Screws of the World: Throwing away our right to a free press since 1969
27 Aug 2009 Leave a Comment
in Pluto Online Tags: Clive Goodman, ECHR Privacy, Investigative Journalism, Max Mosely, News Corporation, News International, News of The World, NOTW, Phone Tapping, Rupert Murdoch
It’s the paper that brought hundreds of criminals to justice, exposed sex scandals, tapped Royal phone lines and relentlessly stalked celebrities.
The current situation at News of the World needs little introduction. But for those recently returned from Mediterranean beaches, African safaris and trips to Mars, here goes… More
Have a break… Have a free house, a pool and a chauffeur to be exact
27 Aug 2009 Leave a Comment
in Pluto Online Tags: Fred Goodwin, Jacqui Smith porn, Kit-Kat, Michael Portillo, MP Expenses, Parliamentary expenses, Scandal, Susan Boyle
Human nature has inspired a whole host of wonderfully complex and intriguing debates; nature/nurture, original sin, predisposed personalities. So surely the next debate will be, if nobody’s watching, does everybody take what they can? More
A match made in retail heaven
27 Aug 2009 Leave a Comment
in Pluto Online Tags: Coca Cola, Innocnt Smoothies, Killer Coke, L'Oreal, Manchester University, Pepsi, Proctor & Gamble, The Body Shop
Look into any large multinational and you’ll find many an unlikely match: L’Oreal buying the Body Shop; Unilever, owners of Ben & Jerry’s; Proctor and Gamble producing Pringles; and now Coca Cola has a stake in Innocent smoothies.
I’ll be whatever you want me to be
27 Aug 2009 Leave a Comment
in Pluto Online Tags: April 1st 2009, BBC, G20, protests, Rolling news channels, Russell Brand, Sarkozy and Merkel, Sky, tabloids
Depending on you main source of news, the G20 protests passed off with debatable success.
After weeks of anticipation and planning by the protestors, police, residents of London and workers in the City, it’s all over. And despite the media planning, perhaps more than anybody else, they’ve still failed to tell us exactly what happened. More
Happiness is…
27 Aug 2009 Leave a Comment
in Pluto Online Tags: Addictive, Benzamine, Cancer, Carbon Monoxide, Cigarette Adertising, Cyanide, Marketing, Nicotine, Smoking, The Marlboro Men
What a difference a century makes- from being stocked, on full view, in pharmacies to being branded “poison sticks”, the cigarette has undergone a radical transformation.
After the popularity of “men’s” cigars and pipes, it was the cigarette that made smoking an equal opportunities past time. More women took up the habit than ever before because of the cigarette’s slender design. More
Less Than Jake
27 Aug 2009 Leave a Comment
in Pluto Online Tags: 1 hell of a bumpy ride, 2 parents, Jake Myerson, Julie Myerson, Living with teenagers; 3 kids
You know what, my mum’s brilliant. I’ve often thought it but there’s nothing like a reminder to really make you appreciate someone.
My reminder? Julie Myerson; the face of neurotic, Daily Mail reading, middle- aged women everywhere.
Her long suffering son, Jake, has my full sympathy. The most turbulent years of his teenage life have been chronicled by his “mother dearest” in her book “Living with teenagers; 3 kids, 2 parents, 1 hell of a bumpy ride”.
Need a new excuse to eat chocolate?
27 Aug 2009 Leave a Comment
in Pluto Online Tags: Bourneville, Cadbury, Chocolate, Dairy Milk, Fairtrade, Fairtrade fortnight
You could be forgiven for not noticing we’re actually slap bang in the middle of FairTrade Fortnight.
Events have been taking place across campus and Essentials have revamped their display of FairTrade products. But it seems the majority, myself included, are turning a blind eye and opting for the cheaper, familiar brands, regardless of how they were produced. More
The Education Crunch
27 Aug 2009 Leave a Comment
in Pluto Online Tags: Conservatives, Corley MP, Credit Crunch, Education, Graduate Recruitment, Jobs, Labour, Lindsay Hoyle, Unemployment
The corporate “milk round” has effectively been suspended, we’re constantly told we’ll have to take “low skilled” jobs and we’re the most indebted students to date. Despite our current recession proof status, the future looks bleak.
Telling tales or exposing truths?
27 Aug 2009 Leave a Comment
in Pluto Online Tags: Andy Murray, Carol Thatcher, Gollywogs, Jo Brand, Jonathan Ross, Lesley Douglas, Prince Charles, Russel Brand, Sooty
A group of celebrities are sitting in a green room; a comedian, a presenter, a journalist/ jungle queen…
A girl’s best friend… what happened to diamonds?!
27 Aug 2009 Leave a Comment
in Pluto Online Tags: BBFs, Boys and Girls Alone, British Best Friend, ITV, Paris Hilton, Space Cadets
It’s a chicken and egg type conundrum… who has the lower moral base, Paris Hilton or her potential “BBFs”?
If you didn’t see it, you really missed a treat; twelve potential BBFs (That’s British Best Friends for those who don’t speak in acronyms) are eliminated weekly until Paris gets her very own British Best Friend. More
