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Like university finals forever
When stress gets out of hand, it can feel as if the stressful times will never end. How do you deal with stress?
A Hard Day’s Night at 60
The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night is an eternally fresh delight of a film – and it is also somehow sixty years old today.
MJCarty snapshots June 2024
WWII flyovers, chillin’ foxes and the sneaky arrival of summer. A few personal highlights from June 2024, captured in tiny wee snapshots.
Beastie Boys XXX
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
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’s genius: Of great writing, giants and Russian dolls
David Ogilvy was the advertising genius of the 20th Century. He was also generous in sharing his wisdom on the art of writing.
Momentum rules the world
Andre Agassi’s Open is a stunning book about tennis, self-destruction and the struggle to get out of your own way and make positive, lasting change.
MJCarty snapshots May 2024
Flowers, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and coinage. A few personal highlights from May 2024, captured in tiny wee snapshots.
Against prejudice
We can never take equality for granted. Any progress towards equality is always at risk of being reversed. We must be vigilant against prejudice, always.
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