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RIP Twitter?

I took a break from Twitter when Musk took over and quickly laid off thousands of staff via email. I didn’t think that even he could do so much damage so quickly. I was one of the very early users of Twitter as it took off in the web design community. I’ve made friends throughContinue Reading ›

While Prince’s Guitar Gently Weeps

When Prince died in 2016 one performance more than any other was shared online, and surprisingly it wasn’t one of Prince’s own songs. In 2004 Prince joined Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Dahni Harrison in a once in a lifetime performance of While My Guitar Gently Weeps, to commemorate George Harrison’s induction into the RockContinue Reading ›

The Return Of The KLF

In December 2020 fly posters appeared in Shoreditch London, announcing the return of The KLF. Solid State Logik 1, was released onto streaming platforms and YouTube on January 1st 2021 and is the closest release yet to a greatest hits. I love that Solid State Logik 1 ends with their legendary, and previously unreleased, BRITsContinue Reading ›

Owning My Own Content

Last weekend I was about to post some photos from a frosty forest walk onto Instagram and paused as I was pondering the best tags to add to ‘drive engagement’. I remembered a commitment I’d made to myself over Christmas – to consume mindfully, to create more and to own the content I create. IContinue Reading ›

Stirling Moss Remembered

Stirling Moss sadly passed away today aged 90. I was lucky enough to see Moss drive at a number of classic events over the years, but I’ll never forget seeing him race at the 1999 Goodwood Revival meeting. In the early days of the Revival, before the grandstands were built, you could stand much closer toContinue Reading ›