adrian monck

Category: News

  • Death of a dictator

    “Those who had prepared themselves for the murder bared each of them his dagger, and Caesar, hemmed in on all sides, whichever way he turned confronting blows of weapons aimed at his face and eyes, driven hither and thither like a wild beast, was entangled in the hands of all … although Caesar defended himself…

  • Social surgery…

    “With your help, we will provide a friendly, safe, easy to use place on the Web … This is a place where you take the lead in telling your own story. … In return, we ask that you meet this character challenge: be a good citizen and exhibit community leadership qualities. It’s a simple and…

  • End of year reviews

    I make a brief guest appearance in Matt Cowans‘ review of news futures for Reuters. I’m not quite as apocalyptic as Michael Wolff was last weekend in The Observer: 2006 marked the end of news as we know it, the end of television as we know it, and, finally, the end of moguls as we…

  • Zac Goldsmith

    Trustafarian self-publisher and Conservative A-lister Zac Goldsmith, sitting on an estimated £300 million inheritance, ‘guest edited’ Today. Among Goldsmith’s ‘contributions’: Is cricket “nicer” than football? Zac Goldsmith asked Piers Morgan to chair a discussion between former England football captain Gary Lineker and the former England fast bowler Angus Fraser. Ho-hum sports talking point though it…