A collection of articles and sketches that have never been published anywhere other than this site, and have pretty much no connections with each other.
The Hydra Files
Step back in time for the early days of Bods's writing career. The year 1995. The publication, Hyde Clarendon College sixth form mag, Hydra!
How to... Without Really Trying
Remixing records, DIY Gangster Rap, TV adverts, clip shows and now starting a radio station - you can do any of them with the help of our Howtos!
Conversations with Myself
What's the point of make-up? Are women equal with men? Why do bars often employ idiots? Why am I writing conversations between me and... well... myself!
The Drive Thru
The American's have brought us lots of things - double choc chip muffins spring instantly to my mind, along with jelly beans. On the other hand, they also brought us the Drive-Thru...
What A Problem!
Apparently, men like reading women's magazines. Well they did in the early 1990s when I wrote this...
The Suspended Question
Tights or stockings? Radio One apparantly had to find out. As did some slightly drunken friends in a burger bar...
And now, programmes for conservative viewers
Abu Hamza: The Musical, and documentaries about teenagers who get pregnent to get houses.
About Random Writings
Random Writings is a collection of articles written by myself, Andrew Bowden, over the years. The flagship is The Hydra Files - a collection of 30 odd articles written in the mid 1990s for the magazine for my sixth form college.
Also here is a number of one-offs and series of articles written for Planet Bods and other places over the years.
Photo Credit
Toy rapper photograph by Thomas Hawk, and released under a Creative Commons license.
