Re-Imagining the Olympics

The 2012 Olympics are over. If you weren’t in the UK you might not have been aware of just how transformative these two weeks were. That I’m even talking about it is evidence enough. Like many of my geek and writer friends I’ve often found myself in the position of fighting against the popular attention…

Moonlight, Lace and Mayhem — and Me!

I’m guest blogger over at Moonlight, Lace and Mayhem today. Stop by and say hi and read what I have to say about… football?! Yep, it’s true (and why there’s a picture of Mesut Özil here). No, I didn’t have a choice, it was just their theme for the month. While I’m not much of…

Zombie Land

I came out of The White Guard today, hopped on my bike and thought I had landed in 28 Days Later. I had misgivings about the Waterloo roundabout, always an insane mess of cars, bikes and other vehicles and there was — no one. I have never seen the streets of London so empty (at…