Category Archives: Journalism

FusionWire, December 2016.  Brixton Pound: How fintech boosts the local currency agenda The notes are eye-catching, but South London local currency Brixton Pound is most commonly traded in the form of text messages. We sat down with B£ Communications Manager Marta Owczarek to talk about how technology is furthering the local currency cause. The BrixtonContinue reading “Brixton Pound: How fintech boosts the local currency agenda”

Aquila Magazine for children, November 2016.  Ada and Abbie: The Difference Engines Engineer Abbie Hutty’s job is to build a vehicle that will be sent into space to look for life on Mars. Things have changed a lot since Ada Lovelace became the first computer programmer 200 years ago, in a time when women weren’tContinue reading “Ada and Abbie: The Difference Engines”

BL Magazine, November 2016. Original article p76-78. How to have better meetings: The case against brainstorming Everyone is prone to groupthink – even the boss. There are better ways for truly getting the best ideas out of people, because true innovation is often borne out of moments of quiet. If you want your team toContinue reading “How to have better meetings: The case against brainstorming”

The Megabuyte Interview: Richard Law Richard Law is calling from the back of a taxi, currently moving through the streets of London towards Euston station. Law is on his way home to Manchester: “The capital of the Northern Powerhouse, as it was.” Law may have announced his upcoming retirement, but the CEO of identity dataContinue reading “Richard Law, CEO of GB Group”

Litro Magazine, July 2016. Original article. Georgia O’Keeffe’s sense of home The Georgia O’Keeffe retrospective is at the Tate Modern, London, until 30th October 2016. “I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me,” Georgia O’Keeffe once said. Right now, the Tate Modern’s retrospective of the pioneering modernist mayContinue reading “Georgia O’Keeffe at the Tate Modern”

Published July 2016 in The Debrief (now part of Grazia). Meet the people who turn the tattoo needle on themselves When Piper Chapman, anti-heroine of ‘Orange is the New Black’, tattooed herself at the end of last season, she’d learned it the hard way: if you want it done right, do it yourself. “Cliché myContinue reading “Un-precious skins”

FusionWire, June 2016.   Meet Moven, the non-disruptive challenger bank Is it actually necessary for challenger banks to re-invent the wheel? No, says Alex Sion, co-founder of Moven. We went to New York to learn how Moven is making waves in the US as a next generation bank that doesn’t actually hold money. What if,Continue reading “Meet Moven, the non-disruptive challenger bank”

This Recording, June 2016.  In which we try not to be suspicious Over and over A while back, for about a year, I lived in a flat with a classic roll-top bathtub. It’s one of those features that looks classy when you see the place for the first time: claw-shaped feet, separate chrome taps forContinue reading “Over and over”

FusionWire, March 2016. Is the Capital One 360 Café the future of banking? Is it a bank, or is it a café? The Capital One 360 Café in San Francisco is financial innovation in practice, says Jacob Mullins, as we spoke with the Exitround co-founder about why major corporations are branching out to invest inContinue reading “Why every bank’s a technology company too now”

BL Magazine, March/April 2016. Original article p46-48.  Is freelancing the future of work? It’s a long time since freelancing was just a fancy word for temping – self-employment has become an attractive choice for motivated workers seeing flexibility and opportunity in the brave new world of work. Do you want to be your own boss?Continue reading “One day we may all be freelancers”