May 2008 - Posts

28 May 2008
Back to happiness

I did a blogpiece on happiness a couple of weeks ago and the metrics indicate that it attracted more than the usual number of lurking readers. So I thought I'd continue in similar vein and alert you - albeit belatedly - to a good article by Matthew Syed Read More...

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28 May 2008
Time for the Conway report

Today, CILIP publishes the Conway report - a hard-hitting analysis of the condition of public libraries in England written for CILIP by Patrick Conway, former Director of Culture and Leisure with Durham County Council. The report is based on a small sample Read More...

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21 May 2008
Welcome back, Dr Jones

In a long career there are bound to be embarrassing moments - and, for me, being compared to Indiana Jones ranks high on the list! Back in 1985, when Dr Jones was the biggest thing at the box office and I teaching at the estwhile (shame!) Birmingham Library Read More...

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08 May 2008
On happiness

Last week I promised you a heartwarming tale of happiness, so here it is. My good friend (whom for the sake of anonymity we shall call X ), aged 58, describes himself as a long-haired, vegetarian saxophone player who lives in semi-poverty in a crumbling Read More...

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08 May 2008
Stuff to read

My journey home last night (line problems in the West Midlands area, delay to inbound train, relief crew, no hot drinks...) was made more pleasant than it might have been by catching up on some of my professional reading. Here's some stuff I found well Read More...

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07 May 2008
The Perrin Award

You remember the Perrier Award for best comedy act at the Edinburgh Festival? Well I'm going to introduce the Perrin Award for best comedy announcement at the Euston Fiasco - or West Coast Main Line, as it's sometimes called. Commuting has a big part Read More...

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02 May 2008
streaming ...

A few weeks ago, I gave a paper at a National Year of Reading event in my adopted home town of Solihull. They asked me if they could record my paper for a podcast or somesuch and I said yes, thinking I can get a transcript of the recording and then edit Read More...

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