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Power, responsibility and all that… Every now and again, what with me being what I am (a human), I find myself hurled into the teeth of some sort of twitterstorm. Either I get a bit cross with ...
I believe every great country should have a great capital. Naturally, a metropolis will absorb plenty of resentment and bitterness from the provinces, that’s as true of London as it is of Paris and R...
For some weeks now my jacket pockets have been bulging in an unsightly manner as I have gone about the world with a BlackBerry Bold 9900, two HTC Android handsets, the “Rhyme” and the “Sensation XL ...
Don’t Bragg It was a great surprise to receive a letter some months ago from Lord Bragg (he of unimpeachable Melvynous South Banksy fame) asking if I might consider taking over from him as President ...
100 Greatest Gadgets On Bank Holiday Monday Channel 4 are screening one of those “100 top” programmes they like to make and this year I had the pleasure of being allowed to choose my 100 favourite ga...
Welcome to Norwich: A Fine City An open letter to all who despise sport and most especially football My love of all kinds of sport surprises nobody more than myself. I do not think there has ever bee...
And sweetmeats in the shape of ironmongery -
And then there’s this strange bubbly effect… piña colada with a twist …
A teaspoon of cochineal into a plain sauce and *waaaaf* it ferns out into a kind of Mandelbrot thing. Amazing.
A v ordinary little cafe in San Sebastian – yet look at the snacks (pintxos) they lay out *sigh*
“Vueling”? What kind of a name for an airline is that?
Apparently it’s Gerald Butler in this forskin ad – my mild prosopagnosia stopped me from seeing that.
Another test. Again.
Tweet, Drink and Be Merry An open letter to @mobijack Dear @mobijack “Eat shit, a hundred billion flies can’t be wrong,” the old graffito used to say. “Follow Stephen, two million tweeters can’t be w...
The whole stilly stick… I suppose the keenest disappointment I feel about the past week and the almost incredible weirdnesses its has brought in its train is the idea that there are people out ...
Frackulous interview about all things apps at the Windows Phone 7 launch in London.
Passions Blogging down one’s thoughts can sometimes end in bogging them down. Political events, ideological disagreements, rants, apologies, defensive screeds and coverage of techno launches, politic...
I suppose the proudest thing I own is this badge, one of a very limited collection, given to me by the warm and wonderful Phill Jupitus. Anyone who can wear it can think of themselves of flying a fla...
Oh my lordy lordy LORD. I have known these two weeks were coming, but it’s still a shock that they’re here already. As you might know from my #shamelesswhoring on Twitter, I have a book out this week...
Stephen explains how the myFry App works.
Part One Back from my travels. Jet-lag more or less out of my system. What a strange journey it has been. Let me tell you how it came about. Book Fair and Opera House It all began some months ago whe...
Biffing busily about Beijing on a bike: Explaining the journey from pictograms to ideograms to the modern and simplified Chinese characters That’s enough brushes, ed. Where the brushes are made...
Welcome The hooplah that surrounds the release of a new Apple product is enough to make many otherwise calm and balanced adults froth and jigger. That some froth with excited happiness and others wit...
Your Royal Highness, Your Grace, My Lord Bishop, Your Excellencies, Honoured President, Academicians, Lords, Ladies, Gentlemen, artists, art lovers, friends, trustees, donors, distinguished guests an...
Wherever and however you are reading this, welcome. It might be that you are, like me, the kind of early adopting sillyhead who has already got their hands on an iPad and, having naturally rushed to ...
Hermeneutics One of the most puzzling features of the current unstoppable wave of political punditry that is flooding all channels and outlets at the moment (including this one of course) is the pecu...
It’s none of your business. How you will vote is none of my business. This country cannot proceed along any lines that make sense or promise hope unless we can all get along no matter how we vote and...
My four months of self-imposed exile has come to an end. I went to America to write my book. To Los Angeles in fact. I know some people will instantly shriek in horror at the idea of a someone going ...
On the Mother Ship. a self-confessed Apple fanboy gets finger time with the ipad – and face time with Steve Jobs Article “Apple’s iPad: The Mothership Prepares for Launch” published on Th...
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