adrian monck

Month: October 2006

  • Betrayed? – some thoughts

    Please see an earlier post for discussion of the problems with the MoD’s approach. The title Betrayed? An Investigation comes from a soldier interviewed by ITV News reporter Emma Murphy. Emma’s package features an extended interview with an unidentified wounded soldier. The two quotes from the soldier (reproduced on the ITV News website) explain that…

  • ITV Gossip 2

    There’s more ITV gossip on Digital Spy. Although word was that a bid was coming together last week, it’s pretty easy to write ‘ITV bid expected’ and not exactly get found out, so no claims of credit here.

  • Doyle for Vaughan at Capital?

    Word reaches me that the Jonny Vaughan era at London music station Capital, mockingly re-christened erm…Crapital, is about to draw a close. As listeners desert the station for Jamie Theakston on Heart, the man Capital bosses are lining up to replace him could be the station’s Saturday morning host, Craig Doyle. Watch this space.

  • The Uneven Battlefield of Ideas

    This weekend (28/29 Oct) sees journalists and pundits flooding to debates at the Battle of Ideas at London’s Royal College of Art. The Times is one of the event’s sponsors. Join the debate anyone? The weekend calls itself a freethinking festival and it attracts some serious people to step up on to its many platforms.…