Riots, politicians and tabloids
A little while ago, I told my (then) agent I was writing a satirical novel about tabloids and politicians who spark riots over knife crime. Guess what he said.
How to tell when you’re being lied to in cyberspace
Lies are big news at the moment. Lies by politicians, lies by social media bots, lies by journalists… Most of the focus is on stopping the lies – less about helping us see the truth.…
Your social media problems solved
Having a problem keeping up with your social media demands? No time to tweet? Embarrassed at sending out-of-fashion-emojis or misunderstanding the meaning of LOL? My personal development lab – The Harris Institute for Social and…
Keeping a New Year’s resolution in 9 easy steps
We all make them, but how many of last year’s resolutions are you still keeping today? Any? Here are nine tricks that I use to make keeping a New Year’s resolution much, much easier. 1.…
Could a strong local press have prevented the Grenfell Tower fire?
On the week that my novel The Breaking of Liam Glass comes out – a crime satire about the role of the press – here’s a very topical and thoughtful piece from Emily Bell in the Guardian asking…