To its detractors the European Union is a faceless, unresponsive monolith, remote from the citizenry and indifferent their needs. That an EU Commissioner might listen to an individual’s voice, much less change European policy on the basis a single voter’s …
Face to faceless: going solo to thwart the eurocrats Read more »
The shock of navigating Mombasa’s roads, even in a giant Land Cruiser, was such that survival was my only concern for some time. The surge of vehicles, each trying to gain advantage by any means, was in a different order …
IFJ/NUJ/Guardian conference – Journalism In An Age Of Mass Surveillance The Guardian, London 16 October 2014 Above: Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger Cocktail shakers are newly popular among Guardian journalists, and manual typewriters are making a comeback. Both result from rising …
Source marked: how journalists’ smartphones blow contacts’ cover Read more »
Hollywood and horror writers have seen to it that graveyards evoke feelings of dread, fear and apprehension. At best they are where the grieving outpour their despair; at worst they are the scene of spines chilled, foul deeds and the …
The living dead: my faith was renewed at a socialist pioneer’s graveside Read more »
TES column 25 July 2014 “We all have a talent – it is just a matter of finding yours”, was a popular mantra among the teachers who tried to guide my education. Certainly at school, some pupils excelled – effortlessly, …
This is a written up version of a speech that I gave to the Association of Journalism Educators’ annual conference on 13 June 2014, at Liverpool John Mores University. When Keri Hudson was 21, she took on an unpaid internship …
TES column 16 May 2014 Glancing around the assembled governors, we start a subtle game of cat and mouse. My mission, as chair, is to get through our agenda effectively. I have visualised a meeting of an hour and a …
Fatal distraction: why meetings get stuck in the carpark Read more »
“Your suit is such a wonderful colour”, he exclaimed. “You bought it to set off your eyes, of course”. Thirty seconds into meeting Bernat Klein, he had taken me by surprise. My grey-green jacket and trousers were of quite an …
Hue benefits: remembering Bernat Klein’s colourful life Read more »
TES column 11 April 2014 With anxiety rising and heart pounding, I willed the first arrival to swing round the corner. My gaze fixed on the corner of a bungalow – the end of a block of modest homes lining …
Pedalling ideas: learning from the meeting cycle Read more »
One was promised as a child to significantly older uncle; she was dead by the age of 21. Another endured an arranged marriage to a womanising monster, whose mistresses lived in the family home. She died in pain in her …
Family planning: the children who did not suceed Read more »