I’m a bit of a philistine when it comes to the arts, never quite “getting it” when it comes to telling a story through song. But last night I went to see Les Miserables in the Wales Millennium Centre and it was truly fantastic. Story telling through song is a bit beyond me, but some…
The New Year’s Honours List raised the bi-annual moaning and groaning about how passé the whole idea of honours really is. I just don’t get this argument! In recent years the notion of Celebrity has grown ridiculously and we’ve now got people who are famous for being famous, with that fame often gained through eating grubs…
You can try as hard as you like to find a comment on this blog about Nick Clegg, but I don’t think you will – until today. The change of heart is because he’s said something I really believe in. In his New Year Message he says: If we as Leaders want people to turn…
Earlier this year I passed comment on how good a service I’d had from Linksys (see here) but maybe I spoke too soon. The gist of it was that they gave me great service for a router that was about 5 years old. Today I had the same problem once again and rang the same…
I was on train to London yesterday and did something very different. I said hello to someone. Well actually I said hello and commented on the title of a book that the young lady at my table was reading. It was an introduction to International Relations, and for the next 2 hours we discussed the…
I was dragged into the middle of Cardiff’s shopping centre last night for the first time in many months. Like many men of my age, I hate shopping, especially the way that some people do it. For me it’s all about knowing what you want and going out to buy it at around 9.30 on…
I must admit: I’ve been a slave to email. It’s been a friend, a distraction from real work, it’s given me a sense of being connected when all this exciting must read stuff lands in my inbox. And it’s helped me waste days if not years of my life. But as of today all that…
So the PM has come out of the closet and said the “C” word at long last. Cuts are on the way and at least we now have one policy that will be common to all parties and therefore to whoever wins the next election. And no doubt we will hear about “cuts to front…
When I rang a call centre this morning to make a payment on behalf of my wife I was faced with some daft questions. “It’s all to do with data protection”. No it bloody isn’t! It’s to do with inane call centre managers not working out what is really needed. Calling to make a payment…
Image via Wikipedia I used to work for an American boss, here in Cardiff, and we often discussed the importance of the Welsh language in our marketing. In his Louisiana drawl he’d ask: “Hey, Alan, how important is this Welsh stuff to us?” or “Will doing it in Welsh make a difference?” My answer was always…
I didn’t get to see all of the debate in Edinburgh today as the Scottish Government was put under the cosh over the release of the Lockerbie Bomber. But what I did see made me think that it was a chamber awash with passion. Definitely no love lost – speaking from the heart, and really…
I’ve got 2 sons, both graduates. One is doing a PhD so is missing out on the challenges of getting a job, whilst the other, a graduate in Marketing in Management is on the trail for his first break. And it’s tough out there. Lots more competition than usual and for those will little practical…