“I’ll Never Read From a Screen”

by Jonathan Baker-Bates on May 27, 2010

With the launch of the Apple iPad just days away in the UK, I’ve been reading reviews of the device in the popular press (a typical article here). First let me state that I probably will never buy an iPad unless I’m forced to do so. But one good thing it’s done already is apparently […]

The New Rights Aristocracy

by Jonathan Baker-Bates on August 7, 2009

Today’s news from Tinsel Town is that the heirs of J R R Tolkien and the charity they head, the Tolkien Trust, are seeking more than $220 million in “compensation” from New Line Cinema as a cut from the huge profits from the Lord of the Rings films. The family say have a right to […]