It happened every year. The first signs appeared on his commute to work. Shy reindeer and slightly embarrassed baubles edged their way into the shop windows. “Jesus Christ! it’s only the first of November” Joe Turner would rage as he stormed into the office. Joe’s staff were familiar with his contempt for “the whole Christmas malarkey.” Some of […]
Gary Speed is dead. Here are some of the words that described him before he ended his own life… Footballer. Father. Successful. Popular. Handsome. Happily married. Something is wrong with this picture but we can’t seem to adjust the set. While the media scramble to find a story angle or uncover the missing piece that […]
We are storytelling creatures. We love stories. They create context. They help us attribute meaning to our life. When we describe a sequence of events through a story we can turn the mundane into the remarkable, (serendipity), the humiliating into the humourous, (comedy), the fear into courage, (action adventure). Stories allow us to feel an […]
This is the blog where you will find me writing whatever I want to write about. Ideas, musings, thoughts and suggestions. I’ve always wanted to do it, so the beginning of a new year (2009) seems a good time to begin and a Manifesto seems a good place to start. These are strange and interesting […]