One of the tasks in the A215 workbook asks you to write the same scene in three different forms of viewpoint. We had to post this exercise for our online tutorial. I was quite happy with the result, and think the short narrative could develop into a short story. Will leave it to fester inContinue reading “Viewpoint exercise”
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Reporting Europe 2012
Nominations are open for the UACES – Thomson Reuters Reporting Europe Prize 2012. There have been some interesting winners in the few years I’ve been going along. It’s very far from a hagiographic prize, as a brief glimpse at some of the former winners will show. I’m very honoured to have been invited to sitContinue reading “Reporting Europe 2012”
Getting in the swing of the EU
I was quite busy on Friday and didn’t get the chance to blog about the Thursday event we organised with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and British Council. 58 (well 57 because 1 went astray) sixth formers came to Lancaster House to take part in a role-playing exercise based on the EU’s decision-making body theContinue reading “Getting in the swing of the EU”
Volunteering – it’s not as hard as you think
The European Year of Volunteering tour came to the UK last week, and took up residence in the Coin Street Community Centre. While there I spoke to Stephen Crocker, who ran the Leeds City Council initiative to have a Leeds Year of Volunteering in 2010. He tells me why he thinks more local councils andContinue reading “Volunteering – it’s not as hard as you think”
My first assignment
We just got back our first assignments for the course. I got a 79% overall, which I’m really pleased with. Here’s the piece I submitted. It is very different to the other one (see previous post), and in some ways I wish I had submitted that, but there you go, you live and learn. I’mContinue reading “My first assignment”
A love letter to coffee
A brief exercise in writing using my senses. When you open a bag of good quality coffee, the aroma reaches up to you, seduces you, encourages – no, requires – you to make a cup, to make the promise of the smell real. The brewing process continues the seduction, the crescendo of scent evoking memoriesContinue reading “A love letter to coffee”