I wasn't going to write about the BBC's Panorama problems, but when I saw three directors give evidence to the Culture Select Committee, I couldn't hold back any longer.
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Does Keir Starmer know what spying is?
Read the latest of my Irregular Thoughts:
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Saw The Hack last night. It's extraordinary that newspapers are still destroying lives. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant, @jacquihames.bsky.social and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

Expert evidence can be crucial in a criminal trial. But there is a recurring pattern of defendants coming up with a counterargument only after the trial has resulted in a conviction.
The Lucy Letby trial tells us that something needs to change.
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Changes to the UK water industry: a time for hope or hype
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How ironic that it is the critics of a blatant power grab who find themselves likened to Germans in the 1930s!
Read the latest of my #IrregularThoughts
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The discount period starts today (Saturday 10 May) and runs for 7 days. Buy the book at amzn.eu/d/bivFsMy.

My book, I Learned to Write, went on sale in March and hit the top of Amazon's bestsellers in two charts. As a celebration, the e-book is being offered for one week only at the discounted price of 99p (usual price £2.99).

"Rage agAInst the machine", the latest of my #IrregularThoughts.
Is there any sense in creatives objecting to AI learning from their work?
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My book is #1 in Amazon best sellers. Available at Https://amzn.eu/d/bivFsMy

Five years ago, I launched a website to explain my writing techniques.
TODAY I launched the book of the website.
In time, it may go to video.
But I haven’t yet decided who’s going to play me.
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Yesterday, Amazon announced it had acquired James Bond. Today, it dumped Neighbours. Clearly, only enough room in the budget for one of them.

Farmers should pay their fair share of tax, but the recent Budget wasn't fair or economically sensible. See "Losing the Plot", the latest of my #IrregularThoughts at
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