Reading The Moby Dick Big Read Has anyone else been taking part in the Moby Dick Big Read? I have, and I’ve been enjoying it. The idea is to listen…
A Virtual Love The next big thing… There was a thing going around on the internet late last year called The Next Big Thing, in which writers answered questions…
Living Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2013! Just a quick post to wish you all a very happy Christmas. For those of you who don’t celebrate Christmas, I wish…
Thinking What is privilege? When people hear about my background, they immediately think I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I went to…
Reading The Kindle Report: does it beat paper? I’ve owned a Kindle for almost a year now and so thought it was time for a comparison of ereading vs reading.…
Published work Ten years ago: Tom Cornell profile This post is part of a series in which I publish stories and articles I wrote exactly ten years ago. This one is a…
Living There’s no such place as paradise When I tell people I’m living in Barbados, the reactions are interesting. Words that come up a lot are “exotic”, “paradise”, “idyllic”…
Living What we did before Google Whatever did we do before the internet? How did we manage before Google? I’m hearing these questions more often these days, usually…
Reading Capitalism & Slavery This book does an excellent job of showing exactly how the development of British capitalism was dependent on slavery. The author is Eric…