tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post4323727863356352897..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Dumping the GrauniadA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-31536303326361546792012-10-15T19:15:54.430+01:002012-10-15T19:15:54.430+01:00Demetrius - my parents read it in the 1950s and ca...Demetrius - my parents read it in the 1950s and carried on reading it for a while after the London move, but eventually gave up on it.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-90744899470870652012-10-15T17:18:22.383+01:002012-10-15T17:18:22.383+01:00The Manchester Guardian was my paper of choice in ...The Manchester Guardian was my paper of choice in the 1950's, this ended when it moved to London.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-9911473556058980802012-10-15T16:45:29.563+01:002012-10-15T16:45:29.563+01:00Scrobs - ah a Psion - whatever happened to them?
...Scrobs - ah a Psion - whatever happened to them?<br /><br />banned - my parents read the Guardian which is probably why I began, but they became fed up with it too. Newspapers all seem very limited these days. <br /><br />Roger - I quite like the subscription idea too, but I think the price has to be low and as you say, the system has to be flexible. <br /><br />James - I haven't read it since 1983.<br /><br />A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-9842199833453811792012-10-15T08:47:42.572+01:002012-10-15T08:47:42.572+01:00I simply don't read it. Did try a couple of ...I simply don't read it. Did try a couple of times but their comments section and Polly had me running, screaming from them, clutching my throat.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-63899624565831676402012-10-15T07:42:51.980+01:002012-10-15T07:42:51.980+01:00No FT no comment.
One thing at least worries me a...No FT no comment.<br /><br />One thing at least worries me about the WEB model of newspapers - who pays and how do we know who they are? I avoid The Times. The Telegraph still smacks of old boys with string-back driving gloves. I like the Grauniad as a comic and the Weekend FT - very good value.<br /><br />Good investigative journalism costs money and needs a base - to whom do I email this mem-stick containing XYZ's misdeeds? Which blogs have the resources to run a serious sustained FOI campaign? If the money does not come from the readers who does it come from..... <br /><br />If I were Big Brother I would have registered my blogs by now - across a range of opinions - all with suitable names. You know the sort of thing - The Rightist Ranter, The Middle Grounder, The Lefty Layabout and more er 'specialist' blogs for those slated to be rounded up quietly.<br /><br />I reckon a subscription that debits on a page-read basis would be good for the readers. Then I can avoid paying Polly Toynbee and George Monbiot and pay Lord Gnome and Lex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-41903410967317971122012-10-15T07:23:05.484+01:002012-10-15T07:23:05.484+01:00My favorite Derbyshire ramble took us from the top...My favorite Derbyshire ramble took us from the top of Ashbourne to Thorp Cloud and back which would occupy all of a Sunday afternoon and often part of the evening.<br /><br />Aged about 12 I persuaded my parents to change from the Daily Express to The Guardian (early 70's) because it seemed more grown up and better informed.<br />As I learned more about the real world I found myself disagreeing with much of what The Guardian had to say which was stimulating at first but eventually so annoying that I ditched it for The Telegraph especially when I noticed that I tended to take an instant dislike to other readers of The G.<br /><br />To be fair, The Guardian did have a couple of good cartoonists but then so did the Express.bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-70463511549917257902012-10-15T06:23:00.465+01:002012-10-15T06:23:00.465+01:00It seems that the next stages of this particular s...It seems that the next stages of this particular scenario are going to be played out on mobile phones, or better - 7" screens.<br /><br />While I do most of my work on a PC, the savings by using email etc are immense, and also, the keyboard is the first stop-off point for any query we consider, at any time of day too!<br /><br />I actually wrote a few chapters on a Psion 3a once...Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.com