Van Morrison had a reputation for being a bully. I suppose these days you’d call it being a badass but it being 1979 the term hadn’t been coined yet. A badass commands a certain amount of respect whereas a bully just engenders fear. I am in the lobby of a hotel in Amsterdam where […]
If creativity is the answer, what’s the question? There are quite a few really. But here’s a top ten… How can I solve problems at work? How can I find the way forward? How can I beat insurmountable odds? How can I stop an addiction? How can I heal loss? How can I live a […]
It happened every year. The first signs appeared on his commute to work. Shy reindeer and slightly embarrassed baubles edged their way into the shop windows. “Jesus Christ! it’s only the first of November” Joe Turner would rage as he stormed into the office. Joe’s staff were familiar with his contempt for “the whole Christmas malarkey.” Some of […]
Last night I sat through possibly the worst thing I’ve seen on a London stage – Rock of Ages. Of course I’ve been to things before that just don’t work – The Umbrellas of Cherbourg eek! On these occasions the audience is usually polite enough to clap at the appropriate places before filing out, exchanging […]
I’m in France, land of a thousand churches. To be more exact there are actually about 40,000 of them, built mainly in the middle ages. With a medieval population of around 6 million this would mean one church per 150 people. I think we can safely assume that religion was more popular than a Led Zeppelin gig […]