Dreamtown Days & Nights, Revisited: ‘Bournemouth In The Media’ columns 2000-2001
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October
2000 Media Review
Party Season
… The
Thick Blue Line
… Damp
Squibs …
World Class
Resort …
World Class
Prices …
Decline Of The
Traditional
Seaside Resort
… Buildings
Going Down By
The Book …
Five Stars,
Four Stars,
Three Stars
… No Show
Again …
The Bottom Line
November
2000 Media Review
Whaddya Mean,
We’re
Not World-Class?
… Thumbs
Up, Thumbs Down
For Bournemouth
… You’ve
Been Fleeced
--Get A Bloomin’
Move On …
BugBos -- The
End Of The Pier
Show? …
Surf City? …
Boscombe BWCP
ASAP …
We Shall Land
Them On The
Beaches? …
Take The B-Train--
All Aboard For
Boscombe …
Council Gives
Itself A Good
Report, But
No Yellow Bus
Pass …
One For The
Money, Two For
The Showdown?
… Ground-Breaking
Events …
Keeping The
Xmas Flame Alive
December
2000: Year-end
Review
Information
Please…More
Old Jokes …
Party Conference
Time -- The
Big Event …
You Win Some,
You Lose Some
Awards ... TV’s
Grave Accusations
… Dream
Town II —The
Nightmare Continues
... “Whine
‘n Dine”
— Restaurant
Reviews …
Knowhere, Man?
... IMAX—
The No-Show
Must Not Go
On … Obscure
Camera Obscura
… Get
Money To The
Church On Time
...: Moving
Into High Society
... Bournemouth
Online And Offline
… This
Is Bournemouth,
That Is Dorset
… Radio
4 Drama Goes
Interactive
… Well,
We Like It Anyway
...Take It Away,
BH2000
January
2001-- Stories
To Look Out
For This Year
Happy Chinese
New Year --
May You Live
In Interesting
Times ...Crime
Time ...IMAX
II – The
Saga Continues
...Dream Town,
Never-never
Land ...Young
Man, What’s
Good For The
Hotels Is Good
For The Town
...Your Council
Needs You –
To Decide ...The
New Lottery
-- Education
... S.O.S. --
Save Our Structures
...Not Planes,
Not Trains,
And Not Automobiles
...The Things
We Do For Love
Of … TV
... BoHo, SoHo?
...
February
2001 Media Review
IMAX Undead!
…Give
Me The Kiss
Of Life Quick,
I’m Losing
My Old Hat Image
… Be It
Ever So Humble
… And
So Pricey …
High Concept
Goes Before
A Fall? …Going
All The Way
With Noddy…Two
New Starts,
Two New Stars?
…The “St
Valentine’s
Day Massacre”
…European
Languages? –
BALS To All
That…We’re
Not Even Joined
Up Yet …Your
Council Needs
You -- To Help
Us Decide…
March
2001 Media Review
Burning Issues--National
Stay At Home
Month? …
We Need You
To Help Us Decide--But
Not If You Feel
That Way …
Vote For A Fictional
Mayor? …
Bytes Of The
Apple …
Son Of IMAX?
… A Beeline
For The Beehive
… The
Strange Case
Of The Tesco
Bomber, The
Twitchers, and
MI5 …
Filled In On
The Latest?
… Despicable,
You Say? …
Visions Of Future
Discontent
April
2001 Media Review
(See
if you can spot
the April Fool!)
You Help Us
Decide -- Not
… Save
The Winter Gardens
– From
The Council
… Foot
In Mouth –
An Independent
Report …
Educashun, Educashun,
Educashun? …
Silent IMAX
… A Camera
Even More Obscura
… A Beehive
Of Luxury Homes
… Camera
Even More Obscura
… Off
The Roads …
Off The Buses…
On The Trail
Of “Dream
Town”
May
2001 Media Review
Welcome To The
Vote-Swapping
Belt …
Just Vote For
Us, And We’ll
Decide Everything
For You …
Three Strikes
And You’re
Out Of Luck
… “Corruption
Probe At Town
Hall”…
How The Tesco
Bomber Was Caught
… Wanted--The
BH9 Gang …
A Narrow Scrape
… LSC
-- Less Secondary
Competition?
… Learn
English Here
And Lots More
Beside The Seaside
… Not
With A Wimpy,
But A Bang?
June
2001 Media Review
Getting Rid
Of The Blues
-- You Vote
Red, And I’ll
Vote Orange
… And
The Winner Is
… The
Missing Voter
“Conspiracy”
… Jules
Joliffe, Mayor
Online …
Hen Nights Out
With The Ladettes
… In Search
Of The Secret
Formula …
The Train Now
Booking …
The Copycat
Blackmailer-Bomber
… Boscombe
– The
Spa Village?…
The “St
Tropez Of Dorset”?
July
2001 Media Review
Wanted –
A Cultural Oasis
In A Cultural
Desert …
A Virtual Community
Online? …
They Hide In
The Bushes,
And They Breed
… Two
Forces Meet
Over Two Rivers
Meet …
“Went
To Bournemouth
Once –
It Was Closed”
… The
Blair Pitch
Project …
A Home Away
From Home –
To You, Only
£250,000
… Surf
Versus Shingle?
… Las
Vegas By The
Sea? –
Don’t
Gamble On It
… The
Water’s
Fine –
Shame About
The Weather
Forecast
August
2001 Media Review
Our Shout--
Keep Off The
Grass …
Disposable Income
Versus Disposable
Workers …
You Have The
Right To Remain
-- Clamped …
We Shall Guard
Them On The
Beaches …
Multiplexes
To Play Musical
Chairs? …
BoMo -- The
New Ibiza? …
One Big Not
So Happy Family
… Southbourne
SOS –
God Save Our
Sand …
The Right To
Walk To A Neighbourhood
Pub? …
How Much For
A Sea View Again?