Archive for the 'Freelance Writing' Category

The Metaverse – Echoes from the future

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022

If it’s up to the likes of Facebook, the Internet as we’ve come to know it is on the verge of a new revolution in which it, social media and gaming are melded into one great immersive virtual world.

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Time Travel – a fascinating prospect

Tuesday, February 16th, 2021

We’ve been fascinated with the past for centuries, for it defines our present world. In film, literature and now also computer games, we love to ‘go back’, but what if we could one day really travel back in time and see it all for ourselves? (more…)

Comporta – Portugal’s secret

Monday, September 28th, 2020

Most people know of the Algarve, a region of gorgeous sandy beaches and coves backed by golden sandy cliffs, azure waters and a climate and culture not unlike that of the Costa del Sol, but a little further north, not too far from Lisbon, there is a secret natural paradise that lies as yet undiscovered. (more…)

Organic architecture – mankind and nature in harmony

Wednesday, July 29th, 2020

We see it all around us; urban jungles of concrete, glass and steel that look impressive on the drawing board, imposing when first delivered shiny and new, but ultimately sad and neglected as they form part of a growing collage of rusting, rotting structures that require constant maintenance and investment or else they add to the desolate landscape we’re creating. Detroit, Mexico City, Sâo Paulo and Moscow, the examples are many, but you needn’t look too far to spot the concrete rot and urban decay, for it surrounds us in many cities and exists even in the most picturesque. (more…)

Sixto Rodriguez – and the Search for Sugar Man

Wednesday, January 8th, 2020

It sounds like a mythical tale and it is, for this story, unique as it is, will never be told again. In a world of social media and instant connectivity there will never again be a Sixto Rodriguez – a star missing to the world.

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