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Remember this site is still a work in progress. SG
If you live in the UK then no doubt you’ll have seen the massive advertising campaign surrounding Starbuck’s latest attempt to woo the general public. Anyone who visits one of their stores today is entitled to a free latte in exchange for their name. This kind of personalised service is becoming more and more prevalent …
Whilst I was in Dubai in January 2012 I set out with a digital SLR to try & capture the two sides to the city – Opulence & Exploitation. Below is a small selection of the photographs I took. I’m looking for a magazine of website interested in publishing the series & accompanying captions in …
For Valentine’s Day I ranted about capitalism & put together a lo-fi fuzz playlist for Crack In The Road, one of the UK’s most popular music blogs. I had a lot of fun coming up with the playlist, title & artwork, you can’t really tell but the image in the background is a slab …
Today marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s birth and this extract from the last will & testament of Dickens himself provides a powerful insight into the man behind the legend. via Shaun Usher on twitter (@lettersofnote) These requests to keep his death ‘inexpensive’ and ‘strictly private’ raise questions about how Dickens would feel …
Sat at the back, next to the window, book in hand & engine vibrating your bones. Stopping and starting in jumps as more people pile on. “Single”, “Return”, “Do you go down the road?” Condensation frosts the glass with the heat of human bodies. Inevitably a baby wails or someone sick coughs & hacks. Catching …
In this essay (originally published February 2011) I attempt to look at the history of social media & the internet and their contribution towards the invigoration and introduction of democracy. Aside from my journalism I am also a keen student of digital communication and the web. This essay draws on information from a number of …
This site has been in many guises over the last 6 years but following a brutal assault by hackers in late 2011 I’ve had to start afresh. This time I’m basing the new design on simplicity, security & a whole load of fresh content. So get your RSS readers rollin’ & join the fun*. – …