Jack BarrowWindmills and electric cars are not the answer to zero carbon, but your shoes might beThere isn’t a corporation in the world that isn’t considering its green credentials. Google claims on its search page that it has been…Feb 25, 2022Feb 25, 2022
Jack BarrowInternational telephone scammers, Black Lives Matter and geopolitics“Your Internet is getting disconnected…” That’s all I heard before I put the phone down on the recording of the rather improbably…Feb 1, 2021Feb 1, 2021
Jack BarrowSomeone did the decent thing this morningSince the end of the lockdown, or perhaps I should say Lockdown 1 as it seems it’s likely it’s no longer a singular, I’ve been preparing…Oct 1, 2020Oct 1, 2020
Jack BarrowFour ambulances and an apocalypseSome years ago I was stopped on an apparently open road by a policeman standing in front of an unattended ambulance. My curiosity, and…Jun 11, 2020Jun 11, 2020
Jack BarrowHow things have changed, or not changed, with the virusPeople are saying how much has changed in just a few weeks. Suddenly people are at home, with their children full time, getting food has…Apr 3, 2020Apr 3, 2020
Jack BarrowVenturing out amid the virusPeople used to tell me that I should get out more. For the past few years I’ve been working from home as the sort of writing that is my…Mar 22, 2020Mar 22, 2020
Jack BarrowBournemouth, Wimborne, and how not to be a touristA few weeks ago, we went to Bournemouth, I say we went to Bournemouth, we actually went to Wimborne but in the two or three days we were…Feb 3, 2020Feb 3, 2020
Jack BarrowThe Handmaid’s Tale — why I had to stop watching it on TVThe Handmaid’s Tale, that multi award winning 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood, is in the news again. It’s in the news for its sequel being…Sep 10, 2019Sep 10, 2019
Jack BarrowThe Story of the British Isles in 100 Places — book reviewBy Neil OliverAug 12, 2019Aug 12, 2019
