One of the first things I did when I got to university was join the Amnesty International society (which I went on to chair) and the event I remember best was a vigil held to mark the first anniversary of the chemical attack that wiped out the city of Halabja. Salford had cottoned Continue reading →

AD: Click here for the Next Directory I remember a time when the Clothes Show was on BBC1 rather than a minor digital channel and black bin bags were a hot fashion tip. Fashion really is cyclical: these Next mannequins revive the bin bag with a hint of green. This posted via mobile Continue reading →

‘…if you send one of those relatively green temporary managers to stay in a Travelodge in a strange town for weeks on end, he may spend his spare time doing daft things.’ – North West Evening Mail The North West Evening Mail is gloating after running blogger Steve Beall out of town. Twenty-year-old Continue reading →

Okay it’s not January yet, but yesterday was the last day of Christmas shopping at Amazon a date that makes it officially post-Christmas for online commerce and time to unveil sale, after sale, after sale. Next Directory has already posted a list of bargains to subscribers. They normally open the phone lines at Continue reading →

‘They use bricks to use less “toilet water”… this is constructive… while in the Pink Floyd version he had to take the bricks out of the wall. The times they are a changing ;-). Now you figure it out about the lights…’ – YouTube users discuss Eric Prydz, Proper Education I was just Continue reading →