Eternal Existence
By Nicholas Klacsanzky Something has always existed. According to physics, there can never be true physical nothingness—though there can be times when existence resembles nothing,…
Creative Writing Samples
Creative writing allows an author to have the freedom they enjoy while composing stories, poems, plays, screenplays, and much more. Check out our creative writing samples to learn how to complete your own creative writing task.
My Childhood Story: Memoir (Excerpt)
By Nicholas Klacsanzky I was born on December 12th, 1984, in Seattle’s Children Hospital as a twin boy, weighing about three pounds. My mom said…
A Hole in Heaven – Chapter 5
When they woke up after the sun had risen, dew was spread over their cloths, cooling them in the semi-warm morning. The dew reminded Sati…
A Hole in Heaven – Chapter 4
Now that Shyam had provided his answer and proposal for compensation, Ishan was anxious to leave for the Vindhya Mountains. Before mother and son left…
A Hole in Heaven – Chapter 3
Ishan entered the dark of the hut. The kitchen was lit by three candles—one where his mother cooked, one where his mother sat to eat,…
A Hole in Heaven – Chapter 2
Midday. The flames of the cremation ground shimmered on a grass-thick rivulet of the Ganges. The priest who taught Ishan his formal studies conducted the…
A Hole in Heaven – Chapter 1
A gray-tailed hawk had been swiveling in a circle around an encampment of cows, gliding on the colder winds of an oncoming monsoon. Ishan watched…
Prologue to Hole in Heaven
In 684 BC, India, there was a king who ruled the region of Magadha—modern-day Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. His name was King Pradyota, and he…
Review of a Travel Site
The Business Traveler’s Dream, promoted as “the world’s first wholesale travel book engine,” worked like a charm for my staff at Social Editing. The main…
Social Media Management Tools
As a person who wants to use social media as a way to advertise or promote a business or yourself, you should be aware of…
CBT (Change Block Tracking)
By Nicholas Klacsanzky What Exactly is CBT (Change Block Tracking)? On a virtual machine (VM) that runs on a ESX/ESXi host, you sometimes want to…
Should the United States Help Drive Global Development?
By Ana Carla Costa Flying into London from the States last week, Dr Rajiv Shah had a packed agenda discussing the GAVI programme (the Global…
Jesus Christ was the First Celebrity
By Susan Strang Christian Jankowski’s film, ‘Casting Jesus’, currently at the Lisson Gallery in London, features an audition to select an actor for the role…
The London Olympics as Seen from the Other Side of the World
By Xu Xiangru From Sun Yang’s world record in the 1500m freestyle to Ye Shiwen in the women’s 400m individual medley, shocking news has never…
Unpatriotic History of the Second World War, by James Heartfield
By Patrick West It takes a brave soul to write a revisionist history of the Second World War, one that goes against the orthodoxy that…
Modern Heroism
By Mark Carrigan In 1986, DC Comics published a four issue mini-series called Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. While few would have predicted it prior…
How Public Scrutiny of Power is Becoming the Power to Scrutinise the Public
By Sean Bell Demands for transparency are central to the current culture of public debate. Climate scientists and their associations, the former English football captain,…
Stop Bashing Christians! Britain is Becoming an Anti-Christian Country
By Temi Ogunye It is interesting that many Christians no longer call upon the moral authority of their faith as their defence against criticisms made…
Rethinking Asia
By Kate Hoyland What is it like to be taken over by a Chinese firm? Executives, speaking to The Economist tell of hungry decisiveness, followed…
Beauty on the Big Screen
By Valentine Rossetti The commercial release earlier this year of the film ‘I Am Love [Il Sono L’amore]—directed by Luca Guadagnino and co-produced by Tilda…