I’ve just published Returning Politics to the People over on Gazette Communities. Hopefully, the links are working better than last week. Regular readers will have heard it all before, albeit not in one post. Enjoy.
Embarrassment about mental health costs lives
Much like a certain other blogger, I’ve been really struggling for what to write for this week’s Gazette Communities piece. The result, which is now online, was Embarrassment about mental health costs lives.
It’s not brilliantly written, but is sort of locally relevant at the moment, with a sort of national resonance, and is very loosely based on this post from last year.
I’m pretty sure it’s my worst one over there yet…
This post was filed under: Notes, Writing Elsewhere.
Teenage Heroes; Teenage Villains
I’ve just published Teenage Heroes; Teenage Villains over on Gazette Communities. It’s a post with a local focus, but wider resonance, and it’s all-new.
This post was filed under: Notes, Writing Elsewhere.
Book Update
My book, Instant Opinion, is now available from a number of bookshops, including the ever-reliable WHSmith and the Foyles group of sites. WHSmith is actually selling it cheaper than I am able, and that’s with free delivery to your local store and seven very exciting Clubcard points.
In a moment of wonderful irony, it isn’t yet available through sjhoward.co.uk/shop; it is, however, available through the links on this page in both printed and (exclusive) ebook formats. I’ll let you know when it becomes even more widely available.
This post was filed under: Notes, Site Updates.
If Chelsea were under water, it would be taken seriously
Can’t recommend Polly Toynbee’s column in today’s Guardian enough: If Chelsea were under water, it would be taken seriously: “Imagine if the Thames had burst its banks at Westminster, Chelsea and Fulham. It wouldn’t have been a weather story but a full-scale national emergency.” Too true.
This post was filed under: News and Comment, Notes, Politics.
Why terrorists aren’t ‘evil’
I’ve just posted Why terrorists aren’t ‘evil’ over on Gazette Communities. It’s an extensively reworked and updated version of this post from 2005. Those with a copy of my book will also find a copy of the original post on pages 173 to 174. Those without the book can buy a pre-publication copy via this page, or will shortly be able to get hold of it from all good bookshops – including sjhoward.co.uk/shop. How much promotion can I fit in one tiny post?
This post was filed under: Notes, Writing Elsewhere.
Discontinuation of Email Service
As of yesterday, I’ve withdrawn this site’s “Subscribe by Email” option. The system needed a radical overhaul, and with the user numbers of this system dwindling thanks to the increasing popularity of RSS, I decided it was easier to just withdraw the service. All users of the old service have been contacted, and given information on alternatives – if you haven’t heard, you’re not affected.
Email notification of new comments is still available.
This post was filed under: Notes, Site Updates.
WordPress 2.2.1
This blog is now running WordPress 2.2.1. Thanks to Mark, as ever, for the useful Changed Files ZIP 😉
This post was filed under: Notes, Site Updates.
Room for improvement on disability services
I’ve just published Room for improvement on disability services over on Gazette Communities. It’s not my best piece ever, but it is brand new, as promised.
This post was filed under: Notes, Writing Elsewhere.