Various Things

Done

I've recently completed a number of formal undergraduate courses at Madingley Hall, University of Cambridge:

• Diploma in Creativity Theory, History and Philosophy (UGDip)

• Certificate in Ecology and Conservation (UGCert)

• Certificate in Archaeology of Ancient Britain (UGCert)

• Certificate in Evolutionary Biology (UGCert)

More casual studies have included attending short courses (again at Madingley) in creative writing, the reading of 16th/17th Century manuscripts, "Magic Swords" (!), and "Moonlight on Stonehenge and other stone circles" (with Professor David Jacques) which was particularly memorable.

WIP

• I have an unpublished dissertation from an MBA I started at the University of Wales, but never finished, having exited with a PGCertBA just before the place went to pieces in 2011. I'm still sawing away at it (call me Ishmael), but have picked it up again seriously-for-fun, and now it is hovering at around 10,000 words ("Signal Integrity in Luxury Management").

• A related work on signal integrity and the construction of social firewalls. No longer a paper, but turning into a monograph or book (over 80,000 words).

Backlog

• A couple of papers on studies in European Cinema which spun out of the above Diploma. One on transgressive French Cinema, and another specifically on the contribution of Borowczyk's La Bête to the genre. ~8,000 words each. Both drafts are Ready for development.

• Occasional papers on creativity, again spun out of the Diploma. One on the extent to which creativity can be taught, one on the limits of imagination, another on the topic of enabling constraints. ~5,000 words each. All 3 drafts are Ready for development.