Category Archives: Journalism

"I'm in favour of free speech unless I disagree with it"

Posted on March 4, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s Tuesday. Must be time for Cancer editor News Bunny Norton to wheel out his Islamo-looney, Farooq Siddique to give us his highly personal take on Islam in his ‘A Muslim in Bristol’ column. Strangely enough Norton’s stopped posting Siddique’s … Continue reading →

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Scoop!

Posted on March 1, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s been another big week for Bristol journalism … “Dream Jobs! How to get them by those who know,” announces the front cover of this week’s Venue. Sounds good. We could all do with a dream job. Here at the … Continue reading →

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Is the News Bunny reversing the ferret?

Posted on February 14, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Here’s the latest example of the kind of leadership found at the top of our city’s most influential institutions these days … You might remember that the Evening Cancer, the newspaper Mike “News Bunny” Norton is supposed to be in … Continue reading →

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The life and times of Michael Cocks #4

Posted on January 6, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Former Bristol South MP Michael Cocks, even in the twilight of his long parliamentary career, still manages a small walk-on part in high Tory journalist Peter Oborne’s surprisingly impressive attack on contemporary parliamentary politics, The Triumph of the Political Class. … Continue reading →

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When we was fab

Posted on December 21, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The term “fab” in this flyer may be laced with a certain irony since the address beneath it places Venue’s new offices on the 2nd floor of the Evening Cancer’s terrifying HQ – that rarely mentioned eighth circle of hell, … Continue reading →

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"Bloody foreign onions, coming over here, taking our shelves …"

Posted on December 19, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

“I, for one, wasn’t put on this earth to make life easy for British farmers, who are a reactionary and misanthropic lot as a rule – gaily destroying wildlife, backing blood sports, feeding animals the remains of their relatives and … Continue reading →

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Cancer on the case (again)

Posted on December 2, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Another big shout out to Evening Cancer editor Mike Norton and his super smart newsroom boys. “PAY AS YOU THROW” thundered the front page of our ever so good local newspaper yesterday. “ A “pay-as-you-throw” scheme charging householders £2 per … Continue reading →

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Mailer

Posted on November 11, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The last 25 years haven’t been particularly kind to Norman Mailer, who died yesterday, as his various attempts to produce “The Great American Novel” all ended in dismal and embarrassing failure. But go a bit further back and The Armies … Continue reading →

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Tough at the top?

Posted on November 8, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Clearly it’s not just Heather Tomlinson feeling the pressure and turning into a raving paranoid loon who’s lost all their bearings. Mike Norton, Bristol United Press’s Group Editor responsible for all their local publications including The Cancer, The Depress and … Continue reading →

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Pass the sickbag: Writers’ Rooms

Posted on September 23, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

That Guardian Review column that never fails to disappoint… This week we meet Joshua Ferris, some tricksy New York-based novelist who has created a(n extremely) minor sensation with his debut novel, Then We Came to the End, that’s supposed to … Continue reading →

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