I am back writing and in the swing of things once again. The last 3 weeks have been rather surreal after the tragic death of a very close friend. This was only a week after we had spent the best part of a week together. So the last month has certainly been a life...
It is Father’s Day today in the UK, the USA and many other countries around the world. Father’s day is becoming an important day of celebration and gradually catching up with the more popular mother’s day worldwide. Now the fifth most popular purchased greeting cards...
It is 60 years this month that a remarkable book by a remarkable girl was published. Anne Frank’s Diary was published on 25th June 1947 and has inspired generations of children ever since. Nearly 40 million copies of Anne’ diary have been published in...
Okay – that is quite an emotive headline, but how else can I hit home the fact that one of the world’s leading confectionary companies has just tried to quietly sneak through a major ingredient change in one of the UK’s most popular chocolates?! From...
One of the qualities imbued into me by my parents is to be humble at all times. Perhaps it is a cultural thing, but I have always been self-effacing and have down played my achievements and successes. This has not however always been a good thing as I have often been...
I have just received one of those emails which seem to go around the world with a quirky message. As the world seems to get smaller and smaller, it is amazing how intertwined our lives have become. This email posed the question:- What is the truest definition of...
I have often written about Regents Park in central London and how it provides me and so many other people with so much pleasure all years around. But now can you believe that there are advanced proposals to devastate centuries old woodland to make way for some...
This morning I visited Regents Park yet again for a brief walk and a visit to the Open Air Theatre. Thttps://openairtheatre.com/he flowers are already in full bloom and it promises to be another splendid summer in the park. However, sometimes in life we also get some...
We all have challenges in life and it is up to us to see them as exciting or daunting. I have been re-visiting a famous book by Napolean Hill – “Think and Grow Rich”. There is a quote from him which has a lot of meaning for all of us as we ponder on...
During my last week of rest and recuperation, I was lucky enough to be invited to the grand opening of a Star Wars exhibition in central London. Darth Vader himself made a grand appearance as you can see on this clip:- Amazingly, it is 30 years this month since the...
