Posts from August 2005

I’m so tired… (August 25th, 2005)

…I could die.
I want nothing more than to curl up in bed and sleep ’til Monday. But, no, Clare has insisted I blog the events of today. And so I shall, in the style of those weekend diaries we were forced to write in primary school…
On Wednesday, Clare and I went to Farringdon to meet [...]



Don’t be evil (August 23rd, 2005)

It’s 3am.
And I’m in the office.
You’ll notice I don’t say “still” in the office. Because, truth be told, I only got here five hours ago – after an adventure-filled evening out.
I think, about working late, I like the quiet best. The quiet and the empty corridors – like one of those Japanese horror films where [...]



Tell you what… (August 18th, 2005)

…I do love Thursdays.
Thursday – for the past four-ish years – has been the day when we put our ‘flag-ship email comment sheet’, The Friday Thing together.
Articles that have been written throughout the week by our fine team of writers, headed-up by TFP Online Editor Graham Pond, are rounded up, sifted-through and tweaked to taste. [...]



A bunch of talentless murderers, who smell like baboons (August 17th, 2005)

‘Gentlemen, I agree with you that Napoleon is a tyrant, a monster, the sworn foe of our nation. But, gentlemen – he once shot a publisher. ‘ – Thomas Campbell (1777)
Yeah, way to go, Clare. Slag off the Editor of The Bookseller in your first post. What are you planning for tomorrow? A quick drive-by [...]



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