http://www.spada.co.uk Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:38:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So farewell, then, Teletext. You are being switched off after 17 years. I never watched you, and don't know anyone who did. But someone will miss you. By Mr T. TeleTextyTubby, age 2 (pictured thanks to Anieteke). http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spada-pr/~3/ctA-afjqJQA/ http://www.spada.co.uk/farewell-to-teletext/ Fancy a home with a sea view? Then go north. As this guide to the Ten Most Affordable Coastal Towns from the Times reveals, if you're looking for value for money, the south isn't where you'll find it. Pictured courtesy of Flickr user Sez_D: Mousehole in Cornwall - gorgeous, but not ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spada-pr/~3/uo3sEgL79-M/ http://www.spada.co.uk/head-north-for-coastal-homes/ What would you do if you were diagnosed with cancer? Quite possibly, you might "do a Collins" - cash in your pension, buy a large motorbike (like the one pictured here, courtesy of stonefaction) and spend your life savings enjoying your last six months on earth. But what if you were ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spada-pr/~3/kuoqecz4ME8/ http://www.spada.co.uk/nhs-sued-for-cancer-misdiagnosis/ As society vents its spleen upon itself, castigating everyone who is anyone for improper behaviour of the most venal kind, Swordplay asks: is it still possible to get a free lunch in London? The Scene: a restaurant in the City. It is busy but the atmosphere is unusually subdued, as if ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spada-pr/~3/LKRhfI5n4_4/ http://www.spada.co.uk/the-end-of-the-free-lunch-is-nigh/ Swordplay's denizens are well versed in the art of PR. It's what we do, so we should be. But our sometime scribe, Alex Wade, isn't convinced that everyone in the PR industry is quite so savvy. Here are his Nine Cardinal Sins of PR - commit any one of them ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spada-pr/~3/ebbQegXgsxc/ http://www.spada.co.uk/the-nine-cardinal-sins-of-pr/ Do you have a yen to interview Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg? Or at least ask him a question? Now's your chance. See this piece from the Independent, which, at 4.00pm today, is convening a question and answer session delivered purely through Twitter. Nick Clegg appears courtesy of Flickr users ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spada-pr/~3/rTkc_Pg98BQ/ http://www.spada.co.uk/twit-chat-with-clegg/ Blade counts himself as an avid reader of Legal Blog Watch. The US site is an invaluable source of legal comment and information. Today, LBW's 'Show Me The Money' post refers to Larry Bodine's belief that given the recession, clients "aren't just demanding lower fees from law firms". On top ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spada-pr/~3/gImP_ypKjAE/ http://www.spada.co.uk/lawyers-seek-client-chemistry/ According to this story from the Standard, Goldman Sachs has decided the recession is over. Well, that's not quite what it says, but how else to interpret the banking giant's £1.2 billion second quarter profit, which the Standard says will result in staff receiving an average of £430,000 in pay and ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spada-pr/~3/_MPYVR5eOV0/ http://www.spada.co.uk/big-bucks-at-goldman-sachs/ The Desmond/Bower libel trial continues - with a cracking exchange between Desmond and Ronald Thwaites, counsel for Bower, yesterday. See this story from the Press Gazette. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spada-pr/~3/raG7ZO7ggkA/ http://www.spada.co.uk/more-from-desmond-v-bower/ The Silly Season is upon us. Well, give or take a couple of weeks. But what is happening? Instead of media staples such as the Great White Shark of St Ives, large hats and drunken toffs marauding in Polzeath, we're being served up a near constant supply of genuinely intriguing ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spada-pr/~3/mvsBo0mHPCg/ http://www.spada.co.uk/what-happened-to-the-silly-season/