up close, it appears to occupy every inch of land in the vicinity. Is its fat base a worthwhile trade off for 'distant grace'?

December 9, 2011 7:54 am 74 Comments

Cameron's emphasis on his own veto did not obscure the reality that 17 Euro members, plus some half a dozen aspirant members, have agreed a much tighter fiscal regime, trading significant areas of sovereignty to achieve it.

June 14, 2011 7:03 am 384 Comments

"It represents not only the evidence required to convict, but a first ever testament in the digital age to the dawning truth that in this age it is becoming close to impossible for warring forces to cover up what they have done."

April 9, 2010 7:49 am 31 Comments

Jon Snow and the mysterious tale of the missing cufflink.

January 11, 2010 5:11 pm 6 Comments

Something refreshing at 7pm tonight. A refreshed, brighter, lighter, clearer, Channel 4 News!

September 24, 2009 11:05 am No Comments

Block yer ears. Shut yer eyes. Krishnan and I and our able friend Mara Carlyle, are in preparation for tonight’s Newsroom’s Got Talent competition (no danger of any of us winning – we’re just ensuring that we can actually appear at all at Vinopolis in the Borough Market). It’s a contest between the BBC, Sky, [...]

September 2, 2009 6:14 pm No Comments

Do you think they’ll catch on?

July 28, 2009 6:59 pm 20 Comments

I was intrigued to hear BBC Radio News this morning using its own airwaves to “report” its decision to supply video content to a number of newspapers for free. Not a corporate announcement, of course, but a news story of sufficient importance to warrant its place midway through the main bulletin during the peak period [...]

July 13, 2009 10:48 am No Comments

I appeared on court two at Wimbledon on Friday – the show court where the likes of Roddick, Federer, and Murray gave exhibition warm ups during the championships this year.

July 1, 2009 5:12 pm No Comments

Rare sighting today – me and my mentor in the Channel 4 News studio. In the 20 years I’ve been doing this programme Peter Snow has never stepped this way. It was nepotism that got me into this business and it looks like nepotism will get me out again. He could take over tonight.