Those who would build enormous structures—skyscrapers, bridges, border walls—should do so with an eye toward their eventual ruin. via Building In the Shadow of Our Own Destruction — Longreads
This is a simple job
The worst line any freelancer can hear, coming from a prospective client, is: “This is a simple job, which won’t take long” This can be confusing, as you might imagine that, on face value, it means a clear and concise job, which is always the best type of work for any freelancer. In terribleclientspeak though, what this…
Shakesepear and the Huguenots
Interesting piece I came across in the Guardian (I know, I know…), about the only surviving piece of handwriting from Shakespeare. It comes from the play The Book of Sir Thomas Moore. The original play, written by Anthony Munday, was a controversial work which was banned by the censor Edmund Tilney because of fears that it would…
Some Amazing fantasy cities
I loved the look and feel of The City of Lost Children, so I was happy to come across this post on The Urbanist, listing a selection of fantasy cities from films and comics. “Some of these 12 sci-fi and fantasy cities are literal dream and nightmare cities in that they are experienced outside the…
A Freelancer in London 