Luxury Blog Entry

Added on 09 September 2010

When the first whistle blows and the first ball is kicked and the first player falls to the turf faking injury at Euro 2012, and Scotland aren't there, we'll look back on Stephen McManus's 97th minute goal against Liechtenstein and realise that it didn't make any difference whatsoever. When I'm Kin...

Fear and Loathing At The BBC

Added on 07 September 2010

Interesting comments by Stephen Fry today about the culture of fear at the BBC. The culture of fear being that they're scared to make innovative and exciting programmes, rather than that they're scared of choosing the wrong thing for lunch or that they're scared there's a giant octopus going to clam...

He's Having A Laugh

Added on 06 September 2010

Here at I Didn't Know What It Was So I Ate It we just read The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. Well, I read it. On my own. So not we; I. It's too late to review The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, as everyone else has already reviewed it. A lot of people think it's rubbish, although not the man at the Sunday E...

Digital Update

Added on 06 August 2010

Amazon UK has this week launched their Kindle store, for the sale of ebooks. At some point in the very near future, the entire Barney Thomson slate will be available digitally. For the moment, the Long Midnight Publishing titles which are available are the first title in the series - The Long Midnig...

The Next Big Thing

Added on 03 August 2010

The summer progressing nicely as it is - August following on from July with Germanic precision - it's time to start planning next spring's Long Midnight Publishing team-building event. For 2011 I've decided to go for a day-trip to the summit of Everest. Every year several thousand people reach the ...