John Freeman

3 weeks ago | insidehousing.co.uk | John Freeman

CommentRailway assurance for property developers and contractors is vital, writes John Freeman, technical director of Consult InternationalSharelinesRailway assurance for property developers and contractors is vital, writes John Freeman, technical director of Consult International #UKhousing Network Rail and Transport for London (TfL) own numerous sites that are potentially suitable for social housing or private development projects.

1 month ago | altaonline.com | John Freeman

The Mojave is a big desert and a frightening one,” John Steinbeck wrote in Travels with Charley. “It’s as though nature tested a man for endurance and constancy to prove whether he was good enough to get to California.” By the time Steinbeck wrote this, man had long since gotten to California: The clue is in the desert’s name. Mojave Indians, who also go by the name Aha Macav, had been in the desert for thousands of years.

1 month ago | altaonline.com | John Freeman

Imagine if you strolled into a bookstore today and picked up a novel in which the action revolved around a detective investigating the spread of a virus called Jes Grew, a pandemic making people dance and move and become susceptible to Black culture.

2 months ago | altaonline.com | John Freeman

It could have been called so many more accurate things. A number of these possible names lurk in our cities and rivers or perch atop mountains and beaches. Take Malibu, where the Chumash people lived as far back as possibly 7,000 BCE, the name coming perhaps from their word Humaliwo, which means “where the surf sounds loudly.” Or Milpitas, whose name comes from the Mexican Spanish for “cornfield.” Perhaps a place as big as the Golden State shouldn’t have been given one name but many?

2 months ago | altaonline.com | John Freeman

One of the most boring things in the world is listening to an athlete be interviewed. This is not because athletes lack intelligence or personality. It’s because what makes athletes great is their ability to spend countless hours repeating actions so frequently that when their body has to perform them, they do not have to think, Take the shot, curl into a flip turn, stay at this pace. Feint left, hook right. They simply do them, beautifully.