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Our commitment to equality, to diversity and inclusion, should and must be endlessly reaffirmed. Now and always.

Is constantly giving our all – always seeing 100% as the bare minimum – the wisest or most sustainable approach to life and to work?

Of bees, potatoes and tarot cards. A few personal highlights from July 2024, captured in tiny wee snapshots.

Listening can be the most valuable thing you might ever do. Listening can make all the difference.

When stress gets out of hand, it can feel as if the stressful times will never end. How do you deal with stress?

The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night is an eternally fresh delight of a film – and it is also somehow sixty years old today.

WWII flyovers, chillin’ foxes and the sneaky arrival of summer. A few personal highlights from June 2024, captured in tiny wee snapshots.

Beastie Boys: A close encounter in 1994 – exactly 30 years ago. Memories that feel simultaneously like yesterday and from another lifetime.

Yesterday was a lesson. Whether you choose to learn from it or to ignore it is entirely in your gift. This choice is a miracle of life.

David Ogilvy was the advertising genius of the 20th Century. He was also generous in sharing his wisdom on the art of writing.