January 2023

  • Adventurer Insights: A Conversation with Artificial Intelligence A.I. (ChatGPT)

    ChatGPT is the new artificial intelligence chatbot which has blown up in the last few months. The program answers questions in a human-like style and can complete requests such as; write a poem, produce programming code, or even write an entire blog… The future of this technology and its role in society is unclear but…

  • Book Review: Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller.

    Book Review: Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller.

    Spoiler Warning! The Song Of Achilles is a retelling of Homer’s Iliad from the point of view of Patroclus. Miller’s take on the famous Poem engages the reader to be fully invested in the untold love story between Achilles and Patroclus as they grow up together and eventually live out the 10-year Trojan war,

  • Wild Swimming Diaries: 2nd January 2023 – New Years Dip!

    Key Stats 📍Location: Hampstead Heath Men’s Pond 🌡Water Temperature: 6.4°C ⏰️ Time in the water: ~4.5mins The Story Whilst paying £4.25 to swim in a pond feels like a painfully commercialised version of wild swimming, I am lucky to live near Hampstead Heath Ponds. It is certainly not the same as swimming in the sea…