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There’s no doubt Tumblr changed everything. February 17th across the world is no longer a meaningless twenty-four hours in our futile lives, but a celebration of how inspirational humanity can be... “Fluffy Chicken Day”. For those uninformed this was the story of a Tumblr user who was told by her mother, if she received 500,000+ notes on tumblr then she would receive the fluffy chicken she requested. This was achieved February 17 2013. A historic day for mankind.…

Stand-Up-Comedian and blur-Media Expert Luis Forte has guest blogged for us this week on the uphill struggle of breaking into the professional scene of a new city...

It's a Thursday night in Edinburgh and I'm sitting alone in a function room above a pub, staring at a wall. I have half a Guinness left and I've run out of imaginary texts to pretend I'm writing. You'd be forgiven for thinking I've turned up to the wrong event, but no, this is me…

One of our blur-Media Experts, Steve Tuffill, recently returned from a trip to Australia that lasted nearly a month. Last week he introduced us to Sydney, and today he moves onto St Kilda, Melbourne. Here are his recollections of what he has described as the trip of a lifetime...

St Kilda, Melbourne Area

After a week or so of the Sydney fun, which involved two side trips up north…

One of our blur-Media Experts, Steve Tuffill, recently returned from a trip to Australia that lasted nearly a month. Here are his recollections of what he has described as the trip of a lifetime...

Getting Started

You are perhaps wondering how taking off in a big airplane and traveling 20,000 miles to a distant destination can even connect with the writing of a novel. The whole…