Writing Prompts: Rivers

Rivers are the lifeblood of so many cities and civilisations. A great many of the largest cities on earth grew around rivers. For example, London sprouted up around the River Thames. The original Dutch settlers to found New Amsterdam (later New York) knew how important the Hudson River would be to their settlement’s long-term survival. […]

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Writing Prompts: SN1987A

SN 1987A is one of the most spectacular celestial events of the past forty years. Indeed, it is the closest supernova to earth since Kepler’s Supernova in 1604. It’s relative proximity and luminosity led SN 1987A to become one of the most intensively studied celestial objects. What makes SN 1987A (I can’t help but wonder […]

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Writing Prompts: Habits and Quality

What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life? I don’t think I have any specific habit that I turn to in order to help my day-to-day activities. I sometimes take a vitamin pill, does that sort of thing count? What I should do is exercise more, but that requires a level […]

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Writing Prompts: City of the Future

How would you design the city of the future? This is interesting. Last year, I took part in a research project about cities of the future, and how technology, climate change and politics might shape them. What might be a future city’s agricultural needs? What sort of external and internal transport links would be required? […]

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Writing Prompts: Godwin’s Law

If you’ve trawled the internet for as long as I have, you might have heard of Godwin’s Law. This is the theory that any internet argument or debate will inevitably lead to accusations of one party being a Nazi/Hitler. In some internet circles, referencing the Nazis leads to the declaration that Godwin’s Law has been […]

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Writing Prompts: First Meerkat on Mars

This prompt has been provided to me by a friend at work, and it goes something like this: It’s the year 2183, and you are the first human to set foot on Mars. When you disembark your craft, you find a photo, and a note. The photo is a selfie, of you, and the note […]

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Writing Prompts: The Mandela Effect

One of the more intriguing apps I recently downloaded is ‘NGL’, or ‘Not Gonna Lie’. The app enables people to anonymously ask you questions via Twitter (though, if one is inclined to pay, one can find out who asked what). There are some risks posed by this app (I’m aware of people getting abuse via […]

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