The Olympics are a Double-Edged Sword
The Olympics are a Double-Edged Sword Lots of work has been created because of the Olympics. It’s just a hell of a journey travelling to it and staying anywhere remotely close to it. I love the Olympics. I have spent much of the last two weeks glued to the telly, and was...
Speaking Across the Seas
I was lucky enough recently to have the opportunity to travel to Chile along with my missus. In our hotel room in Santiago one evening, whilst she was chatting on the mobile phone with her sister back in England, I pondered the miracle of modern communication. Until the late 19th century, the fastest form of...
I Hate a Challenge
‘Challenge’ is one of those words whose meaning has changed over the last few years. Or, to be more accurate, the implied meaning of the word has changed. My pocket Oxford Dictionary defines the word thus: ‘Calling to respond; summons to take part in a duel or other contest; demanding or difficult task.’ Which...
Don’t Believe The Hype!
Don’t believe the hype By Catherine Sawers I was half-way through an endless telephone call when it dawned on me: ‘My God, she’s reading from the script!’ Is there some chat room they all belong to? Then she asked me: was I was comfortable forwarding calls, as well as answering calls and jotting...
Where is my tribe?
Taken out by a wave of sarcasm as she mocked the pending flare The glass caved in and melted walls she never knew were there If only shed have jumped up then and ran to buddha’s tree Shed have dropped her sorry tone of voice and dropped down on one knee But instead she cursed...
Review:Lady Neurotica
So…I was sat here this morning drinking my coffee with the intent to muster up a new way to motivate and inspire myself so I didn’t fall into mondays stagnant net, when I suddenly felt restless and annoyed….its not something that happens often so it stuck out like a dodgy handle that I couldn’t quite...
THE JEZABELS – 22/02/2012: On going to gigs alone
If I’m honest, my relationship with The Jezabels only started because I pretended to like them to make a boy fancy me. This has since backfired in my face after I eagerly bought a ticket for their February 22 gig at KOKO, Camden, without actually asking if he wanted to come with me. Turns out...
Boating for the Lazy
As the American cartoonist Berk Breathed said, “I like boats. They’re healthier than Valium. Cost more, though.” Boats and the idle lifestyle though, don’t, at first sight, seem to go together. Think of Ellen Macarthur, weeks on end with less than an hours sleep a night, bashing around the southern ocean with never so much...
