Travel used to be considered exotic and only something hugely-adventurous people would do. In 1968, Simon Raven wrote “Travel: A Moral Primer” for The Spectator. In it, he detailed the true definition of travel in the ‘then’ modern age, especially for students. Although very much of its time, some of the advice still rings true almost 50 years on. “Travel […]
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Hollywood, we have an editing problem
I used to work in magazines and one of the things I loved about writing for them was that you had a fixed word count. Being told a piece had to be 350 words long forced you to be economical with your writing and avoid padding out the piece. TV has a similar restriction placed upon it – making a […]
Read moreWhy we need charities to cut through ‘sensational’ health stories more than ever
It was a typical Daily Mail health story: Having an egg a day can cut your risk of stroke by 12%. On the face of it, great. There are 152000 cases of stroke in the UK every year, so if this is true it’s a great weapon in the battle against it. But, of course, thats not the full story. If […]
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