Spammer in the Works
There’s usually at least one in your junk folder that has come in overnight – the spam email. Today the offer was ‘stress free staff...
Double Decimation
A recent quote on the news from a fire fighter saying that, due to cuts, the service would be “decimated by twenty percent”.


Is the Manual Typewriter Coming in from the Cold
On a recent Jeremy Vine radio show, the possibility of spies using manual typewriters was discussed because it is a more secure method...
Quick Transcription Tip
A letter in the Radio Times pointed out that a recent article in the magazine contained an error. This turned out to be because the...
BBC gets its it's in a twist again
Two mistakes in one go, really. Headline for report on Breakfast programme this morning on situation in Ukraine contained an it’s when...
I Am The One In Ten
The word decimate means to destroy one tenth, but its use in the news and particularly natural history programmes gives the impression...
Is It Me?
You, me, we and us are all too often replaced nowadays by the more cumbersome and incorrect use of yourself, yourselves, myself and...
The Road To...
Damascas, as reported by the BBC recently. Surely, with all the media attention in Syria, they could manage to spell ‘Damascus’ correctly.
'Celebrating the Business Incentive Grant' Event
Attended an evening event last week organised by Test Valley Borough Council who is now recognised as an FSB Real Life Entrepreneur....
Using on-line advertising...
…. does this result in a lot more spam?