I’m a cycling geek. I love it: the romance of the road; the century of history; the epic duels; the famous climbs. It’s a sport not without its scandals but still markedly different from the world of primadonna footballers with fans shelling out hundreds of pounds just to watch a match. I’m also a journalism [...]

A few months ago I was approached by John Mair of the University of Northampton who’d attended my class at the Guardian’s Digital Journalism masterclass. He asked me if I’d be up for speaking at a mini-conference for journalism students titled “Imagine journalism in ten years’ time”. I went along and presented my thoughts, along with [...]

Here are some things I saw in Paris on a recent trip. I really enjoyed the weekend and found it a beautiful and fascinating place, and these are some of the moments which stood out to me as different or unexpected. Positive or negative, they’ll stay with me as memories. — On the Metro, taking [...]

In moments of downtime I think about that Paul Graham post about frighteningly ambitious startup ideas; specifically the part  about generating ideas: One of my tricks for generating startup ideas is to imagine the ways in which we’ll seem backward to future generations. And I’m pretty sure that to people 50 or 100 years in the [...]

Note: My last blogpost was about my 2013 resolution: avoiding negativity, cynicism and spite. This entry might come across as negative criticism but my rationale here is to highlight what I think is an injustice, and look toward positive improvements that could fix this problem. With that qualification out of the way, let’s begin! A [...]