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A Quick Update – Please Read
Hello folks, I haven’t had much time to blog for pleasure recently as I’ve been busy writing for various national mags. I’ll be updating this site again within the next week to include plenty of press clippings/page spreads, as well as a brand new version of my CV (please try to contain your excitement…). In [...]
‘Stop the War’ Protest
Yesterday (24/10/09) I was fortunate enough to attend the Stop the War protest in Trafalgar Square, London.
Throughout the afternoon, a selection of speakers took the mic on a rudimentary stage that had been set up at the foot of Nelson’s Column. The speakers had gathered from all over Europe to express their disgust at the [...]
Dixons.co.uk – “The last place you want to go”
If you’ve been in London in the past week or so, you may have noticed Dixons.co.uk’s tongue-in-cheek new marketing campaign:
The campaign, by M&C Saatchi, takes a swipe at department stores John Lewis and Selfridges, using their own brand identities to describe the process of visiting to high street stores to get the lowdown on a [...]
The Art of Movement
Some days exciting things just happen, and some days you have to go out of your way to make them happen. Last Thursday was the second type of day.
At noon I was still sat in my boxers checking my emails – which had subsequently turned into trawling Facebook, Twitter, various news websites etc, as tends [...]
Bottle Cap Riot
I stepped off the train and onto the crowded platform. Glancing over the top of the crowd I could see that the standard short-back-and-sides metropolitan commuter-mob was sporadically broken up by islands of pork-pie hats and mohawk haircuts which pushed through the crowds, parting the bland masses like the bow of an icebreaker. I suspected [...]
RIP Thirty-Three
Below is my account of moving out of student accommodation having graduated from University.
Moving out of number 33 was a miserable experience.
The once filthy kitchen had previously housed a vast, infection-inducing landscape of rubbish, which gathered in a scum-ridden congregation around the polluted monument of the overfilled bin. This mess was set to be our [...]
About
John Longbottom is a 22 year old journalist, photographer and graphic designer. Since completing a BA Hons degree in Journalism at the University of Chester, he has written for music magazines including Mojo and Rock Sound... Find out more.