Friday Reading S11E07
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Martin Belam, covering journalism, media and technology, and other interesting nerdy things. It is now in its eleventh season. Sign up here. I can’t stress enough that you…
How we got where we got today – revision
My former boss Tony Ageh shared this piece from 2014 on Twitter this morning, calling it “some of the best writing I have ever read on *any* subject, while at the same time addressing more or less *every* political undercurrent…
‘First rough draft of history’ – live blogging article for InPublishing
“I’ve always thought of the role of the live blogger as being a little like that of a radio DJ on a news-driven morning or drive-time show. You need to be lively and entertaining, you need to convey things quickly…
Friday Reading S11E06
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Martin Belam, covering journalism, media and technology, and other interesting nerdy things. It is now in its eleventh season. Sign up here. Amazing piece of journalism on internet…
That gig meme that’s been knocking around on the Facebooks
FIRST GIG: Cliff Richard at the London Palladium in 1983 with my parents. LAST GIG: Incredibly luckily just sneaked in before lockdown it was me as m-orchestra supporting Pye Corner Audio at the Wild Card Brewery in Walthamstow. It was…
A one-line review of every #TimsTwitterListeningParty I joined in January 2021
Nobody has asked for this. Tough luck. It’s a new monthly series. I’ve marked LPs that I’d never heard the whole way through before with a 🆕 icon. The links go to the album on Spotify. Fat Boy Slim You’ve…
m-orchestra – More Ghost Stories EP and live shows
Regular readers will know that I make cursed and haunted electronica about the paranormal under the name m-orchestra, which has been my regular recording name since *gulp* 1987. Jesus. Anyway, I’ve got a new EP coming out on 15 February…
Friday Reading S11E05
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Martin Belam, covering journalism, media and technology, and other interesting nerdy things. It is now in its eleventh season. Sign up here. From the opening picture caption of…
Friday Reading S11E04
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Martin Belam, covering journalism, media and technology, and other interesting nerdy things. It is now in its eleventh season, and will be working from early in the morning…
Friday Reading S11E03
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Martin Belam, covering journalism, media and technology, and other interesting nerdy things. It is now in its eleventh season, and is also available as an email newsletter. Sign…