Category Archives: Journalism

FusionWire, 2015. Tapped in: The cashless tipping point is here For the first time, there’s a way to pay even easier than cash. We spoke to MasterCard and the UK Cards Association about how contactless is quickly becoming our favourite way to pay. If you ask people about contactless payment, you’ll soon find that theContinue reading “Tapped in: The cashless tipping point is here”

FusionWire, 2015. All change: How digital is changing the High Street bank branch Digital banking probably won’t kill off physical bank branches – but the role of branches is certainly changing. We spoke with Nationwide and Handelsbanken about the future of the High Street branch. Handelsbanken branches aren’t like the other UK High Street bankContinue reading “All change: How digital is changing the High Street bank branch”

FusionWire, 2015. Anne Boden takes flight with Starling Bank At the heart of the new mobile-only Starling Bank is Anne Boden, whose experience and conviction may just be the thing to create a brand new current account. Anne Boden isn’t starting a bank – she’s starting a revolution. At least that’s how she’ll make youContinue reading “Anne Boden takes flight with Starling Bank”

FusionWire, 2015. The hottest little bank in town is an app called Mondo We sat down with Tom Blomfield, co-founder and CEO of mobile-only bank Mondo, to talk about banking in the age of a life lived on your smartphone. Mobile-only bank Mondo is a young company, even in startup terms: Tom Blomfield and hisContinue reading “The hottest little bank in town is an app called Mondo”

BusinessLife, September 2015. Original article, p57-60. Ten top health tech innovations  Vital signs monitoring patch One day, a little sticky patch for monitoring life signs may become standard for anyone who enters a hospital. That’s the hope for SensiumVitals from Toumaz Group, the British semiconductor company, which is currently undergoing clinical trials. “Our product isContinue reading “Ten top health tech innovations”

Apollo Magazine, July 2015. Original article.  Agnes Martin and the singular obsession What is Agnes Martin trying to say? If you really want to know you will have to go see for yourself, because rarely does art lose quite so much in a photograph. Even once you are there, it takes a moment to workContinue reading “Agnes Martin at Tate Modern”

This Is Tomorrow, July 2015.  Lynn Hershman Leeson: Origins of the Species (Part 2) Modern Art Oxford, 2015 What is technology, but another tool for shaping our identities? Lynn Hershman Leeson has been exploring the relationship between humans and technology for over 50 years, starting in a time before technology looked anything like it doesContinue reading “Lynn Hershman Leeson: Origins of the Species (Part 2)”

The Billfold, June 2015. Original article.  Staycations in the London summer I woke up by myself today in my little flat in Hackney. My husband is away for work, so I slept past 10 o’clock which I never do unless I’m alone. As much as I like company, I’m very good at being by myself,Continue reading “Staycations in the London summer”

This Recording, May 2015. Original article. In which we don’t believe in perfect Physical thrill There’s only a strip of canal visible across the courtyard, but that bit of canal is everything. I’m sitting at my new kitchen table with my laptop, looking up occasionally at the water: you can see the canal boats dockedContinue reading “Physical thrill”

Aquila Magazine (kids 8-12) – May 2015 Big Data: Finding the patterns in the noise We create over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day – that’s a lot of text, pictures, video and social media messages. Powerful computers can analyse this “Big Data” and find new patterns, and maybe even hints about the future.Continue reading “Big Data: Finding the patterns in the noise”