December 10, 2011 – 7:42 am
2011, more than any other year, was a year of contradictions for me. This was the year I turned a quarter of a century, and when I was younger I assumed all 25-year-olds know everything and have their lives sorted… How wrong I was! When I’ll look back at this year, my memories at first [...]
September 25, 2011 – 11:50 am
The most life-changing events in our lives are not really down to us. I read a quote the other day from David Foster Wallace’s novel Infinite Jest, which beautifully elaborates on the seemingly serendipitous nature of life: “Both destiny’s kisses and its dope-slaps illustrate an individual person’s basic personal powerlessness over the really meaningful events [...]
Since when has been trashing your own community and throwing missiles at your community’s police force been an acceptable expression of dissatisfication with the lack of opportunities in society? It has not and will not be an effective impetus for social change. Anyone who thinks looting, burning cars and setting fire to wheelie bins is [...]
There’s so many apps/websites utilising Google Maps in inventive ways. One example is Red Bull Street Art View, which describes itself as a “collaborative collection of Google’s Street View locations showcasing Street Art all over the globe.” I love the fact that technology makes it so easy for us to zoom in on a pavement [...]
At a house party last night a few of us got chatting about how much has changed since our parents’ generation in terms of opportunities. It’s now almost a given that after A-levels you work your way through university, get a career and focus on making money, and lots of it. People married younger, mortgages [...]
January 25, 2011 – 4:24 pm
Women’s increased participation in the workplace is seen as evidence that with every passing day, women draw closer to fulfilling their potential. Yet the cheering and applause drown out the reality: this is not what women want. Most women don’t aspire to the kind of lives that their supposed champions are busily engineering for them. [...]
