Was listening to Radio One the other day. There was a competition, a radio phone in, with two contestants. The DJ, Sarah Cox, said, ‘Best of luck to you both.’ And I’ve been thinking about it ever since. It is something you hear quite a lot, on game shows, Pop Idol and IACGMOFH. But how […]

As part of this course we have been advised to read a wide variety of newspapers so we can gain a broad view of the media and get to grips with different styles of writing aimed at different audiences. So on Saturday, I sat in the Gyllyngvase Beach Café and read a day-old Daily Mail. […]

One of my classmates emailed me today, called me Snow (as my last name is white or equivalent) which set me thinking about nick names. I’ve never really had one. Jen Jen at one point at university (yuk) or The Jenster in Namibia – liked that. But do these count? A true nickname can’t just […]

Using predictive text on my phone, party comes up as pasty. I can’t imagine that pasty is a more common word than party. I am wondering if it is because I am in Cornwall, if there is some regional dictionary taking control of my phone. I’ll try it in London, see whats what. Also Pint, […]

I was watching I’m a celebrity get me out of here last night. I know I know, I’m meant to be a writer; I’m meant to be filling my brain with high fal-ut-ing literature of the highest calibre and shunning the flickering box, but I’d had a journey from hell coming back from London on […]