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Hackwriters Editorial Archive 2001-2024 - A random record of thoughts from the past years. Dogs
2024
January: Miami - a glimpse of the future
February: A turning point
March: Distant drums
April:Spring in my step
May: Bleak Times ahead
June: Election Warnings

2025

2022
January - A Good Year Ahead?
February - Putin destroys democracy
March - Ukraine
April - Still Ukraine
May - Everything but

June - Relative Poverty
July - Pessimism Rules
August - NHS Under Threat
September - What do we do now?
October - Putin and the Bomb
November - Hospital Interruption
December - Brief Escapes

2023
January - What will 2023 be like?
February - Will evil triumph?
March - Trust Issues
April - The Inconvenience Truth
May - Five Days in Paris 2023
June - Take Five
July
- I take the Cure
Aug - Fragile state of mind
Sept - It's true nations decay from within
Oct - What are you afraid of?
Nov - War? What is it good for?

2020
January - No one expects the unexpected
February - 80,000 Infected - where next?
March - Who's Not afraid?
April - Survival of the fittest?
May - Scenarios for a new cold war

June - Who's afraid of the new normal?
July - I guess we're all confused now
August - Be ready for anything
September - A small ray of sunshine
October - Dangerous Times
November - Trump Loses!
December - Lockdown Christmas

2021
January - Contact and Trace Blues
February - The Death toll
March - Trying to be positive
April - Vaccine success
May - What did we learn from Covid?
June - Corner turned?
July/August - As we emerge from our caves
September - Afghanistan
October - Simple Pleasures
November - Going Green
December - Omicron
2018
January - End of the Road?
February - Living with pain
March - Cape Town
April - Calpe - Spain
May - Who knows?
June - Interesting Times
July - You have been Trumped
August - House Buying - Trauma
Sept - Making Plans Ain't easy
Nov - USA in the Fall
Dec - Predictions for 2019
2019
Jan - The predictions revised
Feb - The Future
March - Brexit despair
April - Yet more despair
May - Elections and More
June - End of the road?
July - 1969
August - No Deal Blues
Sept - Proroguing
Oct - Biarritz escape
Nov- The Importance of a hard head
Dec - Boris Triumphs
2016
January - Electric Cars
February - You have been Trumped
March - Cool Brexitania - Shall we stay?
April - Math It's Numbers Game
May - Future's hard to fathom
June - The Neverendum
July - After Brexit
August - Putting it Out there
Sept - The Life Edit
October -
Uber Futures
November - Mentors
December - The Uncertain Year Ahead

2017
Jan/February - Trumped

March - Selfie Culture
April - Student Opportunities
May - Scams and Writing

June -On Castles and Clouds
July - Summer in France
Aug - The World Goes Crazy

September - Ignore Trump see if that works
October - Shifting Sands

Nov - End of the Road
2014
January - From a great height
February - Year of the Fire Horse
March - Warnings to come
April - The House Bubble
May - Ill luck
June - Euro Jitters
July - Warpath
August - Rudely interrupted Life
September - Heart to Heart
October - Elections
November - Movies
December -
Life
2015
January - A Dog's Life
February - An Ending
March - In memory of Joanna
April - Testing the Market
May - Elections
June - Politics
July - Inspiration
August - A Bad Education
Sept - Heart to Heart
October - Selling a home is harder than you think
November - World Population Scares
December - Driverless Cars and other conspiracies
2012
January - Reprieve from Death Row
February - House Search

March - Sam Hawksmoor guest Ed
April - Homeless again

May - Decision time
June - Crunch Delayed
July - The Adjustment Bureau
Aug - Hawksmoor Guest Editorial

Sept - Future in Meltdown
Nov - In which I drown

Dec - End of the World?
2013
January - A Dog is for Christmas
February - A perfectly good rant

March - Caring isn't for everyone
April - Bang Bang I shoot you down
May - On the importance of librarians
June - A Matter of Health
July - Cherries and Rain in Spain
August - Coulda Woulda Shoulda
September - Upcoming Tour
October - Dystopia Rules
November - The Canadian Book Tour
December - A Christmas to forget
2010
January - Adjustment
February - GQ magazine visit
March - Marcus Sedgwick visit
April - Cape Town in Autumn
May - Pot-Pori Days
July - Heatwave
August - On Spain and France
September - On e-books
November - Oh Canada
December - Snowpocalpse
2011
January - Predictions
February - Uncertainty
March - World Issues
April - Property
May - Serendipity
July - Mayhem
August - Disappearing Act
September - Uncertainty
October - End of Tyranny or beginning
November - Save Yourself?
December - Farewell song

2008
January - Belgium
February - University
March - Sweet Smell of Success
April - Disappointment
June - Starting School at Aged 2

July - Summer Blue
Sept -New Beginning
Oct - Financial Clifftop

Nov - Obama's Victory

2009
January - Reasons to be cheerful
February - Facts about living
March - Why Hacks might close
May - Marking Time and Swine Flu
June - Summer Puddings
July - Summer Escape Looms
August - On France and Chickens
September - Text vanished
October - Bad Moon Rising

November - 10 Years of digital history
December - Winter Strikes Back
2006
January - Coping with afterwards
April - Taking Stock

2007
November Being Aware - Being There
September UK v French Movies
March All the troubles in the world
2004
January - Global Warming?
March - What Price Higher Ed?
June - Peace on earth
September - Success
2005
Feb -Five Year Plans
March - Ambiton and Learning
April - Election Fever?
May - Swallow This - modern medicine will kill you
Sept - New Orleans
Nov - Unreasonable times
Dec - Dating History
2002
TOO MANY MOVIES- IT'S AN AVALANCHE OF CULTURE November
VANCOUVER REALLY IS A FUN CITY October
It’s SECTION 9 in the N.Y. Sunday Times
A cornucopia -
LADY LUCK The Kids stay in the picture- August
PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES Museum of Glass in Tacoma- August
HOT SWEATS in a Cold Read
at the Anza Club - August
LIFE ON FAST FORWARD -September
SUPERNOVA NINA & ROAD
SweetSista'Shorts Carousel Theatre-
ROUNDHOUSE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY. - September

December 2003 : Peace and Goodwill
November: Moving Home

October: Stairway to Heaven
September: 29th Deauville Film Festival
August: Deathrate & Being Your Age
August: Summer Movies -London heat
July: London Art Fair
July: Readjusting
June : Saying Goodbye
May: Dystopia Art and the Matrix
Blossom Time Forget troubles - April
Oscars - March- Oscars have a message
Waiting for War February - Winning the Peace
The Munster House- Renting in Kits- Jan
Winter Escape to the UK - Dec
WE'RE ALL GURUS NOW - September
MOVIEWORLD October
Vancouver Film Festival report
2002 May Ed
2002 March Ed


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Sketch of Sam by © Niki Daly

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