The government has taken the first steps towards privatisation of road maintenance. Have they learned nothing from Railtrack?
Author: Shevdon
The ‘P’ Word
Productivity has fallen compared to ten years ago by 16%. But why? The Bank of England is doing research, but I’m not convinced that an economist is the best person to look into this. Maybe a psychologist would be better?
The Education Bait-and-Switch
The purpose of education in the UK has shifted from development to selection, with the added bonus that it allows the government to remove £290Bn from the books and look like they are reducing the deficit while actually executing a con-trick of epic proportions.
You Lose, I Win
The morality of competition and the culture of a society based on a zero sum game of winners and losers.
Archery for Fantasy Authors – Expert Archers
A discussion of archery in fantasy writing
Archery for Fantasy Authors – Novice Archers
I haven’t posted for a while because in my other profession I have been hectically busy. How’s it going in there? Very well, thank you, but we’re not out of the woods yet. Anyway, I was particularly taken with Chuck Wendig’s take on Things You Should Know When Writing About Guns, and I wanted to…
Visionarium – An Interview in German
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Bernhard Reicher for VISIONARIUM issue 3 recently, and if you would like to read the interview (and you read German) you can find it here: The Kindle-version is available at: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00N5SETYC/The printed version is available at: http://www.amazon.de/dp/1500836028/ We talk about influences and inspirations, the source of stories, methods and…