Traction

  I raced down the hill trying to stay close to Jo’s back wheel. He’s fast, far faster than me but also kind enough to drop back and help me …

Century

I like cricket. There, I’ve admitted it. I can’t take it back. It’s too late now. Which begs the question, what is it that I like about the game? Well …

Collusion

I made the call as requested. Spoke to the HR manager with a brief outline of available dates. I was surprised that it was such a rush job, that wasn’t …

Maybe there’s a road

Tomorrow morning, I won’t be taking a tablet for my mental health. That’s the first time I can say that in about a year. True, on Wednesday I will be …

Seven spaces

Almost 2,500 years ago Confucius wrote a text known as The Great Learning. In it he talks about what it takes to be a leader. The central theme is that …

The calm before…

It’s been an eventful day, England won the first Ashes test, Chris Froome accelerated away from his rivals in the Tour de France to win on the summit of Mont …

Know your enemy

Here’s a lovely (and obviously topical) picture to start the blog. The Olympic Heptathlon champion needs little introduction I guess but it was something else that struck me. In her …

Rocket science is easy

Today’s post is in answer to my recent challenge to readers to provide me with subjects. Emma @onatrainagain (do check her out on twitter) asked me “What helps you, either …