Telesales and a point of principles
Saturday morning, and my cellphone rings. On the other side is an amicable fellow, effusively informing me of the privilege […]
Telesales and a point of principles Read Post »
Saturday morning, and my cellphone rings. On the other side is an amicable fellow, effusively informing me of the privilege […]
Telesales and a point of principles Read Post »
When the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano recently ran an article praising the Beatles’ 1968 White Album (officially titled simply The
John Lennon and Jesus Read Post »
The singer Andy Williams would have you believe that it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Yeah, right. Try
Getting ready for Christmas Read Post »
Research shows that 25% of Southern Cross consumers are wondering why the newspaper does not conduct a reader survey. Admittedly,
The Numbers Aren’t Right Read Post »
A diocese in Ireland has banned Céline Dion’s music from funerals, provoking much ire among potentially bereaved Catholics. The decision
Striking the right note at a funeral not as easy as it sounds Read Post »
Before I took a wrong turn and stumbled into journalism, I worked for some years in the hotel trade as
Culture of bad service Read Post »
Pope Benedict’s sartorial stylings have made news recently, in lifestyle magazines and in the Vatican’s newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano. Last year Esquire
Pope Benedict, style guru for the noughties Read Post »
Every writer lives in fear. It’s a dread that would make dealing with the taxman followed by an unanaesthetised root
The writer’s great fear of the blank mind and page Read Post »
In 1984 a German filmmaker asked the Carthusian grand prior whether he might film the contemplative monks of the order’s
The soundtrack of silence Read Post »