Writing
I write both personally and professionally. On a personal level I manage various social media accounts, two of which you can see below. In professional terms, I worked at as a temporary research and writing assistant at Stitch PR for four months. A lot of my work included writing copy for clients to use across various platforms for digital marketing. Please read further for some examples.
I made a two month social media plan for Wriggly Monkey Brewery, which combined pretty images with sharp captions that spoke about their pillar values, here are a couple of examples and one of the slightly longer pieces which I wrote for their 'engineering excellence' series.
ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE
Here we have it, the fourth instalment of our occasional series of the top motoring engineering inventions of all time… it’s one we’re sure you’ll have an opinion about so please feel free share your own experiences with us in the comments below..! Today we’re talking about the differential, or diff for short. Diffs allow the power from engine to wheels to vary, so that they may rotate independently at different speeds—aka the term “differential”. This means they can negotiate turns and corners without binding up; if you are running an open diff and hit a loose patch, it sends power to the wheel encountering the least resistance, causing the wheel on the loose patch to spin and the other wheel to slow, reducing speed and the possibility of a potential crash.
Whilst this setup means for a safer and more reliable drive for the regular road-user, diffs become the bane of the racing driver: the consequent loss of traction and torque from a wheel-slip on an oily track can result in a not-so-speedy send off. However, there are options for those of us who prefer to mark our territory with a rubber stripe.
Enter locked or limited slip diffs. These operate in a manner opposite to an open system. When a wheelspin is sensed, limited slip diffs automatically transmit more power to the wheel with more traction, however not all of the power is diverted to one wheel. Locking diffs essentially “lock” both wheels on an axle together, forcing wheels to turn in unison, regardless of the traction available to each individual wheel. There really is a diff for every driver!
Chez Wriggly Monkey Brewery, our Armstrong Siddeley Racing Bar has a limited slip setup and the Nash has no diff at all due to being chain driven. So now we want to know… what are you running?? Image courtesy of igotasti.com
#Beerengineeredforpetrolheads#Engineeringexcellence#BicesterHeritage #VSCC#Differential #Lockeddiff#limitedslipdifferential
Personal Work
@thingsofinterest_ is an account where I write reviews about things I've seen or read which I'd like to recommend.
Daniel Sloss: X • Pleasance at EICC • 15-19, 21-26 August • 7pm 2018.
The stand-up stage offers an ambiguous platform for the discussion of social and political issues. If handled correctly, comedy can be one of the most subversive mediums through which to voice ideas, with the potential to really impact the listener.
Daniel Sloss is one comedian who deftly straddles the line between disturbing subject matter and absurdist humour, pushing the boundaries of standup to include the poignant and the thought-provoking.
Always with something to say, Sloss's agenda is steeped with intelligent insights into the ways people form their opinions, that nudges his audience to question their own. Despite his facetious stance against political correctness, and for all his self-proclaimed darkness, Sloss treats traumatic subjects with a sensitivity that uncovers and carefully interrogates social taboo. He brings important issues to surface with a dry articulacy that leaves his audience thinking, as well as laughing.
‘Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ • Natural History Museum • on until 30th Jun 2019.
Whether you are a wildlife fanatic or not, there is so much to gain from this show. ‘Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ is a stunning exhibition, made more so by its considered combination of image with word. Photographs that are captivating in their own right are made all the more powerful by the stories written below, which give insight into the wildlife, and the phenomenal effort and length taken to capture each picture.
Particularly poignant is Adrian Bliss’s fox, quiet in the midst of Chernobyl’s rubble, which since its human abandonment has become a thriving habitat for Ukrainian wildlife. Photo-journalism shots document still deeper stories; painful snapshots of exploitation show a tiger debilitated by poaching, a sun bear crying from its cage, a monkey trapped in a circus which continues to go on. These are interspersed with more hopeful portraits, like of Bob the flamingo spreading the message for conservation on national television, and soothing rescued flamingos to aid their rehabilitation.
With each photograph, you see the power and the intricacy of nature, and are made to feel first hand the devastating effect that our impact has had on it. A lot is told and a lot can be learned. You come away with with a greater understanding of the animal world, and the time, skill and passion that goes into capturing it. There is a real sense of the passion behind the lens being shared, and I left feeling strangely uplifted, and enlivened by the thought of the opportunity that this exhibitions brings; for so many people to be made aware of these stories which are lesser known; to be moved by that which is not so often told; and hopefully to feel some connection, and desire to conserve these places from which they are so far removed.
@just_crab_ is a slightly satirical account of the ways we are in the world/ engage with social media, told through the lens of my toy crab.
I recently learned to code so now crab has her own website #howchic
My group even won an amazon voucher for our efforts: https://carwyn518.github.io/group_project/index.html