Have you seen the movie Selma? It’s about the American Civil Rights Movement’s defining march from Selma, Alabama to the state’s capital, Montgomery in 1965. I found it hard to watch…
I am a burger lover from way back. Not the global-fast-food-chain type of burger but full, messy fish-and-chip-shop burgers. Long sun-kissed days on the beaches of my childhood and adolescence…
A few years ago, I spent a week in Abu Dhabi.Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates, near the tip of the Arabian peninsula overlooking the Persian Gulf and…
Two weeks ago I climbed Mount Snowdon to raise funds for a local school. At 1,085m it's the highest mountain in England and Wales. It's also one of the hardest…
Just like walking to the next tee, starting over can really help you up your game. Recently I was at an event where we were comparing the number of jobs…
Did you know that 96% of private sector businesses in the UK have less than 10 employees*? These are the UK’s micro businesses, 5.4million enterprises that account for more than…
I've just finished reading What Happened, Hillary Clinton's book about losing the "un-lose-able election". It took me back to an interview I saw a few years ago with Australian columnist,…
A few years ago, I had the enormous privilege of seeing Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie speak about her latest novel. I knew nothing about her except that she was Nigerian and that she…
This is the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, housed in the old Stock Exchange building in the shadow of Storkyrkan‘s baroque steeple. It is right in the heart of the old…
In 2014 888,246 hand-made ceramic poppies were planted in the moat surrounding the Tower of London to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Britain’s involvement in World War I. A collaboration…