It was really nice in the pub after Interesting to meet some people. You all know who you are, but I’m just going to talk about Adrian Gunn Wilson right now. He manfully ignored the fact he spoke first and taught us all how to chop a log. He works for Howies and his talk…

Or at least thoughts on Interesting. I wont’ go on about the speakers individually, since other people are doing it far better than I could, and the videos will be up soon anyway. Everyone told me something new, and while it wasn’t officially a day about work, having my head that full of new stuff…

I’m kicking myself right now, as I seem to have misplaced my notes. So I’ll muddle through this last bit and hope parts 1 and 2 make up for it. First up after lunch was Jeremy Ettinghausen on how Penguin innovated their traditional brand for a digital age. I really liked this talk, especially the…

Another of those scary things the future is bringing may well be human telepathy. In Germany, Hans Peter Salzmann has been given a brainwave monitoring device that allows him to type out messages using nothing but the power of thought. Now it might be nice to actually have a quiet coach on the train that’s…

Rufus Wainwright’s Making Movies of Myself. The song’s good, but I like the interesting image he conjures about people unable to avoid creating scenes. If I made a movie about myslef it would have to be a Clouseau film. My lamentable clumsiness is legendary, and at least as catastrophic.. And my cat’s called Kato…

This recipe is just ridiculously easy. You need: A decent size punnet of open cup mushrooms TBLSP on butter I clove crushed garlic teaspoon dried tarragon 5 nests of tagliatelli Pr-heat the oven to 200 degrees Roughly chop the mushrooms – but not too small. But the butter in a bowl with the garic and…

It was a talk about my one saving grace. That’s not public speaking, it’s swimming. This is me on my first swimming trip to Germany. I was a shy wonky, awkward child. Hideously clumsy, not very good at sport, and pretty sickly. I was one of those kids that always had a bad chest, my…

Well, it finally happened. I’m not quite sure what to say about it all just  yet, except it was a wonderful day. Mark puts it very well here.

This book is very interesting. The main argument is that it’s worth considering that what we’ve lost, what we’ve forgotten is hugely important to who we are and how we got here. There are some things about my life I deeply miss, Grandparents, John Mcenroe in his prime, watching Pebble Mill with Mum, new episodes…