Had a bit of a boost this week from Isabel Berwick in the Financial Times who plugged this blog in her regular 'Working It' piece...

There's been a big blow up this week in the Hampstead Nursery parents' Whatsapp. The 3 yos don't want to goto Nursery, some of the...

I think this is my first obituary blogtoon. Today I read that Tony Soper had died and vaguely remembered that I knew the guy. As I read...

I guess there are a lot of things you could disagree with the head of a terrorist organisation like Hezbollah. Needn't go into them all,...

A month or so ago I was infuriated by a party on a neighbour's balcony at 1am. Noisy teenagers enjoying themselves - I mean, for crying...

You've probably gathered that the diet has taken a back seat during summer. Less of a back seat, more of an order to get out of the car...

Once a year, usually the first week of Autumn, our local residents' association hosts a summer party. This involves a 'free' lunch being...

There's been a bit of traffic on the Nursery mums and dads whatsapp this week about where to send the sprogs during the summer break...

Loki's final day of Nursery today, so I prepared a cartoon gift for the 4 teachers as a blatant self-promotion exercise masquerading as...

When one hears the term 'a Marilyn moment' the first thought for many isn't her philosophical declarations on the future of global...

Been a lot of interest since my LinkedIn post about virtually nothing one Saturday in June concerning my reference to the buzzword Vagile...

Scammers are everywhere. Today I was contacted by Amazon to ask me did I really want three iphones to be sent to California. Damn - I...

Management gurus who give advice all need an angle to make them stand out from the pack. If you're going to grab the attention of a...

Being a social media megastar comes with its burdens. The need to keep up the posts. So today I'm diverting from the diet thing to talk...

Haven't talked a lot about dieting recently. Given this is a blog about my diet, I think I should probably rectify that. All the bad...

A follow up from yesterday's post on LinkedIn which had more success than I expected. Got double digit thousand views and a load of...

LinkedIn really annoys me now. I find myself 'doomscrolling' through the content and then pausing and wondering 'what the hell am I doing...

It was on the tube into work yesterday that I noticed a vivid red sign that declared 'don't stare'. Apparently staring at people is now a...

Many years ago I had an idea of writing a book about the probability of meeting someone with a collection of conditions. Say you were in...

Slowly but surely I'm getting back into the gravy train of air travel. This time at the back of the bus. It's bringing back a lot of...