by The Critical Friend | May 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Tomorrow I will be 50. I have double-checked a number of times and it’s definite. No longer 40-something, but 50. There will be no pretence or coy denial; for the record, I am delighted and perversely proud to be 50. Rather like my grandfather who, at 99-and-a-half,...
by The Critical Friend | May 11, 2015 | Latest News
The lost art of doing one thing at a time According to a paper in the journal BMC Psychology, it is a scientific fact that women are better than men at multi tasking. Of course, that’s just one study and there is much conflicting evidence about who does what...
by The Critical Friend | Apr 27, 2015 | Latest News
I have always found London Marathon the most emotional day of the year. Tears guaranteed. It’s up there alongside the opening notes of ‘Once in Royal David’s City’ from King’s College the week before Christmas and the poppies falling in the Albert Hall whilst a lone...
by The Critical Friend | Apr 21, 2015 | Latest News
Trending on Twitter last week was the story of Pret a Manger and their strategy of surprising customers with free cups of coffee. There appeared to be no system or pattern, just some lucky punters being presented with a coffee freebie. To quote one such recipient ...
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