What’s The Score?

Cool, Calm And Composed (On Twitter)

The Royal Opera House is to stage an opera written by members of the public on Twitter. People are invited to submit online "tweets" - messages of up to 140 characters - to form the new libretto. The first scene of the as-yet-untitled work has already been completed and features a man who is kidnapped by a group of birds.

FOOTNOTE: Going public.

Veteran User

You Tech The High Road

A 103-year-old woman has become Britain's oldest user of Twitter - after she got bored of Facebook. Ivy Bean, who lives in a care home in Bradford, has 4,800 friends on Facebook, but she recently Tweeted: "I'm enjoying Twitter and having my photo taken - and I'm looking forward to Deal Or No Deal."

FOOTNOTE: Ivy is blossoming.

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

If you like glam and glitter
You must post on Twitter
You needn’t be frugal
When you use Google

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

Were you gobsmacked by a daring April Fool hoax?
Did you fail to pick which news items were jokes?
Could you distinguish between pranks and the glitter
Did you fall for The Guardian’s yarn about Twitter?