Talk to the Hand
This is a message for the ‘palm readers’ who tried to scam me out of a few quid on the South bank recently. I did not give you the money because I believed you. I did not do it because I thought you were good. I did it because you have guts to be as […]
What’s in a Name?
Do you ever think your name is a bit plain? Were your parents uninspired or just a bit boring? Have you ever wondered what it might be like to have a more exotic, complicated, lengthy or unpronounceable name? There’s an easy way to experience the excitement of a new identity without having to fill in […]
What’s in a Name?
Do you ever think your name is a bit plain? Were your parents uninspired or just a bit boring? Have you ever wondered what it might be like to have a more exotic, complicated, lengthy or unpronounceable name? There’s an easy way to experience the excitement of a new identity without having to fill in […]
Bring on Summer
I recently emerged from a building at around 5pm to find that it was still light outside. This small moment filled me with joy, because it means that light nights and warmer weather are finally coming back. Summer can’t get here quick enough for me. There have been times when, huddled under eight blankets and […]
Therapy is in Session
It’s said that laughter is the best medicine. Given that there was a full house on Friday 7th February 2014 at Leicester Square Theatre to see ‘Hope & Gloria: The Dr. Hope Group Therapy Session’, I think we should count comedy as a form of homeopathy. Sadly for those of you who weren’t there, that […]
Copy Righter Extraordinaire
Copywriters are scary people. I’m not kidding, and I’m one of them. To the outsider, it may appear that working with words for a living gives people an unusually low tolerance for a poor turn of phrase. In reality, that tolerance is zero, and even if we deign to laugh politely at your faux pas, […]
