My daughter is learning to play the guitar and my son has grown a beard. It seems there is no end to the unusual things that might occur in a lockdown. “Every man should grow a beard at some point, just to show that he can,” I told him once. He had scoffed at the time, “I don’t want to grow a … [Read more...] about How To Play The Guitar
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How To Make The Most Of A Lockdown
Walking the dog with my daughter she asks me if I will proofread her assignment. "Sure, what's it about?" I ask "Milgram's study of obedience," she tells me. "The one where he convinces people to electrocute strangers when they get questions wrong? "Yep, that's the one." It feels like … [Read more...] about How To Make The Most Of A Lockdown
How To Feel Grateful
Having made the mistake of reading the news on my phone before even getting out of bed I find myself under a cloud. It's hard sometimes to resist the gloom, and the irony of hankering after the days when all we had to worry about was Brexit is not lost on me. The last time I felt I was losing … [Read more...] about How To Feel Grateful
How To Find Optimism
If I ever said "Mother's Day" my mother would immediately correct me, "It's Mothering Sunday" she would say, in a way which suggested she had reminded me more times than should strictly be necessary. She was very particular about certain things, mostly connected with the church, and utterly … [Read more...] about How To Find Optimism
What Kanye West Might Not Know About Winning
Flicking through Instagram I come across a post from Derek Halpern, entrepreneur, and social media expert. It is a photo of what he describes as "my favourite picture in my house" which is a framed tweet from Kanye West which reads, "I need a room full of mirrors so I can be surrounded by … [Read more...] about What Kanye West Might Not Know About Winning