One wonders just how long the bosses at Hort Week can put up with the antics of their incumbent deputy editor Matthew Appleby and his half hearted attempts of humour and satire (at the expense of others) on his weekly 'top ten things' blog.
Apart from the fact that I don't always understand his cryptic rants I am getting more than slightly irritated at the poor presentation, lack of formatting on the page, different fonts and the awful way that the photos - all of irregular sizes - are sprawled all over the place.
If HW think that they are going to appeal to the masses and cater for the increasing gap between failing print revenues and digital media with this kind of pseudo-journalism then they are sadly mistaken.
I think Matt's a welcome breath of fresh air in the fetid world of horticultural journalism. We've long had to put up with tedious opinions and commentary from those who should have been put out to grass long ago.
Posted by: Robbie | Mar 17, 2009 at 03:17 PM
Thanks for your comment Robbie.
Posted by: Philip Voice | Mar 17, 2009 at 03:23 PM
Maybe I'm just a dreadful gossip, but I have to say I really enjoy Matthew's blog. I'll forgive a bit of dodgy formatting for the joy of some juicy tittle-tattle.
Posted by: Dawn Isaac | Mar 19, 2009 at 07:56 PM