Recently, I had lunch with the CEO of a company that had just been acquired. It was a real good news story. George, the guy involved, is the most humble, down to earth, honest and conscientious man I have ever worked with. Over lunch, he showed me his bank balance…

Life is a bit rough right now, isn’t it? If you are reading this in the UK, then the claustrophobic embrace of lockdown is upon us. Again. With vaccines being administered at a good rate of knots, that gives us hope, but nonetheless, life’s rich tapestry, of which we have…

I wish there some sort of interactive guessing capability available with Medium. I would love to hear the guesses. Personally, my guess would be around 700, 000. Out of a UK population of roughly 67,000,000, that would just be just over 1%. 1 in every 100 people would be millionaires…

“If 2020 didn’t bring the hustle out of you, it ain’t in you” Seldom do I find myself agreeing with Mr P. Diddy. I would not consider myself an aficionado of his music, nor a keen scholar of his literature. Never have I reference his philosophical musings in a University…

My God, I am excited to write this article. I have been searching for a reason to complain about alcohol for a long, long time. Hating alcohol is about as unpopular as puppy genocide. If you say it out loud, people look at you funny. Whispers and rumours start; “that…

I don’t remember much of last Christmas, to be honest. That’s not to say it wasn’t memorable. I loved it and cherished every moment. it’s just that, after 32 years of familiar tradition, they tend to blur together a little. We had turkey and pulled crackers, just like every other…

Life ain’t great right now. Another Covid sponsored lockdown looms large. Mr Grinch has won this Christmas, for sure. It gets dark at 3 PM right now. It doesn’t get light until 9 am. Light is good. We take it for granted. Those lazy summer evenings where options are limitless…

“There is nothing new under the sun” That’s the kind of statement thrown around by middle-aged men halfway through their pint of stout. It’s an axiom — a self-evident truth. Boiled down, it means that there is nothing new in this world. Nothing that is happening now, hasn’t happened before. …

Pyramid schemes, Nigerian princes, timeshares and craft beer. This is a list of industrial scams that I am acutely aware of. Of that list, unsurprisingly, the most palatable and inoffensive is your local IPA. It may not hurt quite as much as the fatal disappointment I suffered, aged 13, when…