Talking To Tech Titans
I’m typing in a bed, at 39,000ft, on my way to San Francisco, invited and sponsored by a tech behemoth. This is my first taste of business class travel, something [...]
In the BBC News, and other outlets
On Good Friday, the BBC News website published an article “Could artificial intelligence benefit democracy?” which featured my failed bid to become the MP of Selby and Ainsty, and [...]
The Net Worth of a (Potentially Bankrupt) Entrepreneur
What keeps entrepreneurs awake at night is the fear of bankruptcy, even if, financially, we are doing just fine. Bankruptcy appears so final. As a lawyer, if I’m bankrupted, [...]
The Post Office Scandal
Dominating British news is the Post Office Horizon scandal. Probably, possibly at one of the law firms that I may have worked at, I may or may not have represented [...]
The Potential Scale of the Legal Market
You might find the scope of the legal market a dull topic. But let me show you how it’s woven into the fabric of an average Brit’s day-to-day life. For [...]
Hallucinating about Sir Ed Davey MP
A few months ago, I was invited to a business lunch to meet Sir Ed Davey MP. Who? You know, the leader of the Liberal Democrats. On my way [...]
Speaking at the Leeds Digital Festival
If you want to laugh at me, in person, for my failed bid to be the MP of Selby and Ainsty - all powered by AI for the first time [...]
Genes and dogs
Slowly, step by step, I am walking up Casterton Fell in North Yorkshire. My son is somewhere ahead of me. My wife and daughter are – surprisingly – somewhere behind. [...]
Mark My words: The World Has Just Changed Forever
Like many forty-something-year-olds, I spent the first 18 years of my life without the internet, or a mobile phone. In the last quarter century of online usage, like most people, [...]
