by Barry Walsh | Feb 25, 2009 | Blog Archive
Hazel Blears MP got in an early plug this morning on the Today Programme for a speech she is giving this evening (remember when news was reported only after something had happened?). However, she was speaking of the sound notion that by improving communication and...
by Barry Walsh | Feb 19, 2009 | Blog Archive
During a BBC radio discussion yesterday on whether UK troops should be in Afghanistan, Nicky Campbell summed up the position of those opposing intervention with the term, ‘Charity begins at home’. This diverted me from the weighty issue at hand to consider what we...
by Barry Walsh | Feb 13, 2009 | Blog Archive
Among the (too) many ‘how to write books’ I’ve read, an ever-present piece of advice – sometimes offered harshly, sometimes gently – warns writers against showing their work to, or readily accepting the views of family and friends. Reasonable advice once we’re...
by Barry Walsh | Feb 10, 2009 | Blog Archive
After a barbed suggestion that the Saying I love you post signalled ‘grumpy old man’ – like that bit of beard missed when shaving – I was further impaled this morning by this (daily Google quotes), ‘The second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the...
by Barry Walsh | Feb 7, 2009 | Blog Archive
This photo accompanies Mark Willis’s compelling piece on culture and accessibility at A Blind Flaneur Such a bleak image from another time brought to mind a story told me by Graham Lancaster, leading communications professional and author of several novels, to...
by Barry Walsh | Feb 5, 2009 | Blog Archive
I’ve been thinking, possibly too much, about saying, ‘I love you’. According to hints from those who know they’re my loved ones, I don’t do it enough; say it aloud, that is. I’m not sure I want to. How often is enough? My Joda reply – that ‘say’ may be important...
