Title:............ "Piracy on the Literary Sea" Publication:... 'Writers' Forum' Bi-Monthly magazine Date:............ December 2004/January 2005 Circulation:... 25,000 Summary:.... Siting an example of literary plagiarism and how the practice is widespread with little legal recourse.
	Title:............ "Master Jester" Publication:... 'Best of British Magazine' Monthly magazine Date:............ December 2004 Circulation:... 80,000 Summary:.... Item on Jimmy Savile's appearance on 'Celebrity Mastermind' and his early years as a Yorkshire disk jockey, wrestler, marathon runner and fund-raiser.
	Title:............ "Colin's Christmas Tree" Publication:... 'Evergreen' Quarterly magazine Date:............ Winter 2004 Circulation:... 75,000 Summary:.... A factual Christmas story about a Scots pine which had been a Christmas tree in Oxford in the 1930s and grew to 50 feet high.
	Title:............ "Unforseen Problems" Publication:... 'Oxford Times' Weekly newspaper Date:............ November 12th 2004 Circulation:... 31,000 Summary:.... Commenting on Council plans to rectify computer system problems.
	Title:............ "A Great Place to Live" Publication:... 'Oxford Mail' Daily newspaper Date:............ November 11th 2004 Circulation:... 28,700 Summary:.... Reflecting on the high ranking given to Oxford's museums in recent book. Highlighting Oxford's abundance of cultural offerings such as a recent French market, the May Day festivities and the annual St Giles Fair.
	Title:............ "Chinese Charm" Publication:... 'Writers News' monthly magazine Date:............ October 2004 Circulation:... 17,000 Summary:.... A news item about a visiting China and obtaining a copy of Mao's "Little Red Book" whilst travelling through the Mongolian foothills to see the Great Wall.
	Title:............ "Monkey Business" Publication:... 'Best of British Magazine' Monthly magazine Date:............ September 2004 Circulation:... 80,000 Summary:.... Reflecting on shared memories after a reader in New Zealand wrote in to say she recognised two monkeys featured in one of my articles.
	Title:............ "Conclusions" Publication:... 'French Magazine' Bi-Monthly magazine Date:............ August/September 2004 Circulation:... 45,000 Summary:.... Concluding the saga of pre-emption rights affecting French property purchase and how the problem was resolved by dealing directly with French notaries and town council, having been let down by English Estate Agents.
	Title:............ "Simple Solution" Publication:... 'Oxford Mail' Daily newspaper Date:............ July 19th 2004 Circulation:... 28,700 Summary:.... Casting doubts on Council proposals to implement Glasgow's solution to chewing-gum disposal by imposing trading restrictions on local shops.
	Title:............ "French Attack on English Language" Publication:... 'Daily Express' Daily newspaper Date:............ July 15th 2004 Circulation:... 945,000 Summary:.... Opinion item referring to Jacques Chirac's efforts to halt the decline in the use of French words in official EU documents when they are already in common use in business, technology, rock & rap.
	Title:............ "Knocked Back & Knocked Down" Publication:... 'French Magazine' Bi-Monthly magazine Date:............ June/July 2004 Circulation:... 45,000 Summary:.... Discussing the French laws of expropriation whereby local councils put the rights of the community above that of the individual, using a clause which allows the commune to overrule a sale. The item was supplemented with advice from a British solicitor specialising in French property purchase.
	Title:............ "Bringing Down the House" Publication:... 'Living France' Monthly magazine Date:............ May 2004 Circulation:... 50,000 Summary:.... About a property purchase in Normandy stalling at the last minute due to a pre-emption clause which had been overlooked by the French notaire and Immobilier. A French lawyer follows up the situation, explains the legalities and buyers' rights and provides advice to other potential purchasers.
	Title:............ "Lump Sum Demolished" Publication:... 'Investors Chronicle' (Financial Times) Weekly magazine Date:............ April 23rd 2004 Circulation:... 50,500 Summary:.... Explaining the 'pre-emption' clause within French property law and how property agents and notaries are under no legal obligation to help if the clause is invoked.
