Well, now. One Man & His Blog is 17 years old today.
That’s astonishing. It’s probably the most time I’ve committed to a single thing, bar the relationship with my wife (who was not yet my wife when the blog began…)
Oil consumption just fell off a cliff…
Could the coronavirus be a globalisation inflection point?
Maybe. If we want it to be.
I have managed quarter of a century as a journalist without hearing the phrase “fronted adverbial”. But now I am a parent of a primary school child, it is imperative I know it, apparently.
Children in school. Bird food topped up. Dishwasher on. Coffee made.
Dammit. It’s time to do some work.
I do wonder if the double-whammy of the climate crisis and the coronavirus might make us think a little harder about how and why we travel - and maybe help us enjoy digital’s ability to keep us globally connected while relishing where we live, too.
David Allen Green’s characterisation of us entering “Brexit: Season 2" is a useful one, I think: Brexit: the end of the beginning
Actual interview with actual scientist for those who are overwhelmed by inexpert hot takes on COVID-19: Coronavirus’s Genetics Reveal Its Global Travels