Hello again. I've been stupidly busy over the last two weeks and, therefore, short on posts (did anyone notice?). Anyway, this weekend was a blissful release from a cycle of work,home, eat sleep, work, home, eat sleep. I got out on the bike on a bilssfully sunny morning, cooked some toothsome winter food, pounded some…

  Because I've no cartilage left in my left hip so I can't run. Because when you're over 30 you can't eat what you want unless you earn it. Because it clears my head, pproblems always look a lot smaller after a good session in the pool. Because I'm useless at football. There's a joy in…

There’s been two pretty big pitches in quick succession, almost concurrent, taking over my life until the end of last week. One was good news, the other not.   It’s not often you get to look both success and failure in the eye at nearly the same time, before post-rationalisation and self justification kick in.…

This week was a momentous one. I got rid of the dressing gown I’ve had since 1997 in exchange for a big fluffy M&S number. You know, small things, small minds ….. While I worked out what to do with my life after graduation, I worked in the gymn of a five star hotel training…

Some of you may be aware of my natural clumsiness. Somehow, since moving to TBWA I’ve managed to avoid anything drastic. One spilt mug of tea, walking into a few tables, that’s about it. Lord knows how I did it, but the run has come to an end. 7.30ish, first pot of tea brewing in…

I read some really good fiction books last week, which were the first in ages. And it was such a relief. Don’t get me wrong, for the last six months I’ve read some really interesting, sometimes inspiring non-fiction books, but sometimes you need to just enjoy a really good story, or something that makes you…

Someone very dear to me has one of those rare opportunities to make a completely fresh start career wise. Quite literally, what do I want to do? The choice is mine. In this case, the choice is archaology (said individual is sick of every thinking they’re the first to make the Indiana Jones connection). How…

Good: It’s Friday and the capricious British Weather is considering serving up some sun this weekend. I’ve converted Lara at work to Lapsang Souchong  – truly a connoisseur’s tea. Indiana Jones comes out next week. Less than four weeks ’till I go on holiday to Kefalonia. One of those mornings when you feel overflowing with…

I remember the first time I saw some work I had been involved in running; a press ad for a Beazer Homes. Yes, we all have to start somewhere, but I got a real thrill at seeing it in a real newspaper. That thrill has never totally gone away. Seeing ghd outdoor driving home yesterday…

I’ve never been a football fanatic (but don’t wind me up about Leeds United’s stolen 15 points), but it’s hard not to appreciate this year’s Premiership, it’s a doozy. It’s gone right up to the last day of the season, the momentum has moved between teams, you really haven’t been able to predict what will…