In 2011 the historian David Christian gave a talk at TED in California. His subject was “Big History“, the cross-discipline study of history he began teaching in Australia in the early…

It’s been a while but I’ve started writing again. Last year Seb invited me to write something for creativejs.com and after much thought I decided to find out how Javascript…

So I guess the world didn’t end. We all survived the Mayan rollover, giggled at those who believed in ancient superstition, and without a hint of irony went on to…

The Computus Engine is a personal project; an ongoing exploration of how time is measured and how new technology might let us interact with it. As with all such efforts…

Back when I lived in London my commute by train would take me past a small unassuming office building in Vauxhall. The only reason it caught my eye at all…

“In my own time. On my own time.” is a project by Royal College of Art graduate Charlotte Christofferson. The project examines how gender and age affect our perception of…

So today is a leap day, right? Well, yes and no. We generally assume the 29th of February is a leap day but in the original Julian calendar the leap…

Churches and alehouses are ubiquitous in Britain. The names change from time to time but many of the sites have been occupied for centuries. Back before the advent of GPS and…