1987; the year we began When I began this task of website conversion from hand coded pages into contemporary WordPress format it struck me just how far on the industry has come from the first iteration of the Island-Publishing business. Back in those days I had been using computers since 1981 and extremely primitive models… Read More »
Trains Trains are an interest, last week I even rode on one just like that pictured above. For people who know me well, or sometimes visit this blog, that probably seems an obvious statement. I am PRO for a railway society (The SLS) and manage the website for two other rail related groups so train… Read More »
RBS and Brexit Why the simplicity on this important issue? Watching the recent news story coverage of RBS and Brexit I felt that most journalists got it wrong. In simplistically reporting this as a short-term item, they seriously missed the point. I voted remain and will do so again if we get a second chance… Read More »
General status update A general status update as it has been a while since I posted anything here so time to get back onto the blogging trail. It has been busy summer including helping both my daughters make family house moves, two brief holiday breaks, one in the Lake District and a second in Scotland… Read More »
WCRC sentencing outcome The court cases following the incident at Wootton Bassett in 2015 are now resolved and sentences issued. Both parties pleaded guilty at Swindon Crown Court yesterday. Glad to see the prison sentence was suspended. Link to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) official statement. BBC Press News report on the outcome.… Read More »
WCRC – update During the site update earlier tonight I noticed that the fact the operating suspension of WCRC has been lifted was not reported. Out of fairness to WCRC that omission is now rectified with this short post. The earlier post is here. The Crown Court and other proceedings remain live and no-comment is made regarding… Read More »
Politicians lies / finishing UNI I started this blog as part of a University course (BACOMM Bournemouth). That has now finished, a time to reflect whilst awaiting the results. Over the three years I interacted with many EU Citizens from outside the UK both as lecturers and fellow students, a positive outcome, for all. Was the course worth… Read More »
WCRC – Legal constraints update This legal constraints update is a follow up to my blog entry of 5th January this year regarding the West Coast Railway Company (WCRC). At that time the company’s operations were under the spotlight due to the pending court case action arising from the Wootton Bassett incident of 7 March… Read More »
A quick thank you This is to say thank you to everyone who completed the Christmas Shopping questionnaire for me. The current, and likely final, total is 64 respondents. As the infogr.am figures were part of a Uni project (and the marks have yet to be published) I have not updated or changed those. The… Read More »
Primary research I have carried out suggests that journalistic staples in the Christmas build up differ from reality. Recently on Storify I published two posts, the first outlining how journalists predicted Christmas rail misery, and the second describing how shopper behaviour impacts on retailers. In the background, I also posted two research questionnaires surrounding those… Read More »