The team
Ross
Founder of The Lichfield Blog who can be contacted via ross@thelichfieldblog.co.uk or through the site’s Twitter page.
Groves Media
A freelance journalist, media consultant and producer of exceedingly good rants. Laidback, with a sunny disposition and a belief that everyone is fantastic and there is nothing wrong with modern life at all. Groves Media is also a Welsh exile – tidy darts. (You can find Groves Media’s very own site here)
Nick Brickett
A freelance photographer, who has lived in Lichfield for the past 11 years. A man of few words, but many photographs. Dubbed ‘Shroving Reporter’ by Tony Piper – when not on a job, is out in the mean streets of Lichfield in hunt of a story to photograph. Capturing the beauty of Lichfield on a regular basis, many of Nick’s photographs can be found online, on both Flickr and his own website.
Philip John
An internet consultant and relative newcomer to Lichfield. The geek of the bunch, if you like, the one doing all the background hocus pocus and hosting everything. You can discover more about him on his blog where he posts about anything from Alzheimer’s to Web development and everything in between. You can stalk him on Twitter or e-mail him at phil@thelichfieldblog.co.uk.
And that’s not all…
Other contributors are named throughout this site wherever possible (and are welcome to add a biography to this page). Our thanks go out to:
- Colin Clark
- Martyn Cox
- Rob Forsyth
- Dave Goddard and all at Chasetown FC
- Jan Green
- Lichfield Round Table
- Lichfield RUFC
- Ann Mayo
- Daniel Mole
- Phil Preece
- Annette Rubery
- Mic Sharrod and all at Lichfield Diamonds
- And anyone else who we haven’t named (please do let us know and we’ll add you to the list).
hi nick- is there any chance you could post a reminder that there are still tickets for ‘the witches of eastwick’, which is being performed all this week- last performance this saturday evening. there is also a saturday matinee. tickets via the garrick box office- 01543 412121
thanks. jo
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What a superb Blog, the team needs to be congratulated on such an informative publication that covers such a wide and diverse range of topics.
Keep up the good work.
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Hi guys, just wanted to say thanks for the features you do on upcoming Garrick shows and events. If there’s ever any info you need please drop me an email and I’ll do my best to help.
cheers,
Katie
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Thanks Katie, always good to get feedback. We’ll keep an eye on your web site and if there’s anything else you have please e-mail us at yournews@thelichfieldblog.co.uk. Thanks!
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Phil, when you are doing the twitter feeds please keep in mind that we don’t need to know when you have eaten too much or are tired because you have had a busy day. We only need to know things apropos Lichfield.
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Phil, thank you for pointing out via FaceBook that it is Ross who twits the tweets for Lichfield Blog …
Ross, why do you use the Lichfield Blog twitter account to tell us of your own doings. For instance, last night, complaining about the fireworks and using swear words The news twits are very good and informative but Lichfield Blog is not a person and it does not need personifying. I’m surprised your bosses allow it. IMHO
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Hi Dinah, sorry the content of our Twitter feed upsets you, but I’m not too sure what you’re getting at re: the swearing – I can’t see anything offensive in them. I complained about the fireworks because they are an issue. The Twitter account was created by me and is used by me. It’s not designed to just churn out links to our stories (although it does that), it’s designed to be part of the online community – and always has been. I’ll agree with you though, I’m not sure why the bosses allow it… ;o)
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No-one likes faceless organisations – Ross is our ‘face’ ;o)
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I just checked the twitter account – and wiki for the term ‘bloody’.
According to wiki it is considered by most to be a very mild form of expletive with the expection of the most sever critics.
Personally i wouldn’t have noticed ‘bloody’ and tend to watch my effing and blinding when i write or speak amongst ‘polite society’. After 4 or 5 pints theres little hope for me.
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I’m beginning to see how this is working now. The blog website and the news feeds are most efficient and seems to be very authoritative, so I couldn’t understand why the twitter tweets were coming from what appeared to be a regular person. I actually thought that the Blog was authorised/instigated by something like the Council or some other similar organisation, in which case I felt that unnecessary language, ie. interjections like ‘bloody’, albeit mild, was tainting the beauty of the blog, and didn’t uphold the Blog’s professional air. Anyway, thanks.
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I agree with Dinahs points there – Lichfieldblogs getting quite a good internet presence(very much with an official recognition/approval) – if people start coming here regulalry as a point of local information (and also tourists) – even mild expletives could become innapropriate – i’d be amused rather than shocked if a bbc news reader used the term ‘bloody’ but i’d agree its unacceptable in such situations.
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I’m the boss and the fact that almost no one knows this is testament to my management skills.
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As with most decisions relating to this site, we’ve put the ‘what shall we do with the Twitter account?’ question out to the masses to see if it should only be used for links to articles or whether it should retain a proactive role in Lichfield’s online community.
I’ll report back in due course.
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Very Merry Christmas to all on the Lichfield Blog team!
Ho ho ho.
Santa
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Many thanks, Santa!
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Happy Birthday Lichfield Blog!!
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Why thank you, kind Sir!
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