Partial freedom 147
Posted on
December 03, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Archive for the ‘media’
The talent pool 64
Posted on
December 03, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Well done to everyone who correctly guessed that our Mystery Guest last night was indeed Ruth Davidson. If you’d like to listen to Ruth’s 2009 demo reel for voiceover work which accompanied the letter, click the image below.
From that to the leader of a major Scottish political party in just two years. Hats off.
Who am I? 149
Posted on
December 02, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
An alert reader sends in this letter received by their company in 2009:
“Hello,
[identifying paragraph removed]
I’ve now taken the plunge to set myself up as a freelancer and am looking for voiceover work in commercials, documentaries and corporate films as well as scripting and media training.
I’m [redacted] years old with a warm, rich voice which has both light and shade. A long history of factual programming means I can convey information with authority, combined with an openness and accessibility which encourages interest; the unexpected world of live broadcasting means I’ve learned to be equally adept at putting across humour. My accent is a neutral blend of central Scotland tones.
One way of putting it 52
Posted on
December 02, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
If we’re being honest, Irish Times, it’s not the phrase we’d have chosen:
One of these statements must be wrong 101
Posted on
December 02, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
From today’s Express:
The economy’s transformed! Everything’s fine again!
Juxtaposed with EU 52
Posted on
December 02, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The Captain’s Abyss 190
Posted on
November 30, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
The realisation that the No camp’s reaction to the independence White Paper has been based on a massive, scarcely-believable misunderstanding/misrepresentation of reality has thrown a new light on all sorts of things from the past week.
The most recent “BLACK HOLE!” story is a case in point.
A tonic for the troops 125
Posted on
November 29, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
As a living embodiment of the posh, braying public-school Tory-boy stereotype, Fraser Nelson of the Spectator used to reside in our “Zany Comedy Relief” links bar until we kicked him out for rarely lowering himself to write about Scotland.
But his guest appearance in today’s Telegraph we enjoyed at least parts of.
About last night 279
Posted on
November 28, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
If you missed it, Nicola Sturgeon’s extraordinary cross-examination demolition job on Alistair “Crybaby” Carmichael can now be seen on the STV website. And if you’re pushed for time and can’t spare the full 19 minutes, here’s the gist of it:
A touch of deja vu 70
Posted on
November 27, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
If you’re joining us late 73
Posted on
November 26, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
If you were at work when everything was happening this morning and this afternoon, here’s a one-stop catch-up guide to all the interesting media of the day.
White line fever 87
Posted on
November 26, 2013 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
We’re still dutifully ploughing through “Scotland’s Future”, but in truth we’re not really its target audience. We’re already convinced, and much of it is just like reading our own articles back except in rather blander language. What we can definitely say for certain is that it doesn’t lack detail – the composition of an independent Scotland’s armed forces, for example, is laid out almost down to the rifle.
Naturally, that didn’t stop the No camp from rushing onto the nation’s TV screens within minutes of the press launch ending with their considered, serious and thoughtful assessments of a document none of them had read.
