Editor's blog

The whole reason I studied journalism, and indeed wanted to be a journalist, was so I could change the world.

Waiting for my flight to Texas on Saturday for the Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network conference (DWEN), I was informed that someone’s luggage had been sucked into the engine (!!!) and the flight was cancelled.

There’s a misnomer that haunts many adults. Not having learned the skill of playing an instrument as a kid, or learning a language, or riding a bike, or whatever it may be, precludes us from doing so as adults.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an online journalist must be in want of a smartphone. Well, perhaps 99 per cent of the time.

When the Commission of Audit report was released last week – replete with sweeping cuts to public spending – it became clear that this years’ budget would be taking no prisoners. We’ve been living beyond out means for too long, and the party is over.

This week I’ve been rattled by two separate, but related, shopping experiences.