The Story of How Henry Came Into the World

About 8 months ago I found out I was going to be a dad. It was unquestionably the most monumental moment of my life. A point where everything changed; my goals, ambitions and perspective were all up-ended in an instant.

Digital Baby: thoughts on becoming a Dad

I'm always incredibly aware of how incredibly fortunate I am to be living in the age we're now in. Even though it's an age of economic stagnation it's also an age of revolution - an age of digital revolution. A digital communications revolution that means we really can really achieve whatever we put our minds to.

Derry-Londonderry - City of Culture? What is Culture?

In a recent BBC Radio 4 series entitled The Value of Culture Melvyn Bragg delved into the world of culture. Exploring where the word has come from. What culture means. How its meaning has changed. What mass culture is and where we're going with culture today.

It's That Damn Rustic Artisan Look - It's So Hot Right Now!

Craft beer and vintage clothing is way cool. It's also big business. I discuss. [This article was originally published on Elephant Creative on October 30 2012]

These days craft is way cool: craft beer, ye olde style cider, bespoke brogues, handmade leather satchels, vintage clothes, old time décor, provincial produce and bucolic settings. That’s what the people with disposable income are buying these days. And that includes fashion conscious people in foreign markets of course! And quite rightly some people are making a killing tapping into this worldwide demand for craft and bespoke products. But isn't it ironic that in a digital age, people are baulking products from big corporations and reverting back to the small time, local look and feel of start-ups and one room ateliers?