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Issue 3 of Inspired Bride is set to be the last. Sadly, the small, independent publisher behind the magazine can no longer afford the massive costs associated with running a national newsstand magazine. Publishing is a cut-throat industry for the little guys for sure. It’s a real shame as I’ve received some excellent feedback for the title from my industry peers, it’s sold very well indeed and had actually been selected for Sainsbury’s stocking on the merit of it’s editorial content. Still, to quote the Neil Young song; “It’s better to burn out than fade away”. I’m proud to have been the editor of such an innovative, fresh title. Here are some spreads from the current issue, on sale at WH Smith and selected Independent retails until the end of June:

The Queen has been making Christmas Day broadcasts since the death of her father, King George VI, in February 1952. As well as following a religious framework, her address always reflects the events of the past year and her own experiences. And, as well as being part of the British and Commonwealth heritage, how the message is delivered shows the evolution of broadcast technology. On Christmas Day 2013, TechRadar published my tech timeline of the Christmas message, which you can read here. 

This month I had an in depth feature published on technology website, TechRadar, about the Jubilee Time Capsule, which encapsulates 60 years of the Commonwealth on a tablet PC.

The Jubilee Time Capsule is an online social archive, containing stories from people across all 54 Commonwealth countries, either as a written memory, a film, an audio recording or a photographic memory. It was created by the Royal Commonwealth Society to mark both The Queen’s Jubilee and to tell the story of the last 60 years. It’s the world’s largest online history project to date and is really quite remarkable – read my feature here and visit the Jubilee Time Capsule here.