2008: when a pantomime on Twitter made sense

This era, is sadly over. Could the now deputy leader of the Labour Party play Barron Tweetup today?

The swashbuckling, experimental era of any new medium is not destined to last. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t mourn its passing.

About Adam Tinworth

Adam is a digital journalism analyst, trainer and consultant. He started his career publishing newspapers for the children on his street in the 1980s, edited student magazines in the 1990s, and then spent a decade as a business journalist. In 2006, he moved full-time into digital journalism development. Since 2012, he's been trading as an independent consultant, and has worked with everything from national and international newspapers, to small local charities.