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Jun 11, 2022Jun 6, 2022Michael Carty

Make it exemplary

Make it exemplary. Three simple but demanding words. They challenge us to do our best in whatever we do.

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Jan 8, 2022Jan 4, 2022Michael Carty

Neil Gaiman, Cafe München & the Comedian

Cafe München: long-gone… but perhaps not entirely forgotten? This London bar was home to so many stories, including Forbidden Planet signings by Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Bill Sienkiewicz, Alexei Sayle and a host of 1980s comics luminaries.

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Jul 3, 2021Jul 1, 2021Michael Carty

My top 5 podcasts of 2021 (The first half)

My pick of the podcasts that have meant the most to me in the first half of 2021, featuring: Open Mike Eagle; El-P; Richard Herring; Nigel Planer; Alexei Sayle; Omid Djalili; Questlove; Mariah Carey; Marc Maron; and Katey Sagal.

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Jun 5, 2021Jul 30, 2021Michael Carty

Modern life is disrupted?

Looking back to the Londons of Alexei Sayle in the 80s and Blur in the 90s shows us how the life we knew is being disrupted in the modern world.

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Jan 23, 2021Jun 11, 2021Michael Carty

When we become history

When we become history, what will our story be? Some thoughts on time and change, inspired by the all-encompassing, endlessly renewing wonder that is London.

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Aug 3, 2019Aug 2, 2020Michael Carty

Left in the dust?

Change never stops. Change is a challenge. Change always gives you a choice. This is as true as ever in today’s “post-shame, post-truth” world.

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Oct 11, 2014Michael Carty

Are your Buddha quotations ethically sourced?

It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you spend any time on Twitter, you will very soon come across tweeted quotations of a motivational or spiritual bent. But can you trust these endless quotations? Are your Buddha quotations ethically sourced? Say such a quotation grabs you. You then face a Twitterers’ dilemma. To RT […]

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