During his long career as a public relations professional in the health insurance world, Wendell Potter lived a luxorious life far removed from the realities of uninsured people throughout the country. Until the day he turned up at a free healthcare fair where thousands of people lined up...
As I type this I can see the people lining up for my flight to Newark via Paris. Yes it is that time of year again, time to float off to the US and A. In the days leading up to my departure, I had the chance to...
Over the weekend a modest but passionate group of European Videobloggers got together for the 5th time in 5 years. While the world of video online didn't quite turn out how we had hoped or perhaps how we had thought, we still gather to discuss issues as well as...
He does what? - People often ask whenever I mention Lewis Gordon Pugh. He swims the arctic, I tell them again. Why? - is always the next question. When you sit across from Lewis Gordon Pugh for just a few minutes, you understand why immediately. You also understand you're in...
A recent podcast on this site was dedicated to telling the story of the Azeri videobloggers/youth activists who were attacked, arrested and held on a hooliganism charge. At that time their sentence had still not been decided. In this past week the verdict was handed down, Emin 2.5 years,...
