After an illustrious five years of service, my tenure as art director at Odvod Media is sadly coming to a close. And what a time it has been. From a fresh-faced graduate of the London College of Communication, Odvod has molded me into the sharp-eyed falcon of design that I am today. That might be over-salting it somewhat, but my time here has definitely been an education, and with a degree of certainty I can say that I am not the first, nor the last person who has benefited greatly from working here. ...

As an ex-pat Brit (though I hate the term “Brit”), there are many things I hanker for from the old country: cozy pubs without TVs and Katy Perry shoved down my auditory canal; a decent bacon sarnie (with brown sauce, thankyew); the misguided sense that the world generally gives a hoot about some little ex-imperious island bobbing around in the North Sea. ...