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Uncertainty, Apathy and Honesty. A Writer’s Rant.

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Sometimes it’s OK not to know. It really is better to be honest, stick to the facts and resist the temptation to spin stories around those facts when there’s no evidence to support them. If others are to be courageous enough to admit they don’t know we in turn must not mock them. We should […]

F1 and the BBC and Being a Victim of Your Own Success

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I’ve let the dust settle before posting this. To catch everyone up, just before the last Formula1 race in Germany, the BBC announced they had ‘done a deal’ with Sky for 2012 onwards and would only be showing half the race season, live, on ‘regular’ television. F1 fans who want to watch the whole season, […]

The Gift of Reading

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Reading is an ability we take for granted – we don’t even call it a skill or a talent. There is an assumption that those we meet in everyday life can read. But, pausing to challenge that assumption, we remember the newspaper reports we’ve read about adult illiteracy levels and we begin to appreciate that […]

Google Plus and Book Groups

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It’s hard to avoid the stream of chat surrounding the new Google+. The social network offered by Google that is something of a cross between Twitter and Facebook. Whilst both of the older, more established sites have offered groups and lists and ways of sorting those you follow, I have to say that the Google […]

Information Overload and Mental Obesity

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We understand the concept of physical obesity. It occurs when we regularly consume more calories than we need to survive (yes, that’s a simplistic definition but it will do for now). When we continue ingesting food, even though we are sated, our bodies lose the ability to process and eliminate the additional calories and, instead […]

Whose Rights are Right?

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Before getting into what I want to say here, it’s important to clearly state that I have no personal axe to grind. I was brought up in a Christian family but in adulthood subscribe to no organised religion. I have friends who are Christians, Muslims, Jews and Buddhists. I have friends who are pagans and […]