Sleepless. Again.

Ho hum. It's shaping up to be one of those nights.

I went to bed at 11.30 and got up again just over an hour later. I am really tired, but I haven't come close to dozing off. A nice cup of tea and a period at the computer will have to suffice for now. I was going to read a bit of my Agatha Christie, but hey...

Sleepless. Again.

Ho hum. It's shaping up to be one of those nights.

I went to bed at 11.30 and got up again just over an hour later. I am really tired, but I haven't come close to dozing off. A nice cup of tea and a period at the computer will have to suffice for now. I was going to read a bit of my Agatha Christie, but hey...

Don't Panic, Mr Mainwaring!

One of the "joys" of living in London is the profusion of newspapers, particularly the free ones that have sprung into existence over the past three or four years (or is it longer..?).

These all mean that when taken together with the billboards for such as the Evening Standard, which they actually expect you to shell out silver sploners for, there is often a headline somewhere that just stands out. The British tabloids have got a well-deserved reputation for being complete drivel, but at least some of them are completely drivel for free.

I digress - I was getting horribly close to grumbling about the standards of popular journalism, but let's not waste all the good grumbles in a single bout of insomnia, shall we?

A couple of years ago - I can't remember precisely when - we had an awful lot of rain, even by the standards of this country and I posted up a photograph of an Evening Standard sandwich board which had the headline, "Thames Floods: Prepare to Flee" (27 July 2007 if the file date is anything to go by).



Well, yesterday on the way home from work, I noticed that the London Lite had got in on the act:



Let's report responsibly, shall we, folks?

Don't Panic, Mr Mainwaring!

One of the "joys" of living in London is the profusion of newspapers, particularly the free ones that have sprung into existence over the past three or four years (or is it longer..?).

These all mean that when taken together with the billboards for such as the Evening Standard, which they actually expect you to shell out silver sploners for, there is often a headline somewhere that just stands out. The British tabloids have got a well-deserved reputation for being complete drivel, but at least some of them are completely drivel for free.

I digress - I was getting horribly close to grumbling about the standards of popular journalism, but let's not waste all the good grumbles in a single bout of insomnia, shall we?

A couple of years ago - I can't remember precisely when - we had an awful lot of rain, even by the standards of this country and I posted up a photograph of an Evening Standard sandwich board which had the headline, "Thames Floods: Prepare to Flee" (27 July 2007 if the file date is anything to go by).



Well, yesterday on the way home from work, I noticed that the London Lite had got in on the act:



Let's report responsibly, shall we, folks?