Travel Technology: It’s What It *Does*, Stupid

MikeachimThe Everyday16 Comments

What stuff do you need to go travelling? Let’s pretend we’re back at school, and that’s an essay question. What are we trained to do? Break down. (The question, I mean). We disassemble into its component concepts, in search of the tricksiest. And what’s the troublesome word here? Need. I have a real problem with that word – because I’m … Read More

Are You The Perfect Airport Sleeper?

MikeachimThe Everyday34 Comments

I wandered this way and that. People were lying in corners, sprawled on the floor. Some looked almost peaceful – others with arms flung over their eyes, or huddled foetally, any exposed faces scrunched into grimaces or rictuses of discomfort. Distant noise of machinery, but here…silence. I padded along quietly, carrying my wheeled suitcase, careful not to make my boots … Read More