Thursday, May 29, 2014

Wintec Press Club: Duncan Garner edition

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The Wintec Press Club meets for lunch three times a year in Hamilton: guests are the students of the Wintec journalism course, important me...

Waikato Times letter of the week #49

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From the 29 May edition. Spelling, grammar and punctuation (or lack of it) are all exactly as published: More surveillance Who watches ...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Distance looks their way

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Breaking news from London: Steve Braunias complains about the dawn’s early light being too early at 4:30am. First-world problem: no sympat...
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Saturday, May 24, 2014

What I’m reading #119

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Toby Young in the Spectator explains why so many Brits get top jobs in the US media: because they are “ghastly knuckle-dragging troglodyt...
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Friday, May 23, 2014

Bonnie and Clyde – and Brigitte Bardot

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Today is the 80th anniversary of the deaths of bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, ambushed and shot by police in Black Lake, Loui...
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Thursday, May 22, 2014

Led Zeppelin and plagiarism

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There are recent allegations that Led Zeppelin – specifically, Jimmy Page – nicked a bit : Accusations of plagiarism in music happen ever...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

John Lennon and Yoko Ono on Winston Peters

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NZ First leader Winston Peters today implied in Parliament that former NZ First and now independent MP Brendan Horan is a paedophile: T...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Waikato Times letter of the week #48

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From the 14 May edition. Spelling, grammar and punctuation (or lack of it) are all exactly as published. Running on flat When the car t...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

1600 pandas in Hongkong

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In French, at Fubiz : L’artiste français Paulo Grangeon, en accord avec la WWF, PMQ et le studio de création allrightsreserved ont pr...

Recipe of the week

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A foodie reader emailed to say she likes the blog but there isn’t enough about food on it. So just for her, here is a recipe for peanut but...