Fay Young

Month: October 2006

  • Bums on seats

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    “In the rise of the electronic era, community can be decoupled from geography. Until you have experienced this don’t dismiss it. This network is very real in lives of millions of people.” I woke at 5.30 this morning with yesterday’s news swilling round my head. Just goes to show it’s not a good idea to…

  • Hot air stifles climate change debate

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    Today I went to a full meeting of City of Edinburgh Council. Sitting in the public gallery is a bit like having a seat in a box at the theatre, it feels quite grand but you see and hear only part of what is happening on stage.

  • Goodbye Lenin hello Tesco

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    This is an extract from a Postcard case study written last year – this year’s riots in Budapest give a new twist to the tale. Old Soviet heroes rust in peace in a statue park on the green edge of Budapest but in the heart of this city, capitalist business is booming. Hungarian trade is…

  • Postcard from Helsinki

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    Autumn tree tops, brown reeds reflected in the water, trams running over the bridge: my view of Helsinki from the hotel room. I am warming to a place where you can buy birch twigs in the market to thrash yourself to a healthy pink in the sauna. “Be sure to jump in the sea afterwards”…

  • Out of the bag

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    I am a suspected terrorist. My rucksack contains potentially explosive materials. I may look small and inoffensive but it is a cunning disguise contrived to deceive and beguile and it fails every time. In other words I am about to board a plane and I am carrying a make-up bag with a random selection of…