Archive for the 'News' Category

Adrian Chiles of The One Show…wrestling?

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

I came across this…spectacle when leaving work on Monday night. The One Show (a daily magazine show on BBC One) is filmed in the building next to my work, and they often do parts of the show outside. So, like any good journo, I whipped out the best video equipment I had to hand - […]

Every little hurts…

Friday, November 16th, 2007

From http://www.viva.org.uk/campaigns/turtle/index.html:
Tesco – one of Britain’s largest retailers – is currently making money off the back of animal torture, by selling live animals in their stores in China. Turtles are decapitated by staff without being stunned first – or are sold live to customers who take them home to kill in any way they choose. […]

Ethical social networking

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

The latest social networking website is called Actics - just read about it today on newconsumer.com. Actics is a new social networking site which allows you to rate companies - and individuals - according to their values.
Well, I’m going to register, and I’ll let you know if it’s as addictive as […]

Howies opens a store in London

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Howies - one of my favourite online clothing stores - has opened its first shop on London’s Carnaby Street.
So if you can’t ever get me on the mobile, go look in there as I will probably be customer-in-residence from hereon in. : )
Ethical lifestyle magazine New Consumer wrote an article about […]

World’s heaviest baby - ouch!

Friday, October 5th, 2007

A Russian woman recently gave birth to a BIG baby:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7015841.stm
So if you want to give birth to a 17.5lb baby (and let’s face it, who *doesn’t* want to push something that big out of their birth canal?) then get on a diet of potatoes, tomatoes, and noodles. Sounds like a student diet. : ) […]