John

Commented on COVID-19
Conversely, the Diocese of Chichester say not to dip the wafer in the wine: Because hands can be as much a source of pathogens as lips, intinction is no safer than drinking and can introduce germs into the cup. Intinction...
Commented on Brexit! Means! Brexit!
I remember about 20 years ago the Times publishing extracts from a book by the name of '51st State', wherein Britain voted to leave the EU and... well, the clue's in the title. The monarchy was dealt with by having...
Commented on Sitrep
Yes, they'd need to reverse at Redhill. I've heard the tale that those running the SR were disappointed after WW2, because the Germans never managed to hit Redhill Station. If they had, it would have presented the opportunity to rebuild...
Commented on A Bad Dream
According to G K Chesterton's autobiography, 'The Party System' (by his brother and Hilaire Belloc) laid out a similar thesis in 1911: The system, according to this view, was essentially one of rotation; but of rotation revolving on a central...

Common Misconceptions About Publishing—a series of essays about the industry I work in.
How I Got Here In The End —my non-writing autobiography, or what I did before becoming a full-time writer.
Unwirer—an experiment in weblog mediated collaborative fiction.
Shaping the Future—a talk I gave on the social implications of Moore's Law.
Japan: first impressions — or, what I did on my holidays
Inside the MIT Media Lab—what it’s like to spend a day wandering around the Media Lab.
The High Frontier, Redux — space colonization: feasible or futile?
“Nothing like this will be built again”—inside a nuclear reactor complex.
Old blog—2003-2006 (RIP)