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2021 was a year dominated by the pandemic: fear (the third lockdown), hope (freedom and falling cases) and frustration (it's back...) But how was this past year been as a writer? What have I been up to? Quite a lot, as it turns out. I started the year enrolling in an Introduction to Script Writing [...]

Since I wrote up the simple analysis I did comparing Covid-19 prevalence across countries, there have been a few official studies published. They have shown similar conclusions to mine, but done with more precise data and more rigor. The health of the population seems to have made a big difference to mortality rates, with obesity [...]

It always feels cold crunching numbers that represent very tragic events, but I think we need to learn all we can about this pandemic and statistical analysis can help. In this blog I look at a few simple factors that may have created the conditions for some countries to suffer from very high death rates [...]

Yeah, I know. Surely the list is endless... But seriously, if we are to get a message across to the President of the United States (POTUS) when he visits in a few weeks, far better to focus on the one thing about which he is clearly wrong. No, it's not the Mexican wall. Given that [...]

I am currently reading The Wise Man’s Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss. It’s the sequel to his sublime debut, The Name of the Wind and at 1000 pages, it’s a whopper. I keep flicking to the end to remind myself of how many pages I’ve got to go. Fantasy is a genre that lends itself to [...]