Decline and fall of the talking newspaper
After 38 years of providing a local news lifeline to blind and visually-impaired people, the Newark Talking Newspaper has fallen silent. Launched in 1982 and...
Student journalism: the next generation
My career as a writer is entirely the result of becoming involved in student journalism, which itself is probably the result of the deathly dull...
In for the count
A bit of variety is always welcome, and the surprise June 2017 UK general election provided a surprise assignment for me from television news broadcaster...
My own Bourne identity
IN THE 2002 movie, super-cool uber-spy Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) battles to discover his identity by way of fast cars, beautiful women, big guns, and huge...
Open University plays fast and loose
I’M ASTONISHED to see that the Open University has suppressed a comment I left pointing out a basic error on one of its new YouTube videos....
The day I met Neil Armstrong
If you know only two things about Neil Armstrong, you will know that he was the first man to set foot on the moon, and that after his...
I’ve been called worse
Having just filed my latest contribution to Laboratory News, I kicked back for half an hour to read the previous issue – which had been...
Sustainability vs legacy at London 2012
I’ve spent enough time in committees and struggling against bureaucracy to really appreciate the recent BBC sitcom Twenty Twelve, a spoof fly-on-the-wall series which has...
A free agent
Today, Friday 26 August 2011, is my last day as an employee of Centaur Media. A few weeks ago, the company announced wide-ranging redundancies and...
Cat and mouse on Broadwater Farm, 1985
The riots and disturbances of the last few days in English cities had me casting my mind back to the 1985 Broadwater Farm riot, thinking...