October 2021

Goodbye to Guardian Weekend

“Where’s the Weekend magazine?” I asked myself. I had just bought Karen her print copy of…
A British tech icon: the Psion 5mx

Rarely had I been so excited to unbox a new ‘toy’. It was March 2000, and…
London calling: to St Paul’s

It was an odd feeling, stepping onto a London train for the first time in 19…
Mourning David Amess – and yearning for a kinder politics

Britain was horrified by yesterday’s murder of Sir David Amess – the second member of parliament…
‘Didn’t agree with his politics but…’

I was sad to read that James Brokenshire MP had died. He was an effective and…
Fifty years on: converting to North Sea gas

Back to the Seventies. That has been a theme of the past few weeks as a…
Before bikepacking: touring Brittany with panniers

I blogged last week about my first bikepacking trip. I loved the freedom that bikepacking gives…
Bikepacking beginner

This week, I became a bikepacker. I’d been intrigued by the idea of bikepacking – the…