Portfolio
Here is an abridged list of my favourite writing work I’ve done in the past six years. In general, I’ve selected news stories and features I’ve generated myself rather than from press releases, covering plenty of different subjects and types of content.
All the more recent stories available online will automatically be posted to the front page, under the articles tag.
If you would like to talk to me about your editorial needs, you can contact me.
Torontoist
Owl see you at the Museum of Inuit Art
Feature, 26 August 2009
When you step into the Museum of Inuit Art, which is hidden at the back of the Queen’s Quay Terminal on the Harbourfront, you’ll probably recognize the first picture you see. This is the “Enchanted Owl.” According to the museum’s curator, Ingo Hessel, it is “a true icon…probably the most famous image in Inuit art if not Canadian art.”
The Guardian
Bible Quiz: Revelations time
Blog, 23 Feb 2009
This used Google Documents to log (unscientific) results from a quiz based on a story about young people’s knowledge of religion. I then arranged for graphs to be created based on the responses, drawing conclusions and engaging readders.
Cocktail party plan to mark the end of the line for tube drinkers
News story, 16 May 2008
Hundreds of people will bid goodbye to drinking on the London underground with a subterranean cocktail party on the Circle line, following a viral campaign on Facebook
This ended up being a major news story covered many times around the UK and world — I broke it here
Cough, splutter: £200 for a licence to smoke
Blog, 26 October 2007
A government adviser has proposed charging for a licence to buy cigarettes. Is this idea destined to go up in smoke?
Stop broadcasting baloney about Wi-Fi
Blog, 1 August 2007
Calling children ‘guinea pigs’ for Wi-Fi is causing parents and teachers unnecessary worry and confusion
A second look at school life
Feature, 6 April 2007
The 3D computer game that’s offering teenagers a new way of learning
E-Health Insider
Talking pill bottles read out their own labels
News story, 15 August 2006
Pharmacies in Northern California have started to stock talking prescription bottles which aim to help elderly or partially sighted patients by reading out label information at the touch of a button
RFID records to be implanted in 280 patients
News story, 21 July 2006
VeriChip have announced that 280 patients from the New Jersey area are to have health records chips inserted under their skin as part of a trial into the use of the technology to manage long-term conditions
Somali speech synthesis for clinicans
Audio, 21 March 2006
Professor Harold Somers of the University of Manchester demonstrates his system where a speech synthesiser using another language (in this case, German) could be used by doctors to communicate in Somali to their patients
One of my first attempts at a podcast
NHS domain block causing bounced patient e-mail
News story, 29 November 2005
E-mails to nhs.uk addresses from patients may be being blocked due to the inclusion of nhs.uk on a site used by some hosting services to stop spam and invalid emails
24 Hour Museum
"I’d never visited Liverpool before…"
Feature, 24 May 2004
…but as a snobbish Londoner I already knew about it. The Beatles, Cilla Black and Brookside are what the city has given to the world. In exchange for these, the residents take people’s hubcaps. But I wasn’t prepared for having my preconceptions removed too
This feature won the 24hr Museum/MGM travel writing prize
A Time To Be Born at the Jewish Museum
Review, 14 May 2003
A Time To Be Born, at the Jewish Museum until September 21, mixes both ancient and contemporary imagery to show the role of marriage, sex, birth and childhood in Judaism
Disabled artists in residence at London’s Transport Museum
Review, 25 December 2003
London’s Transport Museum might not seem the most obvious place to see art. Yet throughout December, two visually impaired artists in residence have had their work on show there
I have also worked for publications including the Saturday Times magazine, Haymarket, Web User and Acorn User, and the agency Prompt PR. These items are in print or not available online.