	Title:............ "Beyond the Letter" Publication:... 'Writing Magazine' Monthly magazine Date:............ April 2004 Circulation:... 37,000 Summary:.... A feature on developing individual writing styles by producing articles and letters for magazines and newspapers.
	Title:............ "Finding Philip" Publication:... 'Practical Family History' Monthly magazine Date:............ April 2004 Circulation:... 18,000 Summary:.... Research into Scottish and Irish genealogy from the backdrop of Tyneside's shipbuilding and coal-mining industries, linking back to the arrival of Irish catholic migrants in the ports along the river Clyde in the mid-1800s.
	Title:............ "Stamps and Stones" Publication:... 'Best of British' Monthly magazine Date:............ April 2004 Circulation:... 80,000 Summary:.... Recollections of being in Caernarvon for the Investiture of Prince Charles and at a Rolling Stones concert in Hyde Park during the same week. Anecdote relates to an investiture postage stamp.
	Title:............ "French Property Purchase" Publication:... 'ITV 6pm Central News' Daily TV programme Date:............ March 2nd 2004 Circulation:... N/A Summary:.... An interview with reporter Mike Rowbottom concerning some of the problems encountered during a recent property purchase in France and the complexities of the French pre-emption clause.
	Title:............ "AI Awareness Boost" Publication:... 'British Computer Society Bulletin' Bi-monthly magazine Date:............ March 2004 Circulation:... 39,000 Summary:.... Item on the collaboration of brain science and computer science, with reference to Steve Grand's work in combining digital technology with cybernetics and neurology.
	Title:............ "Still Struggling with the Basics" Publication:... 'French Window' Bi-monthly magazine Date:............ March 2004 Circulation:... 2,000 Summary:.... Light-hearted review of difficulties encountered over many years of learning French. Anecdotes relating to language-learning methods, Bordeaux lifestyle, the Medoc wine area and working trips to Paris.
	Title:............ "Talking of Hitler" Publication:... 'Mensa Magazine' Monthly magazine Date:............ March 2004 Circulation:... 28,000 Summary:.... Referencing a newly released book on Hitler and his former doctor, Professor Forster. Comparing German openness in discussing Hitler with British political correctness. Footnote: The broadcaster David Lewis, author of the book, acknowledged the review in the following issue and expanded further.
	Title:............ "Stuck with Shelley's Legacy" Publication:... 'Writers News' Monthly magazine Date:............ March 2004 Circulation:... 17,000 Summary:.... Item on the newly erected English Heritage "blue plaque" of Mary Shelley, with references to her 1818 'Modern Prometheus' book .
	Title:............ "Harrowing Experience" Publication:... 'Oxford Mail' Daily newspaper Date:............ February 24th 2004 Circulation:... 28,700 Summary:.... Anecdotes concerning a recent business trip to Beijing. Being stopped and searched by Red Guards in Tiananmen Square, getting lost in back streets outside the Forbidden City and visiting the Great Wall of China.
	Title:............ "Beijing Bluff" Publication:... 'Daily Mail' Daily newspaper Date:............ February 24th 2004 Circulation:... 2,410,000 Summary:.... Highlighting how China's rapid expansion on the world stage makes them vulnerable to errors such as that of a University student who bluffed his way into giving a global economics lecture in Beijing.
	Title:............ "Summer of Love" Publication:... 'Oxford Times' Weekly newspaper Date:............ February 13th 2004 Circulation:... 31,000 Summary:.... Expanding on 1969's label as one of the 'Summers of Love' with comments on the first Isle of Wight rock festival, Rolling Stones free concert in Hyde Park and other events concerning popular culture.
	Title:............ "Taxing Problem" Publication:... 'Oxford Mail' Daily newspaper Date:............ February 7th 2004 Circulation:... 28,700 Summary:.... Opinions on Council Tax increases in Oxford relating to increased property values and local litter problems.
	Title:............ "Monster Coincidence" Publication:... 'Oxford Times' Weekly newspaper Date:............ January 9th 2004 Circulation:... 31,000 Summary:.... Review of the British Computer Society's 2003 Christmas Lecture in Oxford University featuring Steve Grand OBE - an authority on robotics and artificial intelligence - coinciding with the University purchasing Shelley's "Frankenstein" manuscripts for the Bodleian Library.
