Not sure where I found this but was floating around in my files and made me smile – thought I’d share The Symptoms And Actions Of Having Too Long a Lunch SYMPTOM: Feet cold and wet. FAULT: Glass being held at incorrect angle. ACTION: Rotate glass so that open...

RESTREPO is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, “Restrepo,” named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the...

This time of year life seems so much better through the bottom of a glass, miserable weather, everyone is fed-up, hate their jobs, want a holiday……need I go on. But fear not, it could of course be worse, instead of merrily (or not so merrily as the case may...

So Long…Farewell…. I have a friend who is off to Gibraltar for two years today. On Wednesday he was going to jump on a train from North Camp (Farborough) to Reading so we could have a few beers and say cheerio. Train was due to leave North Camp at...

This is one for chaps who may be thinking…where did it all go wrong???...

Richard Reed is the co-founder of Innocent Drinks. An incredible success story that has seen the brand rise from selling forty smoothies in one week in 1999 to over two million smoothies per week today. I caught up with Richard who told me all about the rollercoaster of peaks...

Hairy Dogs and all That (These words were written at Christmas time!) ‘Tis soon the season to be jolly and we will all, well most of us, be nursing a hangover of some magnitude at some point and will be looking for that all important magical cure to bring...

Oasis & Bacon Last week I had to say cheerio to my fellow colleague David Bailey aka @DFBmbe who has departed for Kabul, Afghanistan for a 12 month contract with NATO. It has been interesting following his journey to Kabul and listening to his Audioboos and looking at his...

This link is from a chance gig  in Connemara in Ireland. The song is the new single. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlrpJQ8Os3s&hl=en_GB&fs=1&] If you want to be the first to get yer gubby mits on it subscribe to Claire’s website email list www.clairenicolson.com as they’re releasing it in late july....

Guerilla marketing is not  just for the corporates however, I feel that small businesses are perhaps not grasping the stratgey and techniques that the companies with the big spend have. You don’t have to have huge budgets to be creative and hone down what they are doing. It can...