[Article] Santander to Accept Homemade Deeds Poll
For most of the last decade, one of my side projects has been FreeDeedPoll.org.uk, a website that helps British adults to change their name for free and without a solicitor. Here’s a little known fact:...
View Article[Article] Free Deed Poll Generator
I talk a lot. If you don’t want to listen to me ramble, and you’re just looking for the free deed poll generator, click here. After Claire and I changed our names back in 2007, I actually took the time...
View Article[Article] My Name Is Me
My Name Is Me. I choose to participate on much of the Internet by my full name. I say “full name”, rather than “real name”, because the term “real name” is full of loaded connotations. For example, I...
View Article[Article] Hello, Facebook; Goodbye, Facebook
Well, that was a farce. tl;dr: [skip to the end] I’m closing my Facebook account. I’ve got some suggestions at the bottom of this post about how you might like to keep in touch with me in future, if...
View Article[Article] On This Day In 2011
Looking Back On this day in 2011 I launched FreeDeedPoll.org.uk, a site that tries to make it as easy as possible for British citizens to change their names (and have those new names accepted as being...
View Article[Article] Just One Q
When Claire and I changed our surnames to the letter Q, six and a quarter years ago, I was pretty sure that we were the only “Q”s in the world. Ah Q‘s name is a transliteration into the Latin alphabet;...
View Article[Article] FreeDeedPoll.org.uk, Punk Rock Edition
A Birmingham-based punky trio, Luxury Nan Smell, have released an EP called (Derogatory). The first track on that album? freedeedpoll.org.uk. Named in reference to my website of the same name....
View Article[Article] [Bloganuary] What’s in a name?
This post is part of my attempt at Bloganuary 2024. Today’s prompt is: Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc. First eighteen years When I was born, my parents named me...
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