Tag: media
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3 Good Things Vol. 14 (09/08/26)
On Sundays, I like to share three things I have enjoyed in the past week. They could be anything; just stuff that has, as Marie Kondo might say, sparked joy. They also don’t have to be new or recent, so long as I’ve enjoyed them this week. Thing 1: Rediscovering Creative Uncut I needed some…
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The Clickbait Breakdown: How The Media Converts Scottish Education into Rage-Bait
Scottish education reporting hit another low this week with The Scotsman’s latest piece of statistical rage-baiting: a page-padded countdown of Scotland’s “worst-performing” council areas for Higher passes. We are no strangers to local news reducing complex public institutions to raw, decontextualised metrics. But pieces like this step beyond lazy reporting; they actively mislead the public…
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3 Good Things Vol. 11 (19/07/26)
On Sundays, I like to share three things I have enjoyed in the past week. They could be anything; just stuff that has, as Marie Kondo might say, sparked joy. They also don’t have to be new or recent, so long as I’ve enjoyed them this week. Thing 1: Sir Adrian Hill Wins a European…
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3 Good Things Vol. 10 (12/07/26)
On Sundays, I like to share three things I have enjoyed in the past week. They could be anything; just stuff that has, as Marie Kondo might say, sparked joy. They also don’t have to be new or recent, so long as I’ve enjoyed them this week. Thing 1: Rebel Heart (Yes, Again…) I previously…
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Short Review: The Song of Lunch, 2010 Televisation
In October 2010, the BBC and Masterpiece released a television adaptation of Christopher Reid’s poem, The Song of Lunch, for National Poetry Month. It grabbed my attention right away, at the time. It seemed to me a sharp, funny, and somewhat brutal experiment. The adaptation worked, though. It worked because it leant fully into the…
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3 Good Things Vol. 9 (05/07/26)
On Sundays, I like to share three things I have enjoyed in the past week. They could be anything; just stuff that has, as Marie Kondo might say, sparked joy. They also don’t have to be new or recent, so long as I’ve enjoyed them this week. Thing 1: Reduction in Pollution in the EU…