India, Ian McKellen and Iron Maiden all feature in this #SaturdaySix summer special. This is my monthly round-up of six things that have grabbed my attention over the past month.
Tag: london
Bill Murray live in London 2018: When will I ever learn?
Bill Murray walks among us. On Monday 4 June 2018 I saw Bill Murray live in London. I still can’t believe this happened. An early summer night’s dream?
Yesterday we were kids
Youth feels infinite at the time. When you’re very young, the moment is everything. How endless the six-week summer holidays from school seemed, how boundless the possibilities. At that age, the simplest, tiniest thing can fill your heart with joy, or break your tiny heart. A pink balloon moment On Wednesday this week (14 February […]
Live your truth, live your best life
May my eyes always see the truth. May my lips always speak the truth. May my heart always feel the truth.* You will live many lives in this one life. Life progresses with such forward momentum that you cannot always fully appreciate the significance of the moment, and of what the moments, taken together, are […]
Don’t go forward in anger
With chaos and uncertainty rampant, being clear on our values and emotions is vital. The past seven days have brought two inspiring examples of how to achieve this, from Ariana Grande and Minister Chrystia Freeland. We are living through an age of anger. This is according to Indian author Pankaj Mishra. Mishra argues that “the […]
Peace to one and to all
Peace to one and to all. Today and all days. Gentle reader: Is there a word for that increasingly familiar feeling of the sharp realisation – whilst blearily looking at one’s social media updates first thing of a morning – that something terrible has happened? For this to happen once in a lifetime is too […]
What’s driving you?
Gentle reader: Where does your own motivation come from? Where does motivation originate, and how can it be replenished? What drives people to keep going and keep achieving over sustained periods? Martin Amis is the master of the two-worder. He can create pairings of words that cut to the essence of their subject with a […]
Like nobody is reading
If a tree falls in a forest and no-one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?* Is the true Zen wisdom of blogging to be found not in whether it speaks to an audience, but in the purity of writing itself? Moby has been there and done that. In a fascinating chinwag […]
Class of 2016: Your value defines you
The wheel always turns, the young always fly the nest, learning never ends. What advice, what one piece of wisdom would you want to pass on to the class of 2016 as they venture out into the world? Superheroes walk among us. I can now confirm this to be true. Gentle reader: When was the […]
#7songs: Beasties, beer spraying and Saṃsāra
I think you know what time it is… This an update of my 2015 post, celebrating the Beastie Boys, and including an unwitting encounter of the Yauch kind in Soho Square.
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