Episode 38 – Bar Chat

A little chat in a bar under the Curzon Cinema in London, England. I am joined by John Perivolaris an independent photographer and film maker Richard Azia (Warzabidul) We talk about protesting, a new take on the proliferation of CCTV in the UK and other bits and bobs. Here are some more handy links… The [...]

Things that do my head in (Number 001)

This is not a rant cleverly disguised as a blog post. Oh.. ok.. I cannot lie.. it is. I just wanted to have a go at the guy driving the Kronenbourg 1664 emblazoned articulated lorry down the back lanes of Herefordshire yesterday, stopping every five minutes to ask some local recluse where somewhere was that [...]

Internet Addiction Disorder.. Are you an addict?

It seems only fitting that I should be attempting to write this after one a.m. after yet another evening that has slipped by along with the hope of an early night. Today on a science podcast I was listening to, I found myself nodding in agreement as a ‘mind expert’ reeled of a list of [...]

Fish Drinking Water

Apparently I have just invented something that could change the purity of tap water worldwide. That is according to the guy from the British Water Board sat opposite me at a conference in the Aston University Birmingham.. (I am not attending just utilizing the hotel room discount and eating their hospitality).. I overheard him talking [...]

Why use a professional photographer?

Ok, so you all now know that Our Man inside offers professional digital photography and other new media solutions… Well if you didn’t before reading this you should do now.But why use me and not just take the picture yourself?Now, how am i going to say this like I want to and make it a [...]

Small Is Beautiful

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Rare Moments

On the 4 february 2007 Stanley Greene wrote this.. “It remains essential for journalists to scour the ground, unimpeded, using the only weapons we know. Our cameras, notebooks and voices make us the unwelcome pests of aggressors around the world. Witnesses are inconvenient. Yet as most of my colleagues will agree, countries such as Irak, [...]

Journa-List

Picture the scene… Just another tired hack after a long flight, standing in a sweaty immigration office, searching your mind for your best lines and watching a power mad official scan your ‘nearly real’ accreditation papers from an oh-so-friendly publication you know he reads and respects. It has been a good two hours of unusual [...]

Episode 37 – A Ramble

This Episode is a slight diversion from my normal format.. It’s just quite literally a ramble. While out with the dog I thought it a good excuse to record an update on what has been happening recently, plus do a mini micro test of a new field recorder, the Zoom H2. I also give a [...]