Courage
How easy would you find it to stand up in front of a potentially hostile audience and express yourself honestly? ...
Failure
It took Thomas Edison 10,000 attempts before he invented a commercially viable lightbulb. Did he regard them as...
This blog is stolen
… from the BBC’s Arts Editor actually – Will Gompertz. Or, more accurately, it’s copied. You see, Gompertz...
We are not alone
I knew very little about Van Gogh when I recently went to the ‘Van Gogh and Britain’ exhibition at the Tate. I...
Am I that easy to forget?
It’s not exactly a compliment to say about someone, ‘They’re repressed’. It usually implies they’re...
Revamping your life for spring
Do you have a nagging sense that changes need to be made in you and in your life? Are you dissatisfied with aspects of...
If I ruled the world
An Apollo astronaut recently spoke on TV about his conviction that if you’re determined enough you can achieve...
Nobody till somebody loves you?
When I was a child I couldn’t understand why most pop songs were about romantic love. Why weren’t there any about...
A new you for a new year
What do you want most for yourself over the coming year? In my previous blog I talked about a desire for our...
Age and experience
Plunging out of an aircraft, doing a cookery course, going to a stand-up comedy show, having a beauty treatment, taking...