The blog archive

Our opinions, observations and theories listed by date.

Hooray for Oxfam!09 May 2008
Our experiment in blogging09 May 2008
The Burmese Cyclone: How to donate08 May 2008
The tale of charities' £54bn money-pot07 May 2008
Do charities annoy you?24 Apr 2008
The best annual report we've seen16 Apr 2008
Are there too many charities?10 Apr 2008
Does anyone believe what we say?02 Apr 2008
Mudslinging charities02 Apr 2008
Sport Relief: a worthy cause?19 Mar 2008
Should charities be more like businesses?13 Mar 2008
Taking the voluntary out of volunteering06 Mar 2008
Ken Loach vs. Shelter26 Feb 2008
The myth of the perfect charity20 Feb 2008
Ethical Valentine's Day gifts 200812 Feb 2008
Giving is good for you06 Feb 2008
How many pens do we need?30 Jan 2008
Why we're a force for good24 Jan 2008
How charitable are public schools?23 Jan 2008
The last word on LEPRA14 Jan 2008
Why we're becoming more fussy08 Jan 2008
Charitable New Year Resolutions27 Dec 2007
My favourite charities14 Dec 2007
Why are charity websites so bad?12 Dec 2007
Are we making people more suspicious of charities?05 Dec 2007
What you baaargained for?30 Nov 2007
The Christmas Charity Gift Awards 200729 Nov 2007
A charity book that isn't boring27 Nov 2007
The Bangladesh Cyclone: how to help22 Nov 2007
Dancing with Pudsey19 Nov 2007
Christmas Card Awards 200719 Nov 2007
Real charity ratings from real people08 Nov 2007
The last word on the Wooden Spoon30 Oct 2007
Child sponsorship: does it work?26 Oct 2007
How to save the world (no, really)19 Oct 2007
Soldiering into the 21st Century12 Oct 2007
A real champagne charity08 Oct 2007
How to help the Burmese04 Oct 2007
The best charity annual report. Apparently25 Sep 2007
An enterprising fix for a charity problem24 Sep 2007
The Northern Rock panic17 Sep 2007
What's wrong with Pudsey?14 Sep 2007
Naked advice about clothes10 Sep 2007
Johnny takes on HSBC30 Aug 2007
An innocent suggestion27 Aug 2007
Our views on Lepra22 Aug 2007
Charities rewriting history?20 Aug 2007
The Peruvian earthquake: How to help17 Aug 2007
The British Library: reading between the lines16 Aug 2007
Big is beautiful (sometimes)10 Aug 2007
The Asian Floods: How to help03 Aug 2007
Oxfam.com?02 Aug 2007
My report on Intelligent Giving27 Jul 2007
The English floods: how you can help26 Jul 2007
The truth isn't out there23 Jul 2007
Making 'giving' macho18 Jul 2007
The champagne challenge16 Jul 2007
Champagne charities12 Jul 2007
What on (Live) Earth is going on?06 Jul 2007
From scandal to squib03 Jul 2007