Lessons from a #LinkyBrains event no one else came to
mhsutton The LinkyBrains movement is purely accidental. It has gained and is gaining momentum primarily through small groups of people meeting to have coffee, some lunch or just a walk. What…
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An Open Letter To Berlin
Dear Berlin, I wish I could say it was lovely seeing you on my last visit, but sadly not – and therein lies the reason for this letter. We’ve had…
The Scrum Steam
This exchange happened on WhatsApp between my buddy and I. Enjoy. On a cold day, the heat coming off a rugby scrum can be such that it creates a visual…
Tales from my travels: 50 Bucks!
I’ve met some of the most interesting personalities on planes. Or at airports. There is something about the transience of travel that seems to bring out a form of casual…
Telephones in toilets
What is it with telephones in hotel room toilets? In this apparently 5-star hotel I’m holed up in Amsterdam – they have 3 phones in this room and one of…
[NSFW, 18+] Dear James Ellroy, fuck you.
I like to read. I don’t get much time to read as much as I like, but I do like to read. My wife on the other loves to read…
The Princess and Frog
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful Princess who met a frog. The Princess was French, the frog wasn’t. The End.
FUALMO – The life lesson you won't find on Oprah.
2013 has been an amazing year on many accounts. Most notable of these is that my family and I moved to Spain, marking a new and beautiful chapter in an…
Love in action… sweet :-)
I rarely publish the feel-good emails that circulate amongst family members, but this one was a gem. Who doesn’t love cute baby chimps!? A mother chimpanzee who lived in a…
The Art of Peeing Sitting Down
It all starts in Germany A few years ago I spent a few weeks working in Berlin. The work was through the consultancy owned by my friends Marion and Andrea.…