The J’accuse Personality of the Year (2008) rides on unabashed and is poised to continue grabbing the limelight well into 2009. We thought we had seen the back of him shortly after his crocodile tears stunt that was well capitalised upon by the Nationalist pragmatists but he got re-elected by the people (thank you Joe…

Insofar as gadgetry and geekery are concerned, this particular post is slightly off the mark. When we kicked off this particular section of J’accuse we were genuinely concerned with understanging the cultural context of the new generation that seems to be developing stronger thumbs thanks to their obsession with <txtmsgng>. Which is why talking about…

  This weekend had approached with the usual nonchalance of an anonymous weekend that does not promise much more than a relaxed Sunday afternoon submerged between the Times Culture supplement, the Mail on Sunday Crossword and the Economist while listening to Radio 5 live on internet radio. What I had not counted on was the…