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Rockstar Ending ‘eerily prescient’ – The Idler
A terrific review of Rockstar Ending has appeared in the latest edition of The Idler
For Those About to Rock: Free book and playlist
Here is the Spotify link for the playlist in For Those About to Rock, my
Deepfakes won’t always be this funny
This clip, which appeared on YouTube last week, showed off some of the latest playful wizardry
What’s your favourite prequel?
I’m excited this month because series five of Better Call Saul, the prequel to Breaking
Talking to SciFi legend William Gibson in London
Last night I was privileged to meet Sci Fi superstar William Gibson when he touched down
Rocking Reviews
You can see from the screen grab I took on Friday (above) that the book is currently displaying five stars as its badge of honour.
Rockstar Ending launch party
Check out this short video to find out what happened at the cosy event to celebrate the
Remembering George Orwell
January 2020 marks seventy years since George Orwell – whose real name was Eric Arthur
Listen to the Rockstar Ending playlist
You can listen here or follow on Spotify There’s a playlist at the end of
Would you let a chatbot mess with your mind?
Today, BBC News ran a piece on chatbots being used to help people with mental health
Free book: For Those About to Rock
Get my free book now! I had no idea we would be in the run
Women who change the future don’t always look like this
I caught a preview of Terminator: Dark Fate this week. Sarah Connor (pictured), human foil
What’s terrifying about this picture?
Yesterday evening I bumped into this mannequin dressed as one of the Handmaids who star
An Encounter with Shoshana Zuboff
For months I have been trying to get to see Shoshana Zuboff speak. She
‘It can fake emotion and pain’ Kubrick at The Design Museum – Summer of AI Part Two
This is the second of two reviews looking at London exhibitions, on now, which provide
London’s Summer of AI Part One: The Barbican
In London this summer, there are two exhibitions which anyone interested in the development of
Films made by AI: Insight into the possible (and the surreal)
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.
We need diversity instead of hypocrisy
The PR industry’s worsening diversity record was rightly cast in a terrible light by Avril
Facebook asks Government to take a more active role in the internet
Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has surprised some commentators by suggesting that ‘a common global framework’
The dangers of dubious data
Two stories in the news this week highlighted how ways of handling inaccurate data can
Memoir
Remembering George Orwell
January 2020 marks seventy years since George Orwell – whose real name was Eric Arthur Blair – died. I took this picture last summer, at an annual tribute held in the village of Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshie, England where he is buried. We may be living in a different century, but his work remains alarmingly relevant. I joined the Orwell Society
First encounter with George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
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 asked for their thoughts. My contribution is included. Read the full article on the Orwell Society Blog >
