Tomorrow: don’t go out before you’ve read the paper (I’ll let you read it online)

This was originally posted on August 19th 2010, in the Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists blog-ring after I was asked to contribute to journalism.co.uk’s August Debate. As I sit in my dressing-gown at my laptop at midday, with umpteen tabs open in Firefox, I often find myself the brunt of my housemates’ ridicule. Who am I? Am I some sort of …

One Week Of Danger

The following takes place between May 26th and June 1st.  Events occur in real-time. 26/5 [1334] I’ve filled up the car, I’ve been food shopping and I’ve had my hair butchered. Time to drive back to RHUL. 26/5 [1546] I went straight to the office. I’m currently begging the printers to not charge me. This is simple, seeing as I …

Lark On My Go-Kart

I’m starting to see the upside of having a car and living a paltry 35 miles away from University.  I enjoy many simple trips to the local Marks & Spencer to buy….microwaveable puddings.  Hop in and go to Staines for the cinema! Anything beats the Summer Term sparsity of people on campus.  I thought it was bad in September, but …