Video: David Mitchell's Soap Box: Heroes of yore
Welcome to series two of the award-winning web series, David Mitchell's Soap Box. In this episode, David ponders the mythical heroes of yore.
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Imagine a world in which marketing companies were honest about the products they were trying to sell.
View ArticleDavid Mitchell on new World Heritage sites
Last week the British government submitted its list of nominees for world heritage site status to Unesco. Known as the "UK tentative list", it comprises a house (Darwin's old one in Kent), an...
View ArticleDavid Mitchell's SoapBox: Phone calls - video
David Mitchell: David questions the modern assumption that everything is quicker and easier to sort out by text, rather than via the mystical language of the mouth.
View ArticleDavid Mitchell's Soapbox: Blurry logos on TV sport - video
David rants about television companies' logos being stamped on to footage of sporting events that rival broadcasters then blur out in an annoying way.
View ArticleHow can the Observer attract former News of the World readers?
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View ArticleDavid Mitchell's Soapbox: Hotel advertising - video
David shares his frustration about hotels that won't advertise themselves as being cheaper than others. And what on earth is good about an 'express' night of sleep?.
View ArticleComing soon: all the TV news that's fit to ignore
From Bangor to Mold, they'll be competing to launch new local TV stations, but what does Jeremy Hunt's pet project mean for the BBC?.
View ArticleDavid Mitchell's Soapbox: loving or hating Marmite - video
David Mitchell rather likes Marmite, which doesn't fit into the strict love-hate dichotomy that its marketing team have somehow managed to turn into some weird proverb.
View ArticleClark Kent's got a new job. But where next for Morse, Jeeves and Mr Chips?
Fictional characters, just like the rest of us, need to climb different career ladders these days. Here are some new openings for old candidates.
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