Strategy: Fat Cyclists And It's Not What You Do But What You Don't

The summer vacation season is now well and truly over and it's that time of the year when people return to work bursting with fresh ideas and new enthusiasms. In keeping with this spirit, I've been looking at some alternative approaches to traditional technology strategies and priorities... We'

Putting the Sex Back in Wessex: The Scandalous Reign of Queen Elgiva & Her Clash with a Demon-Fighting Bishop

The Queens of England (as in the consorts of Kings) during the early Medieval periods of English history rarely receive any coverage in the history books. Hands up anyone who can name the wife of William the Conqueror? It was Matilda of Flanders and she was crowned Queen of England at Westminster in May 1068.

Scifaikuest August 2017

SCIFAIKUEST AUGUST 2017 EDITORIAL August is our Anniversary here at Scifaikuest and this issue is one of the biggest, most spectacular editions we've ever produced! I always save the most excellent material for our Anniversary, and this year is no exception.

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For over 900 years, people have been telling stories of wicked witches who have used Black Magic to overthrow kings. Morgan Le Fay in Arthurian legends of the early 12th century is thought to have inspired Melisandre in George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones.

Staked Through the Heart and Buried at the Crossroads - The Profane Burial of Suicides

I uncovered a curious tale about a scrubby patch of land while writing a book on the folklore and history of East Anglia. Marked on modern maps as Lushbush, you pass it heading eastwards out of the South Norfolk town of Harleston, England.

Noooo! He Wants To Make Tech A Profit Centre!

The Boss, that's the firm's new Managing Partner & Director of Change (the Head of Marketing & PR managed to restrain him from adding 'Evangelist' to his business card) calls me in for a one-to-one meeting to discuss a "Bold New Initiative" (his capitalization, not mine - always a

THE HACKER WILL AWAYS GET THROUGH - IF YOU LET THEM

With hacking and cybersecurity now pretty much constantly in the news, the question is: will the hacker always get through? For example, at the time of writing this piece, an emerging story was that a criminal gang in Brazil had hacked a bank's servers so effectively that customers were