	Title:............ "Making Clockwork Movies" Publication:... 'Best of British' Monthly magazine Date:............ January 2004 Circulation:... 80,000 Summary:.... Nostalgia article on making films with a clockwork movie camera in the 1960s and 70's. Includes personal anecdotes of some memorable events of that era involving football personalities, royal parades, concorde and pop festivals.
	Title:............ "Frankenstein Comes to Oxford" Publication:... 'Oxford Mail' Daily newspaper Date:............ December 18th 2003 Circulation:... 28,700 Summary:.... On Oxford University's announcement that they have received $3m from the National Heritage Memorial Fund to purchase Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" manuscript and other documents from the Abinger papers for the Bodleian Library.
	Title:............ "Draining Away" Publication:... 'Oxford Times' Weekly newspaper Date:............ November 21st 2003 Circulation:... 31,000 Summary:.... Item on water conservation in Oxfordshire in view of Thames Water's plans to siphon off 20 million litres of water per day from the river Thames to combat the summer draught, so soon after the county's worst ever floods.
	Title:............ "Not Such a Great Great Shock" Publication:... 'Daily Express' Daily newspaper Date:............ October 13th 2003 Circulation:... 945,000 Summary:.... Follow-up to genealogy article concerning statistics of common ancestrial roots. Outlining how 5 children over 6 generations could result in over 15,000 offspring, increasing the likelihood of any 2 of them meeting each other.
	Title:............ "Concientious Bus Drivers" Publication:... 'Oxford Mail' Daily newspaper Date:............ October 1st 2003 Circulation:... 28,700 Summary:.... In defence of 'Oxford-Heathrow' bus drivers, following a spate of adverse publicity in the local press.
	Title:............ "First Chance Encounter" Publication:... 'Best of British' Monthly magazine Date:........... October 2003 Circulation:... 80,000 Summary:.... Nostalgia item on a childhood meeting with Prince Monolulu, the famous Zulu racing tipster, on a visit to York races.
	Title:............ "Rail Eye Opener" Publication:... 'Best of British' Monthly magazine Date:............ October 2003 Circulation:... 80,000 Summary:.... Nostalgia item on railway workers in York during the late 1960s with anecdotes about local characters.
	Title:............ "Meeting the Crowd" Publication:... 'The Messenger' Monthly news bulletin Date:............ October 2003 Circulation:... 1,550 Summary:.... Light-hearted item on the omission of the Oxford-born Mensa organisation from the 'Capital of Culture' bid document.
	Title:............ "School of Horror" Publication:... 'Mensa magazine' Monthly magazine Date:............ October 2003 Circulation:... 28,000 Summary:.... Photo-feature on the Frankenstein school in Eberstadt near Frankenstein's castle in the German Odenwald mountain range which was visited by Mary Shelly and used as the setting for her fictional ‘Frankenstein’ book in 1818.
	Title:............ "Darmstadt's Recovery from Sept 11th" Publication:... 'Oxford Times' Weekly newspaper Date:............ September 19th 2003 Circulation:... 31,000 Summary:.... Response to Christopher Gray’s comparisons between the horrors of an earlier Sept 11th in Darmstadt in 1944, the collapse of the World Trade Center and his criticism of 'Bomber' Harris's bombing campaign. Footnote: The following edition published a supporting letter from a retired WWII Wing Commander and a plug for a biographical book on 'Bomber' Harris.
	Title:............ "Potatoes and Mischief" Publication:... 'The Guardian' Daily newspaper Date:............ September 2nd 2003 Circulation:... 405,000 Summary:.... Light-hearted input to an ongoing blackberry-picking debate, commenting on potato-picking and 'Mischevious Night' traditions in Yorkshire.
	Title:............ "Oxford's Young Multilinguists" Publication:... 'Oxford Times' Weekly newspaper Date:............ April 18th 2003 Circulation:... 31,000 Summary:.... Criticism of foreign language education in Oxfordshire's schools and promoting the advantages of the European baccalaureat examination system. Criticism of an Oxford Times article and "Oxfordshire Education Yearbook 2003-2004" for omitting to mention language tuition in 'The European School', Culham. Footnote: The following edition published a full-page article on the aformentioned school plus a supporting letter from a former bursar.
