I grew up when dial-up was just a drop in the imagination of Tim Berners-Lee (Or Al Gore, if you’re feeling snarky. He really did get more abuse for that than he deserved). Well, that’s a mild exaggeration. It wasn’t commonplace, to say the least. And the notion of having the ability to read my […]
Occured to me as I was trying to survive a stranger’s armpit while rammed into the personal space hellscape that is Scotrail’s rush hours service (or any Scotrail service, really. If you’re reading from London, or anywhere with a functioning public transport network, you have my envy. Scotland’s rail network gives every impression of being […]
Will wonders never cease? I’m writing this with a bit of lead time! Admittedly, measured in hours, rather than days, but I am painfully disorganised, and this is as good as you’re getting. Let’s talk villains. What makes a villain a villain? And what makes them memorable? As with all my writing advice, to be […]
Wonderful little workhorse of a word, isn’t it? Voice. Can be the very simplest off, in the sense of the odd noises that come out of your cakehole to let the world around you know that you exist. Not that it gives even the pretence of a shit, mostly. Or, a voice can mean the […]
The merciless whimsy 