The stress of moving house. As soon as you mention that you are moving house, someone will tell you about the stress involved. “They say it’s one of the most stressful things you can do,” is the helpful advice you will receive. “They say it’s as stressful as...
Child safety and the future of mankind. I have written before about the hardships of life as a grandparent, but with our granddaughter soon to start school, there is a new hurdle to face. And I don’t mean the fact that she knows everything already. Having...
How to improve your work. There is a line of thought that suggests the way to improve your work is to involve someone else. It might be the use of an editor, or merely getting a second opinion. But, just adding the input of an outsider, even if they are a celebrity,...
Leaving comments on the internet is failing as a form of communication. Our forefathers communicated by letter, often waiting days, weeks, or even months for a reply from Aunty Mabel in New Zealand. They spent a fortune on sets of encyclopaedias containing everything...
Hedgehog Awareness Week. In his capacity as a celebrity hedgehog ambassador, Henry the Hedgegnome would like to draw your attention to Hedgehog Awareness Week. Under pressure. Modern times have seen a dramatic boom in the national love affair with our...
How you gonna have a dream come true? Why can’t you make your dream come true? And more to the point, why can some people drift through life getting exactly what they want? Did you ever wonder why the people who don’t care always get what they wish for?...
Be prepared for a successful life. While 2007 was the centenary of the scouting movement as a whole, this year is more meaningful for me, because 2016 marks 100 years of the Cubs, and I loved my time as a Cub. When I think back to my childhood, many of my most...
Male/Female communication. Imagine this scenario. A storm has just blown up, and the rain is beating against the house. Realising that the bedroom window is open, I set off upstairs to close it before the bedroom carpet gets soaked. I am halfway up the stairs, and...
Nigel Kennedy – The New Four Seasons. There is an old saying in musical circles that goes: Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day – Give him a violin, and he will play Vivaldi. I might have just made that up, but there is definitely an inextricable...
So, you want to publish a children’s book? They say everyone has a book inside them, and that’s often where it stays. As Pink Floyd said on Dark Side Of The Moon: Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines. But, sometimes, it’s...
