http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/blogs/ Droitwich Advertiser /news/blogs/ en-gb Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:17:30 +0000 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:17:30 +0000 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/blogs/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/resources/images/1000815/?type=rsslogo http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/blogs/ http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/blogs/5061487.The_government_has_to_go_further_on_transport_/?ref=rss Birmingham to London in just 49 minutes: the promise of the new High Speed Rail Strategy published last week by the government. Great and about time too. But the government transport policies do not go far enough and will not, in themselves, lead to the economic renaissance of the Black Country. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:12:54 +0000 80be1b40215b5f213a914f2edb0baaf2 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/blogs/5060586.Up_close_and_personal____3_/?ref=rss Fly on the wall. Voyeurism. Socio – documentary. Peeping Tom. I suppose the term you choose to use for watching other people depends on which side of the fence you think you are sitting. Call 'Big Brother Celebrity Whatsisname Why do You Think I Should Watch This?' a fly on the wall documentary, and it's possibly alright, in some eyes. (Shed a tear luvvie, they'll lap it up..) Call it voyeurism, and suddenly it's something else. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:40:33 +0000 3d346dbf983ab40537cddb4e0da2dc90 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/blogs/5057715.Cyclist_takes_a_stand/?ref=rss It's wrong to lock your bike to the town clock railings, but what are cyclists to do when there isn't a viable alternative? Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:55:06 +0000 ef889317ae16b5a8a3d5d85b9cee4bb0 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/blogs/5045949.Comedy_writer__Geoff_Tristram_lets_rip_on_the_topics_that_raise_his_blood_pressure__This_week_he_discusses_careers_in_his_own_inimitable_style_/?ref=rss Comedy writer, Geoff Tristram lets rip on the topics that raise his blood pressure.This week, he looks at careers. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:20:00 +0000 64503065d58bbebaf8ecfd419f2142f5 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/blogs/5050398.Up_close_and_personal____2_/?ref=rss Not too many years ago, a photographer could wander the streets and parks engaged in a shared innocence with adults, children, household pets, pretty much anything that was out there. Newspaper photographers regularly went out in search of 'fillers,' pictures to fill spaces in the paper when news was light. So pictures of children riding their Christmas bikes, families enjoying a bit of summer sunshine, real pictures of real people enjoying a slice of real time, were the norm. Just try that nowadays. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:01:45 +0000 f914eea5620bddb29311944540009338 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/blogs/5024424.A_Cornucopia_of_Unrelated_Revelations__by_Bruce_Sallan/?ref=rss Occasionally, I have too many ideas floating around in my head, and they don’t merit a full column. Herewith a variety of things on my mind. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:20:00 +0000 8bb3887a024b546fd103fcf7f9e420e9 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/blogs/5046422.Up_close_and_personal/?ref=rss I'm really interested in you. Yes, I am. I'm so interested, I've crossed over the road / changed the direction in which I was walking / ignored the people I was with before I saw you. I am so interested, with the way you look, the thing you are doing, the space you are doing it in, I'm going to walk right up to you, point this little black mechanical tool at you, study you for a few seconds, then capture your soul forever. Frightened? Offended? Perhaps, but hopefully you never really saw me. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:52:26 +0000 343fa081826af8c1512f3e2f1f674f8d http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/blogs/5042793.Parry_On_Up_The_High_Street/?ref=rss Our very own People Mover should make us proud! Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:50:52 +0000 b00f30969d3c4fb30656b3431a5d2812 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/blogs/5042642.Trist_on_Tattoos/?ref=rss Comedy writer, Geoff Tristram lets rip on the topics that raise his blood pressure. This week he discusses tattoos in his own inimitable style. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:12:14 +0000 bb54f56750e01033d2528b0f734351d9 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/blogs/5035326.Once_upon_a_time_all_these_sheep_were_trees____3_/?ref=rss At one end of Brierley Hill Black Country men and women wearing white aprons and wellies made sausages. At the other end Black Country men wearing dirty cotton and denim made steel. And dotted around an assortment of men and women wearing an assortment of things made glass. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:30:00 +0000 83d5400ea2dd64a8f3f7044a9ba1261a