Category Archives: Stories

A fine balance

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Jamie Jauncey

Over the last 20 years I’ve made nearly a dozen trips to India. Each time I find myself re-enchanted by it, and each time by some new or different aspect of the place. I was born two years after Indian … Continue reading →

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The Gutenbergs

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Jamie Jauncey

No one would deny that Gutenberg is a name with which to conjure. Johannes Gutenberg transformed society with his invention of mechanical printing in the 1440s. Half a millenium later, in 1971, Michael Hart, an American student, wangled himself time … Continue reading →

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Spanish tales

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Jamie Jauncey

I watch my 88-year-old mother’s gradual decline and see her reaching for memories sometimes as if they’re a glimmer on some distant horizon. My mother has Alzheimer’s, although it has been kinder to her than to many. She exists mainly … Continue reading →

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Tread softly

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Jamie Jauncey

This story is just one of a trillion reasons why Tim Berners-Lee deserves to stand alongside William Caxton and James Watt in the history of human connectivity. A little over five years ago, on 9 March 2011, an email arrived … Continue reading →

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Untold stories

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Jamie Jauncey

If one is asked the same question often enough, no matter how difficult, one sooner or later comes up with an answer that can be given without too much further thought. It may not be precisely the right one, but … Continue reading →

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Established

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Jamie Jauncey

Two years ago, against all the odds, 15 Dark Angels wrote and published a collective novel. Keeping Mum was a project that could very easily have come unstuck, but it didn’t and we were rightly proud of what might even … Continue reading →

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In memoriam

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Jamie Jauncey

It has become a cliché of the information age that we remember where we were when we learned of certain events, the death of JFK or John Lennon for example. On each occasion there was something so shocking in the … Continue reading →

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True stories

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Jamie Jauncey

Last weekend we ran a The Stories We Tell workshop for a group of people who were returning to us for the third time. Of the many striking things about the weekend, the one that most remains with me now … Continue reading →

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Persian nights

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Jamie Jauncey

I’ve known for a long time that the real reason I write this blog is to make meaning for myself. I tend to look for subjects in which I suspect there may be some unexplored sub-text – unexplored by me, … Continue reading →

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Webster’s Day

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Jamie Jauncey

When I was a student I lived with four friends on a farm about seven miles out of Aberdeen. Our landlord, who was the uncle of one of the friends, lived on another farm, a few miles away, and we … Continue reading →

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