Beeb me up North - or down South?

Based on the content of her hate-fuelled articles for the Daily Mail (which we can safely describe as the "Daily Hate"), this woman is someone whose articles champion a far-right-skirting, homophobic, xenophobic ranteuse type of journalism. Yet having said this, with the below article she is actually making a (rare) fair point; namely that the BBC's relocation of key studios and functions to other parts of the UK is indeed far from the correct move to make in the current climate. Creatives need to think creatively (Copyright Ministry of the Bleeding Obvious), and in moving a large part of their organisation, including the studios used for many of their most popular programmes to different sites, at vast cost in a time of austerity, the BBC have definitely not made a creative decision, more one borne of the confusion of randomness.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1354381/BBCs-north-lunacy-Shows-catastrophically-lost-way.html

But to the author herself. Despite the fair point she is making, it is still a shame that she has to rant about it, again! Tweet, cajole, explain, write, fb-it, myspice it, tumbl-lo...whatever, but there is no need to RANT! Oh and is it really necessary to get in a snipe at the previous Labour government too, with the highly contentious conspiracy theory that they were keen to "gerrymander the electoral map by creating well-paid, publicly funded jobs in Labour constituencies." That government were far from the brilliant success they should have been, but this just sounds like sour grapes. And it is irrelevant to the story. Shouldn't we be focusing on what is happening in the here and now rather than creating stories analysing (or should that be scandalmongering) about the past?

The W urges you to THINK Melanie, think before you write!

PS. This article is not a rant, more a critique of an article and its subject matter - in case anyone wants to chcuk the eggs back at this writer!

Sunday Roast in Stepney

Last Sunday just gone your correspondent had the pleasure of waking up at midday with a heavy head after yet another late Saturday down the Lane. G 'n T may be considered one of the "healthier" drinks but it certainly didn't feel like it on this particular cold winter Sunday, complete with interminable grey sky et al. So what better than a call to one's bestest (and only) Essex-girl-of-Laotian-descent friend and swift arrangements were made to visit the lovely Miss L's new flat adjacent Stepney Green tube in one of Tower Hamlets' most famous 9-storey monolithic council bloques! A swift strip in - sorry I meant trip to - JS later and vast quantities of red 'n roast ingredientes had been acquired, sufficient to sweep away any lingering hangover and finish the weekend with a flourish. Three hours later the results were on the table and the only complaint was that just the two of us were there to witness the impressive results, homemade gravy to the fore! Well maybe not so impressive looking judging by the visual trickery of the dodgy photo upload below, but life ain't perfick....

Can we do that every Sunday please?

Hackney in a Winter Wonderland

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5.5 years in East London.

5.5 years of fascinating times and fascinating people.

One very overdue blog.

In the coming months, the author will be making up for all those years not writing about life in the East End in the twenty-first century by doing just that, writing about the life and times of those living in the East End in the early C21! With a vast plethora of East-End specific subject matter to focus on, particularly music, art, fashion, architecture, urban renewal, gentrification, culture clashes, nightlife etc etc, there is plenty to discuss and ideas, comments, thoughts etc are more than welcome. If there is a subject which interests you, get in touch and we'll see what we can do!

And remember: Once a Hackney Wanker, always a Hackney Wanker! x