Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Is this the world's biggest Special K?



UPDATE: apparently not. @MySpecialK_UK has tweeted me a competitor, here: but there's no ruler, and the hand that's holding it could be tiny. 

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Flights and Fights: Inside the Low Cost Airlines

Hope you might catch my programme on BBC Two tonight: Flights and Fights - 9pm. 

I have written about my experiences making the film here, and there's more background here, and a feature for the BBC News website here.

Here are some of our publicity shots for the film: 





And here's one from behind the scenes: 

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The Gates' family holiday

Now this is what I call an imaginative family holiday. It comes with the ultimate in classy holiday videos - complete with sophisticated graphics to explain financial points.

Bill and Melinda Gates took "the kids" down the Panama Canal.

Bill had read a history of the Canal before they arrived. And as you can see here, he was allowed to operate the "Windows-based computers" that open the locks.

I'm just sorry the video didn't make use of the palindrome, which would have fitted nicely:

A man, a plan, a canal, Panama