My New Kindle
As my wife will tell you I hate shopping with a passion. Years of being dragged around clothes shops with my mother ensured that high street shopping fills me with dread. The only exception are bookstores. Yes ladies and gentelman, I am a Bibliomaniac and proud of it. I get no kicks from cocaine, champagne, […]
A night in Bologna
On a recent trip to Italy I got a chance to spend an evening in the city of Bologna in the Emilia Romagna region. Home to the oldest University in the world, a bastion of Italian socialism and a city renown as having some of the best restaurants in the country, Bologna has always been […]
Menstruation and MBA’s!
One of the reasons I went and got an MBA a couple of years ago is that it gives you a whole bunch of skills for solving problems and thinking critically. Elizabeth Sharpf also received her MBA in 2007 and like so many highly trained graduates she could easily be working in a Manhattan or […]
The Tim Farron video everyone is talking about
I’ve already given my four reasons for voting Tim Farron for Lib Dem President and his latest excellent video just reinforces those. Don’t take my word for it, this is what uber-Tory blogger Iain Dale said about it: “This video is truly brilliant. Tim Farron is the LibDem MP who ousted Tim Collins in 2005, […]
A Sense of Perspective
I’ve recently been grappling with making some life changes having found myself at somewhat of a crossroads. It’s so easy to get caught up with the practice of just doing, doing, doing and not take some time to stop and re-evaluate where you are heading. Two events have recently made me want to take another […]