Category: 2010

Conferences and events attended in 2010.

Finding my way around Norway

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Sometimes you just need a good book and everything in one place. Before I head on any trip, I like to make sure of a few things – how to get from the airport or station into town and to the hotel, where the major points of interest for the tip are; how much is breakfast going to cost me; public transport and other little niggly things. Now it is possible to go online and find out all of this given time (and the airport links are usually on the Wikipedia page of said Airport), but instead of offering to

Analysing the UK Eurovision entry at The Stage

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Throughout the week in Oslo at Eurovision I’ve been doing an article a day for the Stage newspaper. The final piece was a look at the United Kingdom at Eurovision, and while some of it was a look back to the mistakes of 2010, it was mostly about looking forward and asking what now. In brief… Decide if you [the BBC] want to try again. Look in the mirror and say “the problem is us”. We failed because the song we put on stage was rubbish. Don’t coast to a song, make a decision and be proactive. Realise you are

Time to vote on my Eurovision 2010 Tweets

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Following on from a similar poll last year, it’s time to look back at the tweet coverage I did of the Eurovision Song Contest, and to pick out the line most likely to appear on a T-Shirt. yes it’s time to ask “what was your favourite line of my Eurovision coverage?” [poll id="4”] Just for fun, you understand, but if your favourite isn’t here, you can always add it into the comments!