I write thousands of words every day for BBC News, not to mention emails, Twitter, Facebook and other written media. The vast majority of what I write is news published without a by-line – the every day stories of life in a small island. But occasionally I have the opportunity to work on a story that sticks, a story that I have spent time researching and includes my name at [...]
Christmas Day – you’ve opened your presents, had an argument, drunk a bit … a lot … and eaten more in one meal than some people do in a year. All good. The television is on, and the programming is pretty much the same as last year. There will be a couple of big Christmas specials from shows like Top Gear, Doctor Who, Downton Abbey et al, Top of the [...]
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A story I wrote for BBC News: A rare bronze age pottery vessel, thought to contain tools and weapons, has been found in Jersey. The vessel, which was found in Trinity, has been wrapped in bandages and tin foil and then sprayed with foam to make it safer and easier to transport. One of the weapons identified inside is an axe, which experts say could have been used as both [...]
Apple‘s Passbook is a great idea but there are still very few UK apps that make use of it. It basically lets airlines, ticket companies and stores give you virtual loyalty cards and boarding passes and stores them in a convenient wallet. It is about the only area of iOS 6 I haven’t been able to play with yet – basically because we don’t have a Starbucks in Jersey and [...]
My shift patterns have changed recently – meaning that instead of starting at midday and finishing at 8pm every day – I’ve had the “pleasure” of starting at 7am. I don’t drive and so to get to work for 7am I need to catch a bus at 6:40am – the bus stop is right next to the beach. So each morning I’m on an early shift I’ve been taking a [...]
I present a new music show on BBC Radio Jersey every Saturday from 12-2pm – the show features music from Jersey including live sessions and recorded tunes. As with all live radio I like to get listener engagement – have a different voice, get opinions – but it isn’t the sort of show people phone in for. I presented the afternoon show for a couple of days, posed a brain [...]
For a long time the island has relied heavily on the finance industry with concern that there were too many eggs in a single basket. Well now business leaders, educators, ministers and regulators have gathered together to see if technology could be that second basket. The annual IOD debate is the biggest of its kind in Jersey and the 2012 event was held together by ITV news anchor Alistair Stewart [...]
In just over a weeks time I’m going to be covering the Jersey Live music festival. It is a two day festival on for about twelve hours per day and I will be there for the whole thing. The weekend kicks off on Saturday when I present a two hour live radio show from one of the smaller stages at the festival. I will have four live bands performing and [...]
