Gentle reader, what was the last book that truly spoke to you? For me, it’s a book by Susan Cain, entitled Quiet. I want to tell you what it means to me. And my good friends Helen Tracey and Siobhan Sheridan are also here to offer their words on introversion and on Quiet. I wish […]
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#7songs: Time to lie down and be counted?
If you had to pick seven songs over seven days, what would they be? Music is all about where it takes you. Why not let it take you somewhere brand new? I recently shared seven songs that mean the world to me over seven days. I tweeted links to all seven, and have blogged about […]
#7songs: What seven songs define your life?
If you had to pick seven songs over seven days, what would they be? Music is a language all its own. One I can’t speak, one I can’t describe. But one I can listen to endlessly. Music is a world all its own. One we can step into whenever we want, and go wherever we […]
#7songs: John Peel, King Tubby, sharing & whingeing
If you had to pick seven songs over seven days, what would they be? I love music so much and I love so much music that this has posed a serious challenge for me*. But after much deliberation, here’s song the first. John Peel. Two words to make the true music fan of a certain […]
Don’t live your life on social
How do you use social media? What does social media do for you? Care to share? There is much to love about social media. One of the things I love most about it is that there aren’t really any rules as to how you use it. Social media is just a means of expression. Social […]
How did you get where you are today?
Work. Most of just gotta do it. But just how exactly did you get where you are today? How did you get on the proverbial ladder? What’s the oddest job you’ve ever had to do? “A career is something you enjoy in retrospect.” So said the dad of an old schooldays friend of mine, once […]
Paris
My heart goes out to the people of Paris this morning, its citizens and its visitors. I cannot imagine what you are going through. Life will have to go on, somehow. No matter how bad things are at this moment. I didn’t hear of the despicable terrorist attacks on Paris until early this morning. The […]
What was my mind like when it was at rest?
Where is your mind? Does it sometimes feel like you are distracted at all times? When was the last time your mind felt truly at rest?
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – how is each trailer even better than the last?
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now a little under six weeks away (at the time of my writing this, Friday 6 November 2015). There have now been four trailers. Somehow, each has been better than the last. Anticipation could not be higher. I’ve written before about how magical I found the first and second […]
London is recreating
“London is recreating.” Three simple words to sum up London? London never ceases to reinvent itself, to recreate itself and to work (if I might for a second time quote these words from Clive James*) “its eternal trick of showing the next generation that the possibilities are infinite, and everything has begun again.” Permanent renewal […]
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