Guy Kewney 1946-2010

by Lucy Sherriff | posted on 13 April 2010 in News

Guy Johan Kewney, much loved husband, father and grandfather; aspiring sailor and respected journalist, died on Thursday April 8th. He was 63. The gap he leaves in the world will never be filled. He was utterly unique and will be hugely missed by everyone who knew and loved him.

Guy's funeral will be held at the Islington and St. Pancras cemetery on April 22nd. The service will be in the chapel and will start at 1pm. All are welcome to come to the service and say goodbye to Guy. It will be family only at the graveside.[more...]

net.wars Trust the data, not the database

by Wendy M Grossman | posted on 26 August 2010 in Features

"We're advising people to opt out," said the GP, speaking of the Summary Care Records that are beginning to be uploaded to what is supposed to be eventually a nationwide database used by the NHS. Her reasoning goes this way. If you don't upload your data now you can always upload it later. If you do upload it now – or sit passively by while the National Health Service gets going on your particular area – and live to regret it you won't be able to get the data back out again.[more...]

Site News: Plans for Newswireless

by Staff Writer | posted on 01 May 2010 in News

You will probably have noticed that Newswireless has been rather sparsely populated with stories since Guy's untimely departure. This will probably remain the case for a little while, but we wanted to let you know that we are working on a new plan, and ask that you bear with us until we work something out.[more...]