After a spate of new killings at the hands of law enforcement officials in the USA, particularly deaths that have occurred in police custody (notably those of Freddie Gray and David Dehmann) and after collisions with police vehicles, I wanted to look at whether the rate of deaths had increased…
The history of Northern Ireland has been troubled for many many years, with the most recent eruption of violence ("The Troubles") spanning from the late 1960s until a political ceasefire was called in 1998. In 2005, only 10 years ago, the main paramilitary group involved in The Troubles, the IRA…
Recently there have been a number of high-profile cases in the media of law-enforcement officials throughout the USA killing unarmed citizens. Whether this be the shooting in the back of someone stopped for a traffic violation, or the choking to death of someone selling untaxed cigarettes on the street, people…
Shotkit.com is a website which opens up professional photographers' camera bags to show what equipment they use in their working lives. This is interesting not only to gear-heads, but also to average photographers who are looking for a better tool for the job, or to upgrade a piece of…
I've been looking for a blogging platform that looks great, is easy to use, and can be self-hosted. Some new kids on the block (I'm looking at you medium and svbtle) look fabulous but aren't self-hosted, and others (jekyll) are, but are very complicated to get going. Ghost seems to…