The comedian Steve Punt put his dry humour and nasal voice to good use in a BBC Radio 4 documentary that investigated industry awards ceremonies. It’s not just over-excited luvvies who love receiving gongs and getting sloshed: everyone’s at it. Of course, not only do you get a pat on the back and loads of [...]
While trying to keep the bike straight on Waterloo Bridge as strong gusts of wind threatened to jerk me in front of passing buses, I saw this man really doing it in style. His dog sat quietly, apparently ignoring the roaring traffic and buffeting breeze.
It was a great image and I had my phone in [...]
It turns out that there is a limit to the power gained from managing to cook a soufflé successfully. I didn’t get the job.
There is also, I suppose, a limit to what we can expect from job interviews, even if we have prepared for them thoroughly and leave them thinking that everything went swimmingly. Nonetheless, [...]
Bank Holiday Monday Mornings make ideal lie-in time, they are free time that is so much freer than the weekend. Unfortunately, I wasn’t allowed to sleep in yesterday. My mobile woke me up at nine with a message: ‘T Bur’, that I’d apparently set myself. When I set the message and what I’d meant by [...]
