Duncan Stephen

Article — 31 August 2019 — 1,375 words

Bruges and Flanders — our final few days in Belgium

Having spent a couple of days in Brussels, our time in Belgium was fast coming to an end. So on our road trip, we began to make our way back towards the west. We had two days to visit two areas.

Article — 30 August 2019 — 669 words

BBC not so sound

Media — Technology

Radio broadcasters are battling each other to be the Netflix of radio. None of them seem to have asked themselves why any of their listeners would want that.

Article — 26 August 2019 — 1,184 words

After the Belgian Grand Prix — Days out in Spa and Brussels

Music — Personal — Travel

After our weekend at the Belgian Grand Prix last year, Alex and I stayed on for a few more days to explore other parts of Belgium.

Article — 21 August 2019 — 287 words

An unusually good experience with British Gas

Personal

Usually when people post online about customer service, it’s to report a bad experience. But I had an unusually and unexpectedly positive experience with British Gas yesterday.

Article — 21 August 2019 — 133 words

Why did the UK become a failed state? — Simon Wren-Lewis — mainly macro

Economics — Media — Politics

This post is about how a policy (crashing out of the EU) that will do nearly everyone harm and some great harm seems to have considerable, albeit still minority, support… You either have to assume that a third of the population has gone mad, or instead see this as a fundamental failure of information. The […]

Article — 20 August 2019 — 1,608 words

Skye high

Personal — Travel

Straight after our wedding in February, Alex and I spent a week on the Isle of Skye for our mini moneymoon.

Article — 1 August 2019 — 614 words

‘What’ means nothing unless you know ‘why’

User experience — User research

Your organisation really needs to value qualitative data more than it probably does.

Article — 29 July 2019 — 868 words

Wedding health and safety nightmares

Personal

On our wedding day I discovered that getting married is actually quite a dangerous business. Here are a selection of the health and safety nightmares we encountered that day.

Article — 14 July 2019 — 2,535 words