Month: July 2020

  • Racism or incompetence? Check your damn photos

    I was introduced to my first real journalism mistake within a few hours of starting my first day as a reporter. I was sat trying to learn my way around the computer system when one of my new colleagues remarked that it was nice to see how quiet the phones were today. This seemed an…

  • Visiting Post-Lockdown London

    “Hot town, summer in the city.” That is what The Lovin’ Spoonful promised in their 1966 hit Summer in the City, and that was what S and I were in search of as we boarded a train from Surrey for a few nights away in the big smoke. A trip to London was our first…

  • An idiot’s guide to wearing a mask

    Remember when masks weren’t a thing? I do. It was before the global pandemic shut down most of the world. But that’s not really our reality now. So, as I write this, masks look like they are set to be a part of our lives for the immediate future. Here in the UK they have…

  • In defence of tequila

    My love affair with tequila began quite a while ago. I was sat in a bar in Mexico with some friends and we decided to order a round of tequilas. We were at the end of a few weeks’ travelling in the region and this was on our ‘cultural to-do list’. The bartender had clearly…