Noseybonk is away this week, conducting an interview with non-plagiarising columnist Johann Hari for a special piece next week. In his stead, guest society correspondent Jasper Huddlestone-Huddlestone picks his favourite wines to go with cocaine. It was during one of my periodic binges when I realised that my little brother, Tobias, had ... Read More...
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The Dark Side
The Noseybonk saga has been interrupted by lengthy intermission, so today’s ‘Story so far’ is an especially comprehensive one, and is brought to you by Adam Curtis. Curtis’ recent BBC series, All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace, explained how the world has gone to hell in a handcart because ... Read More...
In the final extract from our serialisation of Blogmanship (available to buy here), Noseybonk looks at some special cases, including the most Blogmanlike positions to take on every topic, and women and blogging... Je t’aime… moi non plus Baudelaire, Fleurs du mal (1857) Hostmanship The blogman owner of the blog on which debate occurs ... Read More...
In the fourth extract from our serialisation of Blogmanship (available to buy here), Noseybonk looks at some of the advanced techniques of winning internet arguments, including a methodology for squirming out of argyments you have clearly lost... “Gras-tyme is doon, my fodder is now forage.” Chaucer – The Canterbury Tales, The Reeve’s ... Read More...
In the third part of our exclusive serialisation of Blogmanship (available as an eBook from Amazon or as a PDF here), Noseybonk looks at how Britons and Americans can go 'one-up' on each other on the internet... “….America [!]…” Henry James – The Turn of the Screw Special Relationshipmanship: The Shrunken Pond One of ... Read More...
Continuing our serialisation of the new handbook – The Theory and Practice of Blogmanship – or How To Win Arguments On The Internet Without Really Knowing What You Are Talking About (available as an eBook from Amazon or as a PDF here.) In this second extract, Noseybonk moves on to the ... Read More...
According to recent studies, arguing on the internet is now the second most popular leisure activity in the world, just below shopping and just above sex. But how many of those who spend half their lives debating God versus Atheism or Climate Change on a message board or blog really ... Read More...
[The story so far… Ed Balls is determined to 'squash' his rivals; Alain de Botton has failed to persuade the Adult Contemporary sing-songwriters to build him his own international airport. Sinister mirror-licking mastermind Julian Assange has captured elusive poet Grayson Ellis and notorious hack Rod Lidl; Nina, Boris Johnson's indomitable Latvian ... Read More...
[The story so far… Alain de Botton has failed to persuade the Adult Contemporary sing-songwriters to build him his own international airport. Ed Balls is trying to 'squash' all of his rivals but particularly Ed Milliband. Meanwhile, Chakrabati and Bidisha, chief minions of sinister mirror-licking mastermind Julian Assange, have captured elusive poet ... Read More...
[The story so far… Master Julian Assange has ordered his minions to capture elusive poet Grayson Ellis and notorious hack Rod Lidl has become entangled in the affair; Nina, Boris Johnson's Latvian nanny, is in pursuit. Wayne Rooney has built a giant effigy of himself out of £50 notes; Ed ... Read More...
