It's still October...

This picture was taken in the Arndale Shopping Centre in Manchester on Saturday October 25, 2008. That's exactly two months before Christmas. Traditionally I always thought that cribs such as this one are set up minus the baby, and that the wise men only followed in early January. Obviously things have changed. It's a little bit unsettling when you walk down an aisle in Sainsbury's and you can see Hallowe'en decorations opposite Christmas wrapping paper, but I guess in rocky financial times such as this "holidays" need to be milked for all they are worth. But that's another question altogether...

Welcome to the blog.

This is my newest online weblog, or blog, as they are more commonly known. This one will be a bit more serious, and not so much geared towards music. If at all. It's part of my MA in Newspaper Journalism at UCLan here in Preston.

I hope to gather ideas and news stories that relate to, in no order, crime in Deepdale, crime in Preston, journalism in the UK, journalism worldwide, and journalism online.

Check back regularly for insight and the occasional flash of genius. Yes, I said it.

Bye for now.