EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Lord Puttnam says the government is still failing to make the most of an untapped resource - local communities – in dealing with climate change. "Engaging communities," he believes, "involves a lot more than simply asking for sacrifices ... like turning the heating down". Given that it has been snowing here, intermittently, for the past hour – in October – and it is so cold that we have the heating...
UK Autism News (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
London, UK) The UK Autism Foundation joined thousands of people including over 130 partner organisations in the biggest ever event to End Child Poverty in the United Kingdom on Saturday 4th October. Ivan Corea of the UK Autism Foundation met Lord Puttnam, UK President of UNICEF and Martin Narey, Chair of the Campaign to End Child Poverty on the march - which started at Millbank, Westminster and ended...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
In Cannes last week Lord Puttnam, one-time Sixties adman now chairman of the digital agency Profero, hit out at advertisers for being obsessed with "trendy" websites like Facebook.
D'log :: blogging no (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
The JISC Conference 2008 is on Fri 18th April 08, at the ICC in Birmingham city centre. Keynote speakers will be Lord Puttnam (producer of Chariots of Fire and Local Hero, Chancellor of the Open University, Chair of Futurelab, and Deputy Chairman of Channel 4) and Angela Beesley (co-founder of Wikia with Jimmy Wales, Chair [...]
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 18/12/2007
Labour peer Lord Puttnam and South Bank Show presenter Lord Bragg are fronting a bid by Channel 4 and the TV production company which makes Question Time to operate the Government-funded channel Teachers TV
PSFK Trend: PSFK (Free subscription) | 12/12/2007
The Creative Social Blog has released a series of interviews with David Puttnam, the film producer and politician, speaking with him about his return to advertising and his views on mass media in general. As Chief Executive Officer of Columbia Pictures in the late eighties, Puttnam was criticized for what some saw as a condescending attitude [...]
Noisy Decent Graphics (Free subscription) | 07/12/2007
I almost gave up trying to get to London for the talk last night. (I live in leafy Surrey.) I was running late anyway, and then the train was delayed. I wasn't sure I’d make it. But I’m glad I...
Noisy Decent Graphics (Free subscription) | 06/12/2007
Tonight it's the RSA for me, and David (now Lord) Puttnam. He's going to be speaking about building a truly sustainable society "through the prism of his three principal interests: the communications industries, education, and climate change." Sounded too good...
MmPOW / Published News (Free subscription) | 29/10/2007
Oscar-winning film-maker Lord Puttnam gave the keynote speech at the Virtual Worlds Forum held in London last week and was critical 2 Vote(s)
the INQUIRER (Free subscription) | 26/10/2007
Nick Farrell the Inquirer , Friday 26 October 2007. 09:40:00 Lord Puttnam worries about the kiddies TOY-THEMED virtual worlds are giving kiddies a poor view of basic human values, according to Oscar-winning film-maker Lord David Puttnam. His Lordship, who bought us Bugsy Malone and Chariots of Fire was opening a London conference devoted to discussing virtual worlds. He is worried that these worlds...
Anomaly UK (Free subscription) | 25/10/2007
Lord Puttnam says that we may be damaging children by allowing them to grow up in virtual worlds. I agree entirely. Childhood is where children learn to be adults. Putting them in a fake environment away from real adult humans denies them the chance to adapt to the real world. However, Puttnam seems to be hung up on something to do with computer games. I'm much more concerned about schools.
anonymous (Free subscription) | 25/10/2007
At a UK conference on virtual worlds, the Oscar-winning Lord Puttnam reflects on the power of virtual worlds, and how many of them are being used simply to promote products. Read More...
Wonderland (Free subscription) | 25/10/2007
I missed Lord Puttnam's keynote at VWF yesterday, but I know his general theme, and here it is again: games and virtual environments are great, but can we please make them better? In his speech Lord Puttnam voiced fears about...
TechDigest (Free subscription) | 24/10/2007
Film industry veteran Lord Puttnam delivered the keynote address at this morning's Virtual Worlds Forum Europe conference, and had some stern words for broadcasters, who...
TechDigest (Free subscription) | 24/10/2007
I'm sitting here with Kat at the Virtual Worlds Forum Europe conference in London, which has just kicked off with a keynote address by Lord Puttnam, and now we've our second Lord keynote of the day, in the form of Lord Triesman, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills. He's the man in charge of government regulation for virtual worlds, in...
