The mixed pond closes tomorrow for the winter and yet it’s still sunny and hot. In other news I return to the 3 motivators following a post this week on adliterate

Back to school by way of a rather nice weekend

Sep 8th, 2019 24m 4s

naming nature and why i feel blind in the world

Sep 1st, 2019 17m 30s

Back to school by way of a rather nice weekend

Sep 1st, 2019 24m 4s

if it's wet, swim in it

Sep 1st, 2019 31m 15s

if it's wet, swim in it

Sep 1st, 2019 31m 15s

Back in the saddle

Jul 5th, 2019 20m 24s

Swimming singing and missing out on Do

Getting the radical mojo back

Dec 23rd, 2018 25m 2s

Feeling good as we run into Christmas with time and space to think about stuff. And in particular how difficult I’ve found it to think genuinely new and difficult thoughts.

Singing and the three motivations - comfort, threat and drive

Dec 15th, 2018 17m 44s

First impressions of Skye

Nov 13th, 2018 19m 16s

Back on the stage

Nov 3rd, 2018 23m 21s

Reflections on a gig I did this week on unconscious bias in advertising

Why I love Pret and what any brand can learn from it

Oct 23rd, 2018 32m 46s

Commemoration

Oct 14th, 2018 27m 45s

A challenge to make myself read 12 biographies in 12 months has evolved into a personal commemoration of the First World War. A desperate attempt to find a way to connect with the privation and suffering of the conflict.

Meeting the person on the other side

Oct 13th, 2018 15m 13s

I swam today in the men’s pond for the first time ever. Mainly because it’s so damn hot today. Got me thinking about the role of challenge and adventure in our lives

Fighting the blob and unconscious bias

Oct 12th, 2018 23m 19s

Not for the faint hearted, a right old meander physically and verbally though kings cross and grays inn.

One day soon I may be able to say I can sing

Oct 6th, 2018 27m 50s

Why I’m singing, why I’m enjoying singing and the tantalising thought of being able to say ‘I can sing’

An end to Kipling and September

Sep 30th, 2018 2m 34s

I'm done with Kipling, September's biography. A pain to read and I'm not entirely sure I like the man. Nonetheless its done and I'm on to October.If you can manage all 800 pages here is Andrew Lycett's biography of him