Archive for October, 2011

Michael’s Accident: A Description Of A Road Traffic Accident

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

I once saw a boy get run over, and it’s something I’ve never forgotten. Telling a friend the story recently, it occurred to me how a written account might be of general interest. Essays can be at their most illuminating when they plainly describe events without analysis. Classic journalism, I guess.

My latest essay then, is the description of the accident I saw, put as objectively as I can. Names have been changed, for the usual reasons.

Unfriend Facebook: Why Facebook Is Anything But Your Friend

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

An essay I wrote on the London Riots was picked up by Sanford Housing Co-operative in their in-house bi-monthly print magazine “The San”. So popular was said essay amongst the readership that they invited me to make a regular contribution.

I present therefore, essay #2: Unfriend Facebook: Why Facebook Is Anything But Your Friend. Written in the light of recent Facebook changes, the essay highlights why these and previous Facebook features are bad for all of us.