Column: The News Grinch

These Christmas decs did not appear in the newsroom. Pic @jabberingjourno It’s the time of year when it becomes perfectly acceptable to stuff your face…

Column: Hostess with mostest

It is extremely unlikely this turkey resembles mine. Pic subject to copyright. Obviously, as the member of my extended family with the smallest house, the…

Column: Flooded with humanity

  It usually happens somewhere else.. How often do we watch natural disasters unfold on television, inured  as we are to crisis in our rapidly…

Column: Insta-bore

As a certified Insta-bore I have Instagrammed my dinner. Pic by @jabberingjourno As a social media addict, albeit of the type at whom a 11…

Jabbering to a rock star

I pootled off to Glasgow for a travel review last weekend (coming soon..) and had an interesting encounter with slightly sozzled rock star who serenaded…

Column: Girl on a train

As a regular traveller on trains and planes, and mainly in automobiles, it is hardly surprising my involuntary spiritual home is the highly depressing M6…

Journalism Oscars

Every year at about this time the world of journalism gets  a chance to showcase the very best through the O2 Media awards. This year…