2011
Protectionism, ponies, and the Hargreaves Review
The industrial revolution is one of the most written-about periods in modern history, and as we are all fully aware...
3 August 2011
Picture yourself on a boat on a river
River Thames: 30 July 2011 Trees on the southern bank reflected in the water
30 July 2011
The Google+ iPhone app: who’s the biggest loser?
I read on twitter earlier today that the iPhone is the third most popular smartphone in the UK at the...
13 July 2011
Did social media bring down the News of the World?
On Friday night I found myself watching BBC2’s Newsnight programme (a topical news analysis programme). Unsurprisingly, the closure of the...
11 July 2011
News of the World: goodbye and thanks for all the fish
Faced with a dilemma, many people (generally christians, admittedly) would pose the question: what would Jesus do? What wouldn’t Jesus...
7 July 2011
Klout, Klout, let it all out
Influence comes in many guises. As a child you will have been influenced by those that raised you – parents,...
5 July 2011
Democracy, disintermediation & dining out at the all-day information buffet
Remember when you watched the TV news in the evening to hear about important stuff for the first time? Remember...
30 June 2011
Go ugly early
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is uncomfortable. The killing of Osama Bin Laden prompted this revelation from the man-of-the-cloth’s man-of-the-cloth. But...
8 May 2011
Loneliness and the late night vocalist
I’ve never really written much about my band, The Subtitles, on here. We rehearse most Tuesday evenings between 9pm and...
7 May 2011