To beat the All Blacks, a team needs a degree in everything. To beat this England team, a mastery of Janet and John is comfortably sufficient.
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Not much happens here
January 31, 2010 in Thoughts, Uncategorized
I don’t often post on my blog I am afraid. Stuff for my friends is on FB and even there I have decided to increase the privacy settings and delete the photo albums after realising that people I hardly knew had access to years of personal information and images. Not the most riveting read on [...]
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We are all on earth to help others…
December 15, 2009 in Thoughts
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for, I don’t know
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W.H. Auden at his finestPosted via web from Alex Walker
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Rory Bremner’s one-man world summit
December 15, 2009 in Thoughts
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Ignore the first few minutes and then the best impersonator in the world gets going!Posted via web from Alex Walker
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London Marathon 2009
May 1, 2009 in Thoughts
I have put some pictures on Flickr I took of the runners at the Flora London Marathon 2009.
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HEC, Paris
January 15, 2009 in MBA
In January I started a 16 month MBA course at HEC, Paris. The snow has finally melted after two weeks and the social ice-breaking has run its course; now the real work begins with an 80 page case to read…
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Drench
May 22, 2008 in Marketing, Music
Great piece of marketing with the classic 90’s SNAP dance tune and Brains from Thunderbirds! It seems to be trying to tap into the success of the near-cult Cadbury’s ‘Gorilla’ advert which also featured a strong retro anthem and a non-human character.
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Shell Wildlife Photographer of The Year 2008
January 21, 2008 in London, Photography
The Natural History Museum once again plays host to the Shell Wildlife Photographer of The Year 2008 exhibition. A truly delightful way of spending an hour of your time. The above photograph by Wesley Cooper, was a favourite – creative and captures the essence of the animal without showing its face.
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Merry Christmas
December 21, 2007 in Thoughts
Wishing everyone a Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year. Bring on 2008.
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Airfoil
September 13, 2007 in Music, Software
We have just got a AirPort Express in the new Indigo office. Considering these things were out a couple of years ago we are hardly pioneers here, but this great gadget that allows us to play our iTunes music on Roland’s old HiFi, which sits on top of the boiler cupboard. This cool ‘white plug’ [...]
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London plus Eating Out equals Expensive
September 13, 2007 in Food
London is apparently the most expensive city in the world to eat out in:
According to the new Zagat guide, the average meal in the capital now costs an eye watering £39.09, up 2.9% from last year. In Paris the cost is £35.37, Tokyo £35.10, New York £19.30 and Los Angeles £15.63, for three courses with [...]