Will Ferrell is in the country. Maybe he came to get away from it all. But he couldn’t. Because every time he so much as stopped for directions someone would ring Today FM with the latest on his location.
It was like The Running Man, except he’s not running, and his head won’t explode despite the laser-beam stares of starstruck Paddies. (more…)
In today’s Daily Telegraph Andrew O’Hagan has a pop at the proliferation of third-level courses in Britain, but it has an obvious relevance here. He asks would it not be better for a lot of people to get a decent apprenticeship and a job in a company that treats them well rather than spend their time doing a “D.Phil in Pop Management” (looked it up; doesn’t exist, unfortunately). He also has a dig at courses in Artificial Intelligence, which does not go down well with some of those commenting.
Anyway, the thrust of his arguments is: (more…)
