It was December 26th 1975 and I was stood in line at my local movie theatre waiting to see Jaws. Even though it was released in the summer in the US this was the first showing in the UK and I was pumped. And a bit scared. Because I’d already read the book and sharks […]

I don’t think I have wasted as much emotional energy as I have on this debacle of an election campaign. Twelve years ago I made the promise to myself to stop listening to the news on anything other than a cursory basis. This came after I finally accepted how easily it was sucking me in […]

Sometime  around the year 2000 I took the conscious decision to stop listening to the news. Working in sales and spending so much time in my car all I pretty much listened to was BBC Radio 5, a combination of news and sports. I was very well informed on world events and proud of it. […]

I have had people (usually clients or other bloggers) say to be on many occasions something along the lines of: “I wish I could do what you do with your writing and say what I think without giving a shit or worrying about offending people.” It’s a nice, almost backhanded compliment. I sad backhanded because […]

Do you know how many times since I started blogging I have had my finger over the publish button and actually been feeling nervous about hitting it? Zero. There have been a few times, such as when I used the ‘f’ bomb for the first time, when I defended gay rights and when I questioned […]

I’m not a religious person, but equally, I’m not anti-religion either. My stance on God is similarly non-committal. I don’t believe in a higher power, but nor I disbelieve in a higher power. I guess I’m an agnostic. The fact of the matter is, nobody knows about the latter and it’s impossible to accurately quantify […]