I wonder what the public at large think of Mel Greig and Michael Christian following their first public appearance after the death of the Jacintha Saldanha? Anger? Pity? Disbelief? Empathy? I know the outpouring of condemnation on Twitter was as vitriolic as it was vast; 'blood on their hands' cited...

A few thousand years ago, life was pretty simple. It certainly wasn't easy, but its purpose was straightforward enough; stay warm, sheltered and well fed and think, 'yeah, that was a good day. I'm still alive.' These basic primary endeavours would keep the typical Homo sapien busy for a lifetime...

In recent months I've blogged about some irrevocable changes to the music industry and the increasingly important role of social media. It forms a free outlet for any musician in an otherwise heavily fortified business and offers exposure to new artists on a previously unattainable scale. But it's not just...

The thought of an intelligent, sentient Moon Bear being locked in a cage no bigger than itself for 20 years with a dirty, metal catheter crudely inserted in to the gall bladder while bile is endlessly and painfully extracted sounds like a torturous experience beyond the capabilities of any living...

In 2006, while serving as a Royal Marine Commando in Helmand Province, Sergeant Pen Farthing encountered a battle just outside their operating base of Nowzad. It wasn't a typical show of combat between men; this was a rough and brutal organised dog fight. Pen stepped in without hesitation to end...

The music industry is changing. The old guard and a new order are curiously juxtaposed as one attempts to survive and adapt while the other evolves confidently on the periphery of an inevitable future. I am, of course, talking about the rise of social media and its continuing stronghold on...

Trying to get anybody to agree on a hard and fast way to 'save' the music industry is like herding cats. Simon Cowell, for example, won't necessarily share the views of John Lydon for the issues, it seems, very much depend on your place within the industry itself.

Personally, I...

This year, MasterChef The Professionals really took hold of me. I found myself oddly obsessed by a group of people I didn't know cooking food I was never going to eat. In fact, I tweeted that I was looking forward to the final more than Christmas day; a fact that...

I don't think it's unfair or misplaced to label the One Show as whimsical television. It's on at seven o'clock in the evening which immediately restricts its editorial content to soft and unthreatening matters. Even the 'harder-hitting' pieces are so constrained by time and water-shed rules that they barely cause...

A couple of months ago, I received an e-mail from the World Wildlife Foundation letting me know that they were running a competition to celebrate their 50th anniversary. The premise was simple; to produce an original film, up to a maximum of two minutes on the theme: "Life. Nature. You....

It won't have escaped your attention that we are teetering on the brink of another recession. At the very least we are trudging through 'difficult financial times.' So, what does one do when faced with such a stark reality? Well, if you're the Government, you strive to make a series...

In the wake of last week's X Factor, I found myself deliberating on the genre in to which this televisual behemoth should be placed. Mr Cowell would undoubtedly defend its right to be in the 'entertainment' category. The problem, however, is that Dad's Army technically falls in to the same...

Terry Wogan was right. Nobody knows anything in our business. Of course, he was referring to the radio industry and, having worked in it for many years, I would absolutely concur. But I think that observation can be applied further afield.

I find management a curious thing. Humans are...

I don't much like baked cod. It's dreary and unexciting and frankly, I think my taste buds deserve better. I compare eating baked cod to a lover of art staring at the label on a supermarket value chicken; an unfulfilling experience. Naturally, if you're a fan, or Rick Stein, you'll...

I've just been reading an article about nanorobotics. The extreme, but nonetheless likely, concept of nanotechnology is the "bottom up" creation of virtually any material or object by assembling it one atom at a time. It has far reaching implications for the future and will effect just about everything in...