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August 21, 2007

Architects of language destruction

The Daily Post recently featured an article regarding the retirement after 45 years of Eisteddfod stalwart Ifan Lloyd Williams. Our introductory paragraph read as follows:
Eisteddfod architect Ifan Lloyd Williams retires this week after 45 years' service.
I have since received a letter from the Architects Registration Board under the heading: Use of the title "architect", in which they explain that Section 20 of the Architects Act of 1997 prohibits anyone using the title "architect" unless they are registered with the board.
A "concerned" member of the public had contacted the board as they thought the article portrayed Mr Lloyd Williams as a "registered architect".
I managed to overcome my initial desire to post the letter back and suggest they stick it where the sun don't shine.
That an article which spells out how a retired physics teacher devoted his time and energy to running festivals in large tents could be construed as suggesting he was running an unregistered architectural business is quite beyond me.
If the concerned member of the public who raised this matter is reading this can I suggest that they GET A LIFE.
Who the hell do the Architects Registration Board think they are, hijacking every definition of the word architect? According to my big dictionary it comes from the Greek word arkhitekton (builder) and also applies to someone who plans or devises.
For fun I googled the phrase architect + Bomber Harris and found 954 references, many to former Bomber Command chief Harris as the "architect" of the RAF's aerial campaign during the Second World War which razed nearly every city in Germany.
I wonder if the ARB have written to the Ministry of Defence pointing out that Harris was also not registered?


 

August 9, 2007

Of Maes and Mane

It's been hectic. The foot-and-mouth story has kept us very busy and Andrew Forgrave, our rural affairs editor, has done a great job in keeping the good folk of North Wales up to date. Check out today's "farm and country" section for the latest - plus Andrew's views on how FMD has been handled this time round.
As well as that we have also been working hard to produce some top notch National Eisteddfod coverage. I went along on Tuesday. The crowds looked good and the weather has been kind. As someone who still speaks at best "pidgin Welsh" I found it was no problem to get around and understand what is going on. And you can easily obtain a translation headset by the ticket office so you can follow all the action in the big pink tent.
Or you can sit outside and eat and and drink to your heart's content - there are LOADS of food outlets serving up some fantastic Welsh grub.
Today I'm going to catch a bit of the county cricket at Colwyn Bay while next week I'm heading to the Anglesey Show to see the shire horses and cobs on display (it will be a festival of all things equine but alas no cows and sheep).
Hey steady on, I am doing some real work as well. The design editor is on his hols so I have donned my old subbing boots to stick together a couple of front pages. It's still the best fun in newspapers (apart from Warrington Guardian Christmas parties, they were pretty wild).


 

August 2, 2007

Paris Hilton naked

Day four of my cold. Paracetamol wasn't doing the trick any more and I've moved on to Sudafed Non-drowsy. I'm on a downward spiral of cold-remedy narcotics and fairly soon I'll be mainlining Night Nurse.
We have a belter of a splash tomorrow when we will reveal a crime taking place before your very eyes. And if some copper is reading this - no it's not real-time, the crime has already happened. Anyway, check the front page in the morning - and our website.
Page three is very strong also and features the daftest reason I have ever heard for a young chap being turned down by the army since Quentin Crisp was asked to show his rear-end for evidence of untoward behaviour that might aid the enemy.
With it all going pear-shaped in Afghanistan and Iraq you'd think they'd sign you up with flat feet and pebble glasses but apparently Her Majesty's armed forces are still bizarrely fussy over who gets to carry a gun and risk life and limb for their country.
The big sporting story is Rhyl FC with the Lilywhites chasing European glory in Finland. We'll upload the result of their match with FC Haka onto our breaking news ticker tape this evening and bring you a full report and pictures in the paper and online tomorrow.
And we have a interview with Ken Dodd coming to Venue Cymru for one of his marathon gigs - we've even got a sample of some of his best gags.
That's 56 pages packed with entertainment for about the quarter of a price of a cappuccino. Marvellous value!
(There's actually nothing about Paris Hilton naked in tomorrow's paper. It's just that there are millions of people out there who like to read about drink-driving socialites who fanny about in nightclubs spending daddy's dough. And putting the name of this appalling woman in the headline of my blog entry means the sorry losers searching for images of Ms Hilton in the buff will be directed to my blog so I can tell them HOW VERY SAD THEY ARE. This is the kind of thing you do when you are on drugs.I'm off now for a hit of Lemsip)


 

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