Given its rich and complex nature, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the English language has such a plethora of staunch guardians. We all know someone who’s irked beyond measure by a muddled ‘there’ and ‘they’re’, or disproportionately piqued by the incorrect use of the phrase ‘begs the question’.
But all languages, not just English, are organic; they […]
There was a ‘blimey, Dave’ moment here in the Van offices yesterday when it was discovered that thelondonpaper was to shut, three years after it hit the capital.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the closure of the freesheet has caused ripples across the London-centric media, with the story carried by almost all media outlets. The news also spread fast […]
The main story for (seemingly) the last hundred years or so has, of course, been Claimsgate – the media in general, and The Daily Telegraph in particular, have had their hands full trying to fit in anything that’s not expensed iced gems, moats and duckhouses.
Sensitive to the media agenda, agencies have been holding back stories […]
In its latest incarnation (that of ‘media frenzy’), swine flu has been with us now for something approaching a week .
(There’s also some debate as to whether swine flu has been with us at Van for a something approaching a week since a member of the team got back from his holiday. We’re erring on […]
Indisputably, the biggest story in the British press over the past couple of weeks has been Jade Goody. We’ve heard how her cervical cancer has spread; that she got married to her boyfriend; and that her children will be brought up by their father after her death.
This has provoked a fierce debate – in established […]
This week, PR Week reported on the public’s falling level of trust in the UK media. According to a new report, the level of trust is currently at just 28%, and only 19% of people say that they trust newspapers.
Explanations for the declining trends range from being merely a symptom in an economic climate where […]