	Title:............ "Fame in Germany for Goring Girl" Publication:... 'Goring Gap News' Monthly magazine Date:............ August 2003 Circulation:... 5,000 Summary:.... News story on local girl who joined a rock band while on her placement year in Germany.
	Title:............ "Willingness to Listen" Publication:... 'British Computer Society Bulletin' Bi-monthly magazine Date:............ July 2003 Circulation:... 39,000 Summary:.... Comments on proposed amendments to BCS membership criteria which should be recognised as a measure of technical competence. For Information Technology to gain recognition as a profession it needs a recognisable notation governable by the BCS.
	Title:............ "Night Club Hit" Publication:... 'The Abingdon Herald' Weekly newspaper Date:............ June 26th 2003 Circulation:... 14,175 Summary:.... Musical item about a science student who joined a rock band while on her placement year in Germany, singing in night clubs and open-air concerts.
	Title:............ "Beautiful Music" Publication:... 'The Reading Chronicle' Weekly newspaper Date:............ June 5th 2003 Circulation:... 22,445 Summary:.... Science student joined a rock band while on her placement year in Germany
	Title:............ "Taking Germany by Storm" Publication:... 'The Bath Chronicle' Daily newspaper Date:............ May 22nd 2003 Circulation:... 17,000 Summary:.... Musical item about a science student from Bath University who sang with German rock band 'Mental Reservation' while on her placement year in Germany, working in the laboratories during the day and singing in ‘bier kellars’ in the evenings.
	Title:............ "Caps off to Cultural Effort" Publication:... 'Birmingham Evening Mail' Daily newspaper Date:............ April 29th 2003 Circulation:... 139,000 Summary:.... Birmingham's efforts in Capital of Culture bid compared to other contenders. Describes the banners above the canal bridges and flanking the Town Hall’s main entrance.
	Title:............ "Awesome Efforts" Publication:... 'Bristol Evening Post' Daily newspaper Date:............ April 25th 2003 Circulation:... 66,000 Summary:.... Bristol's bid for title of 'Capital of Culture' in 2008, comparing it with the other contenders. References to banners hanging everywhere, flags flying high, a dedicated information kiosk in the city centre and dozens of newly-installed fountains near Bordeaux Quay.
	Title:............ "Flagging Behind" Publication:... 'Oxford Times' Weekly newspaper Date:............ April 18th 2003 Circulation:... 31,000 Summary:.... Oxford's bid for title of 'Capital of Culture' in 2008, comparing it with the other contenders. Lamenting that the only visible signs of its challenge are the banners fronting the Said Business College outside the train station and a few adverts on local buses.
	Title:............ "York's First Postwoman" Publication:... 'This England' Quarterly magazine Date:............ Spring 2003 Circulation:... 200,000 Summary:.... Nostalgia article on York's first postwoman, Gertie Wawne, who became the bearer of news about local bombing raids whilst striding through the streets of York with her postbag during World War II. Relates some of the dramas involving letters from relatives in overseas war zones and those lost in action.
	Title:............ "Changing Tune" Publication:... 'Best of British' Monthly magazine Date:........... February 2003 Circulation:... 80,000 Summary:.... Nostalgia article on musical influences whilst learning the violin. Performances with York Youth Orchestra and playing in the York Festival conducted by Norman Del Mar, accompanying well-known opera singers of the day. Awakening to sixties pop culture, fashion and guitars.
	Title (Item 1):. "Beckham Balls" Publication:... 'Mensa Magazine' Monthly magazine Date:............ December 2002 Circulation:... 28,000 Summary:.... On enjoying the excitement and drama involving contemporary personalities, regardless of whether the individuals or their creations might stand the test of time. Comparisons made with Wilde, Warhol, Picasso and Dali who were only acknowledged by cultural traditionalists after their deaths. Title (Item 2):. "Write Words" Summary:.... Item on multiple word-usage involving 11 consecutive occurances of the word 'had', separated only by punctuation. Muses over a scenario which uses 6 consecutive variations of the word 'wood'
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