Tristan Stewart-Robertson
Read biographyTristan Stewart-Robertson is a journalist based in Glasgow, Scotland. He writes for Firstpost on the media, internet and serves as an objective, moral compass from the outside.
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Should India aspire to host the Olympics? Definitely
With the opening ceremonies in London just hours away, why not engage in a bit of crystal ball gazing to distract us from the TV build up. The 2016 games will be hosted by Rio, with Madrid, Tokyo and Istanbul on the short list for 2020. But what about 2024? A mere #2012 London Olympics #Commonwealth Games #India #Infrastructure #Olympics #OnOurMind #Sports
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Batman shooting: Why can’t media learn power of silence?
At a recent memorial service for a pianist friend who died needlessly young, the most powerful and moving portion was not the words of the man's father, brother, friend or colleague. It was the silence. Nobody spoke or dared breath as recordings of the friend performing played around the packed room #Aurora #Chritopher Nolan #Denver #MediaCrit #The dark Knight Rises
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Are the London Olympics a mess already?
Are the Olympics a shambles already? Yes. Thanks for reading. There is a certain satisfaction to be gained looking at the run up to the London games with politicians wringing their hands, newspaper columnists predicting doom, and the army being called in. Just two years ago, the media called the Vancouver #2012 London Olympics #Army #Olympics Blogger #OnOurMind #Security #tickets #Transport
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Murray aftermath: Britain’s unhealthy obsession with defeat
Somebody told me that Britain invented tennis. You'd never know it by how selectively people celebrate its victories. Britain's Jonathan Marray and his Danish doubles partner Frederik Nielsen were wildcard entries to this year's Wimbledon but won in five sets on Saturday night. A great victory and the first #Andy Murray #Britain #London Olympics 2012 #Roger Federer #ThatsJustWrong #Wimbledon 2012
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Are London Olympics the most paranoid ever?
It is easy to shake your head and laugh at the pathetic police operation on Birmingham's M6 motorway this week for a bus passenger who had a fake, electronic cigarette. All because someone was struggling to survive without smoking, everyone on the bus was taken off, one by one, the vehicle #Birmingham M6 motorway #CCTV #London Olympics #Olympics 2012 #OnOurMind #Thames
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No answers, only moralising: one year after UK’s phone hacking scandal
The story broke in the late afternoon of 4 July, 2011. Everyone knew the girl's name. And the suggestion her phone was hacked, sparked a national revulsion that turned Britain on its head. As a news story, the revelation that the voicemail of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler had been hacked was #David Cameron #Journalism #media scandal #News of the World Limited #OnOurMind #United Kingdom
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Will Obama’s healthcare law victory secure him a second term?
It is difficult to overstate the importance of President Obama's victory handed to him by the US Supreme Court on Thursday. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA for short and known as ObamaCare to detractors), is Obama's signature legislation and the thing which has most enflamed Republicans since day #Barack Obama #Democratic Party #OnOurMind #Republican Party #US Supreme Court
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Obama wins, America loses in big week for Supreme Court decisions
America's political and media classes are on high alert for the US Supreme Court decision on President Obama's signature health care legislation. The Scotusblog spent the weekend overhauling its servers in preparation, and creating a LiveBlog-only site just to handle the expected traffic. They got nearly 100,000 viewers to the #Immigration law #Obama #OnOurMind #Republican Party #Supreme Court of the United States #United States
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‘Twitter killer’ claims to do what chat-rooms always did better
Is there a rule in technology development not to name things after yourself? UK Conservative backbench MP Louise Mensch claims there is no pun on her surname as she launched Menshn.com this week. Teaming up with a former Labour Party digital adviser, prolific tweeter Mensch said the site was a reaction to #Menshn.com #social media #TechBuzz #Twitter #Web 2.0
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European voters could still pull the EU apart
When you have two pivotal nations voting on the same Sunday, it's easy to see how contradictory Europe still is. For all the talk of unity in the euro zone for the benefit of the markets — and for all the good it does them — the continent is clearly pulling