by Jack Barrow | Nov 14, 2018 | In SatNav We Trust, Travelogue, Writing
Last week I was out with my muse and we attended Neil Oliver’s lecture tour in which he talks about his new book The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places. (Smiley face) Apart from the fact that he’s a historian, and a top bloke to boot, what was interesting was...
by Jack Barrow | Oct 15, 2018 | General Blog, Technology, Thoughts and Observations
I don’t visit my friends any more. When I were a lad we used to have callers. We had a living room with the TV and the coal fire, it was somewhere to live and entertain. When people arrived, the TV would be turned off and the kettle would be turned on. Years ago,...
by Jack Barrow | Oct 10, 2018 | In SatNav We Trust, Travelogue, Writing
This post is copied from the crowd funding page for In SatNav We Trust. Please visit, pledge and spread the word to support the book. Good day again supporters. (Smiley face) I promised I’d post another update with an extract for people who aren’t yet supporters. If...
by Jack Barrow | Sep 18, 2018 | In SatNav We Trust, Travelogue, Writing
This post is copied from the crowd funding page for In SatNav We Trust. Please visit to support the book. Okay so the first day is done and we’re on target at 1%. I say the first day, the page has been live since the beginning of September but we’ve been...
by Jack Barrow | Aug 31, 2018 | Media, Technology, Thoughts and Observations
You clicked on that link on Facebook, you know that link, possibly clickbait but you wanted to see for yourself, after all it’s only a picture of an old shoe dug up from Roman times. But you don’t get the world’s most interesting shoe, you get a brief, tempting flash...
