Generation X Digital: New Media Strategies for Digital Revolutionaries
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
At 6am on the 3rd June 2022 I’ll be lining up to start the Grand Union Canal Race. That’s just 73 days away. This 145 mile continuous race starts at Gas Street Basin in the Centre of Birmingham and ends in Little Venice in the heart of London. It is regarded by many as...
#14 on my Bucket List and walked from 7th April - 17th April 2019, Offa's Dyke Path is a 177-mile National Trail that runs from Prestatyn in North Wales to Sedbury Cliffs near Chepstow in South Wales.
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Alan Nolan and his son Ian have become estranged over the years, both emotionally and geographically. Alan proposes they bridge the gap that has grown between them by embarking on a long-distance walk, the Tour de Mont Blanc together. Considered one of the classic long-distance hiking trails the TMB circles the Mont Blanc massif, covering 170km...
I was drawn to this book because it appealed to me on so many levels. I love food and cooking; I am considering moving to Italy post-Brexit; and I am drawn to the idea of an extended European road-trip, be it in a camper-van, a car, or by motorbike. In the nineties Jude and I...
1. Avoid alliteration. Always. 2. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. 3. Employ the vernacular. 4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc. 5. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary. 6. Remember to never split an infinitive. 7. Contractions aren’t necessary. 8. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos. 9. One...