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IN MY KITCHEN — I was just thinking last week that triathlons and marathons have become the new mid-life crisis. And then I read the story in the Sunday Times Style Magazine: “The rise of the IRON MAN”. Turns out that triathlons are the fastest growing mass-participation sport in the UK. The article cites [...] DISTRICT LINE — I love the way that the mainstream of public discourse can so easily reject different approaches as silly. I didn’t see the show on John Lewis last Wednesday — Inside John Lewis. A friend of mine did though. And he says they were painted as a bunch of numpties. [...] DISTRICT LINE — The newly appointed Lord made a bit of a storm in Parliament with his maiden speech. Perhaps any minimalism in grace and nuance will inadvertently help our regular politicians, by showing how hard it is to speak without edits, teleprompters and producers. Describing his views on small business he said: “I have also seen some [...] HOME — I do like to watch shows that I shouldn’t like. Or shows that seem like they’ll be good for you. And Ian Hislop’s Changing of the Bard about the ‘great’ British tradition of Poet Laureate is one of those. I didn’t know much about the role. Not as much as I thought [...] LONDON — It’s a funny old world we live in. The Chinese state aluminium giant Chinalco just failed in its quite generous attempt to help Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto out of a massive great hole. And where do we go to see the sense of remorse? Not to this ‘management’ section of [...] BISHOPSGATE — I have just had a nice meal with a partner in the consultancy Totem Hill. They’re one of a few groups that we’ve been talking to about the “professionalisation” of our industry. What does that mean? Apart from being worth a lot of points in Scrabble? Two things: 1. Our clients [...]
Sun’s up, uh-hun, looks okay, Had another dream about lions at the door, And I’m wondering [...] |
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