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RAJAR Q3 2026
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Waterstone’s Goes It Alone Online
A little while ago, I noted that Waterstone’s current online offereing essentially ceded the game to Amazon and that they could do something a little cleverer if they tried. Today comes an announcement that from this autumn, the Amazon deal is ending, and Waterstone’s is going it alone. There are lots of big things planned:…
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Bebo
Just like playground crazes of yesterday and favourite toys that nobody can get hold of at Christmas, we are now forever likely to be stuck with knowing about the latest flavour-of-the-month social website. The latest of these is Bebo.com, which The Guardian reported the other day, as muscling in on MySpace. No, I hadn’t heard…
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Monday Lottery
With a great fanfare (of sorts), the Monday Lottery launches today, proclaiming itself to be “the charities lottery.” And there was me, cynically thinking that it was just a commercial operation run by Chariot UK plc… But let’s have a look at that charities connection shall we? Well their website lists 70 charities who, I…
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Arsenal’s Final Day At Highbury
And so to Highbury for the very last time. Today’s fixture against Wigan was the last of the season. There was also the small matter of the fact that we needed to beat Wigan while hoping that West Ham could hold Spurs to a draw or better. That way, we’d finish fourth and get a…
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Alex Horne: When In Rome
To the Red Rose Comedy Club to see Alex Horne perfom When In Rome, an attempt to get more of us speaking Latin. Of course, I passed my O Level in Latin many moons ago (Grade C), so this wasn’t strictly necessary for me, but I went along. We got there early to get some…
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Elephant Hunting
Into town to see The Sultan’s Elephant. Only the French could put something on like this. Over four days, a story based on something that Jules Verne wrote, was played out across London. Enacted by Royal de Luxe, the highlight was the aforementioned elephant that stands 40 feet high and is a wonder of mechanisation.…
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Reviews of Mission: Impossible 3
I love reading, watching and listening to film reviews. But today’s review of MI3 in The Guardian is staggering for just how bad it is. I don’t really like Peter Bradshaw but then I don’t dislike him either. Overall he’s got reasonable taste in taste in films, but his review today is so far off-beam…
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YouTube and Google Video
Here’s an interesting post (via Waxy) about YouTube from someone who’s fed up of having his videos deleted because they’re copyright. To be honest, I’m not surprised, and the author probably has no real grounds to complain. These video services are treading a very fine line, and frankly are lawsuits waiting to happen if they’re…
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The Prisoner
More on the new version of The Prisoner announced last November. Instead of eight parts, it’s now a “pacy, high concept six-part drama akin to 24 and Spooks.” Christopher (Dr Who) Ecclestone is said to be “tipped” to star. “If Doctor Who set the standard, The Prisoner raises the bar,” said Sky’s new director of…
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We The Media: Scary Facts
The BBC, Reuters and The Media Center have been holding We The Media today in London. There are a couple of blogs from the event here, here and here, and the BBC has been streaming it too. But one interesting piece of research to be shared at the event comes from a specially commissioned survey…
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The Art of Doublespeak
I note that Footballers’ Wives has been axed. Good. But there’s a great bit of doublespeak in what’s obviously a re-worked press release: Eileen Gallagher, the managing director of Shed Productions, which makes Footballers’ Wives, said the decision to ditch the show had been taken jointly with the ITV director of drama, Nick Elliott. Jointly…
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Mission: Impossible 3
Do you like the TV series Alias? You know, the series from JJ Abrams, it’s just finishing its run in the US now after five series. In Britain, the series floated around various stations. I think Bravo show it now. Anyway, if you, you’re going to love M:I 3, because it’s essentially a big screen…
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