I had my annual appraisal this week. It’s always a rather uncomfortable process when you’re self-employed, and this year it was especially so as I decided to introduce upward appraisals, whereby [...]
Here’s a story that might have escaped your attention. Back in 2019 a company called Trelleborg Sealing Solutions got together with students at Tewkesbury School to make the world’s [...]
This is going to really rile my friend Andrew, who’s been trying to persuade me to include hyphenated words and his own pet hate ‘no problem’ for years. I’ve had to point [...]
I once won a competition to name a new brand of Japanese food. ‘Fudi’ was my ingenious suggestion, cleverly melding the word ‘food’ with the iconic Japanese mountain in a [...]
The start of a new year is always a good time for campaigning, so while you’re feeling post-Christmas bluesy and susceptible to any idea that might just blow a hole in the clouds, I’d [...]
