Posted on by Craig Faulkner
In April 2016, my employer moved the office I work in from my home city of Coventry to the nearby town of Rugby. Over the course of a weekend, I swapped my usual two buses each way for a single train ride with a generous dose of exercise at either end. Having grown up, lived and worked in Coventry all my life… Read more »
Posted on by Craig Faulkner
I’ve recently completed the first draft of a new novel. At 89,000 words, it’s not the longest I’ve written, but I’m pleased with how it reads. It still needs editing, and that’s something I’m very inexperienced at, but I’m happy with the overall story and the couple of (admittedly somewhat biased) people who… Read more »
Posted on by Craig Faulkner
For whatever reason, I've known several people who have, when going on holiday, made the effort to learn the phrase "do you speak English?" in the native language of their destination—often in isolation. Am I the only one who views this as being entirely pointless? Surely, asking the same question in English… Read more »
Posted on by Craig Faulkner
Having noticed that Coventry's city centre hadn't had many holes in it for a while, the council recently decided to dig most of it up. The result is that navigating the city by any other means than on foot has become a bit of a challenge. Whole roads have effectively been rendered closed by the destruction of… Read more »