Alex Singleton

I popped into the London Stock Exchange building this afternoon, where there’s an ISDN-connected radio studio, to appear on BBC Radio 5’s Drivetime programme. We were discussing Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti’s claims about new mortal sins which the Daily Telegraph has described as reading “like a sixth-form essay”. I think the debate made good radio.

In the current issue of Linux Format - the UK’s best-selling Linux magazine - I have a one-page article and in the next I will have a four-page feature. Although I’ve written widely in the IT press, especially in Personal Computer World, I’m pleased to have had my first piece in a Linux magazine.
With Linux-based […]

I have a two-page review of Aperture 2, Apple’s all-in-one photography tool, in the new (April) issue of Macworld, the world’s best-selling Mac magazine. I give the software the thumb’s up, concluding:
Before Aperture 2, there was a case for choosing Adobe’s Photoshop Lightroom, especially if not using a particularly high-powered machine. Photographers working under both […]

In the Social Affairs Unit’s Web Review, I examine the phenomenon of Che Guevara and a recent book that is critical of this hero to many students:
At universities across Britain and in the United States, students can be found wearing t-shirts emblazened with the image of Ernesto “Che” Guevara. While Britain’s National Union of Students […]

On Telegraph.co.uk, I point out that attempts to force private schools to offer more bursaries will mean higher school fees. Given that many parents already stuggle to pay fees, this will be an unwelcome burden.