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  1. @ruthmackenzie @London2012Fest Hi Ruth, good luck with all you're doing! Ian about 16 hours ago via web in reply to ruthmackenzie
  2. @JacksonDucasse call me naive but I like to think Plan B is genuine. I admire him. Good interview with C4 here channel4.com/news/plan-b-in… about 18 hours ago via web in reply to JacksonDucasse
  3. @JacksonDucasse Fair point. But maybe Plan B takes them to his studio & they end up making career as a studio engineer if not as an artist? about 18 hours ago via web in reply to JacksonDucasse
  4. The fragile state of Haiti and neighbouring Dominican Republic. Based on my recent visit. fb.me/1GOFPWCc7 about 18 hours ago via Facebook
  5. The Hackney Weekend concert with Jay Z and Rihanna will be the biggest gig in the world this year, Ben Cooper the Radio 1 boss just told me about 18 hours ago via web
  6. BBC3 is doing a programme with Plan B where he trains Hackney kids in music skills. He's v committed to it apparently. On TV later in June about 18 hours ago via web
  7. Slaughter&May representing alliance of media orgs opposing Sky takeover. Hunt wouldn't meet, just talked to News then approved undertakings about 18 hours ago via web
  8. J Hunt says he was scrupulously fair but 3 times he refused Slaughter & May requests to hear concerns over News Corp undertakings on SkyNews about 18 hours ago via web
  9. @xloubellxx he used to be teetotal but admitted he'd had a few G&Ts to steady nerves last night as was doing a Q&A. Manic as ever on stage about 19 hours ago via web in reply to xloubellxx
  10. @simonnread Norman was especially good I thought. The 'autobiography' has been co-written with the wife of Wilko's drummer Dylan Howe (Zoe) about 19 hours ago via web in reply to simonnread
  11. Went to see Wilko Johnson play last night. He's releasing his autobiography. I've written a big piece for this week's Indy on Sunday about 20 hours ago via web
  12. @IndyVoices True, he overstepped mark but what a hustler! Also, public affairs is about results and in the end he didn't really get them 10:06 AM May 31st via web in reply to IndyVoices
  13. Two years after the quake: the delicate relationship between Haiti and the Dominican Republic tinyurl.com/cj279ne #haiti 8:58 AM May 31st via web
  14. Row over BSkyB deal can't have done Fred Michel's public affairs career any harm. People in govt seem to have found him irresistible 7:49 AM May 31st via web
  15. Stephen Glover defends Rupert Murdoch in Standpoint magazine tinyurl.com/cbaene2 7:46 AM May 31st via web
  16. Piece on Haiti following my recent visit. Some signs of hope but it's very fragile. From today's The Independent. tinyurl.com/cj279ne 5:45 AM May 31st via web
  17. Tal Ben Haim has turned down a £350,000 cash offer to leave #pompey, as he's due £2million more from his "ludicrous" contract (Daily Mail) 5:41 AM May 31st via web
  18. League Division 1 player Tal Ben Haim. Seasons: 3. Appearances: 55. Goals: 0. Relegations: 2. Wages in 3 years: £6million. 5:38 AM May 31st via web
  • Name ian burrell
  • Location London
  • Bio I am Assistant Editor and Media Editor of The Independent and also tweet in a personal capacity
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