adrian monck

Month: October 2007

  • Former spy chief kerfuffle at the LSE

    Spooks and Halloween go together, so the former chief of the Secret Intelligence Service’s appearance at the LSE seemed timely, to say the least. Still, it was an extraordinary public performance by Sir Richard Dearlove. The current Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, was speaking on “Intelligence and the Media.” His aim appeared to be threefold:…

  • The anonymous Royal

    Search Google News for “royal” and “cocaine,” or subscribe to a site like RADAR, and barring some miracle you will discover the identity of the member of the royal family that no British media outlet is allowed to report, but which you could also have heard on Fox News (Sky Channel 510 – m’lud). This…

  • Dina Rabinovitch

    I try to keep away from people writing about dying. It’s one of those healthy natural defence mechanisms – like cruelty – that work best when you’re young and vigorous. But like bone and tooth enamel, it weakens over time. And I am weak.So when I saw the notice about the death of Dina Rabinovitch,…

  • The end of WHOIS?!

    I have just done my internet search 101 class that introduces students to the wonders of WHOIS, and guess what – yes, pull out the headline pun – WHOIS could be WHOIS-tory, WHOIS could be WHOWAS etc etc. Here is the AP story. If you read it, you’ll notice that, to use one of my…