Check out this short video to find out what happened at the cosy event to celebrate the launch of Rockstar Ending at London’s Libreria bookshop in January 2020. I read from
January 2020 marks seventy years since George Orwell – whose real name was Eric Arthur Blair – died. I took this picture last summer, at
You can listen here or follow on Spotify There’s a playlist at the end of Rockstar Ending (and its free prequel) for two reasons. Above all,
Today, BBC News ran a piece on chatbots being used to help people with mental health problems after dealing with cancer. I’m glad the patient felt better.
Today Rockstar Ending, my debut novel, went on sale all over the world. While other people watched firework displays and popped celebratory corks, my New
The time has finally come for me to reveal the cover for my debut dystopian novel Rockstar Ending which will go on sale on New
Get my free book now! I had no idea we would be in the run up to a general election when I started work on
I caught a preview of Terminator: Dark Fate this week. Sarah Connor (pictured), human foil to the paradoxically endearing cyborg, played by Arnold Schwarzenneger, is
Today I sent an exclusive preview of the cover of my free dystopian novella, For Those About to Rock to everyone on my mailing list.
Yesterday evening I bumped into this mannequin dressed as one of the Handmaids who star in Margaret Atwood’s eponymous tale. It was a fitting end
For months I have been trying to get to see Shoshana Zuboff speak. She is an American scholar and the author of The Age
This is the second of two reviews looking at London exhibitions, on now, which provide food for thought to anyone interested in taking a sideways
In London this summer, there are two exhibitions which anyone interested in the development of Artificial Intelligence should try to see. I’ve written short accounts of
Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in London on June 8th, 1949. 2019 is the seventieth anniversary of its appearance, and members of the Orwell Society were
Anyone with an interest in how AIs are being used in the creative process right now should spend half an hour checking out the short films of Oscar Sharp and Ross Goodwin.
The PR industry’s worsening diversity record was rightly cast in a terrible light by Avril Lee, Chair of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Diversity
Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has surprised some commentators by suggesting that ‘a common global framework’ is needed to regulate the internet. Perhaps what happened in
Two stories in the news this week highlighted how ways of handling inaccurate data can lead to different consequences. It all comes down to who
To ghostwrite convincingly you need to do more than just string a few words together. It takes empathy and imagination as well as a good
Speaking at the 40th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Brussels last week, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook took the lead on the other tech
The news that Nick Clegg, former deputy Prime Minister of the UK, has been appointed vice-president of global affairs and communications at global social media
The growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents professional communicators with many interesting opportunities, as organisations of all sizes need expert guidance to navigate the reputational
Opening the CogX18 Conference in London’s Tobacco Dock, Baroness Joanna Shields posed a killer question. “How do we get the Artificial Intelligence (AI) that ensures
“So captivating you could have heard a pin drop.”
Professor Tim Crook, organiser of the George Orwell Studies Conference, London, 2018
The interdisciplinary nature of the SXSW festival means that you get to learn things in surprising places. One of my favourite lessons from attending didn’t
Having left a top job in Vodafone at the end of February, after six highly productive and enjoyable years, the timing was perfect for me
I was twice in the presence of Elon Musk during the course of 48 hours at at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, USA in March 2018.
Over a year on from that first blog about my forthcoming six-month sabbatical, it all glided to a graceful conclusion earlier this week with a
My favourite virtue, courage, has been a theme running through many aspects of my life this year. As 2016 draws to close this post is
Sixty years ago, Albert Pierrepoint was smuggled into Germany to hang war criminals. Later, he executed Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain. He
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