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Originally published 23rd March 2020 A short 5 minute video is available for this post I first noticed it 15 years ago. Back then, my daily commute involved changing trains at Clapham Junction, Europe’s busiest station. Every morning people would run up the stairs and throw themselves at the closing doors to try and catch the …
Originally publihsed 14th April 2020 I spent much of the weekend in the garden trying to nudge it along from surviving to thriving (I do occasionally try and practise what I preach). I even tried planting some seeds. AS I carved out the trench to plant them into, I started thinking about the difference between …
Originally publihsed 27th April 2020 Prefer to watch a 3 minute short video for this blog? Like every professional sports series, Formula 1 is currently on hold due to the coronavirus outbreak. Its not clear when the season will eventually get underway, but if and when it does, the team cars on the starting grid …
Originally published 4th May 2020 A 3 minute video is available for this blog Legend has it that at lunch one way, writer Ernest Hemingway bet the table ten dollars each that he could craft an entire story in six words. After the pot was assembled, Hemingway wrote “For sale: baby shoes, never worn” on …
Originally Published 6th May 2020 Prefer to watch a 3 minute video on this blog post? It happens to all of us from time to time. Those days when it feels like you are wading through treacle, or you’re weighted down by some seemingly massive problem or issue, or you’re beating yourself up over a …
First published May 11th 2020 Link to 3 minute video How’s Your Sea? Last week HBR.org reported on a global study that revealed that since the outbreak of the pandemic: 75% of people feel more socially isolated, 67% of people report higher stress, 57% are feeling greater anxiety, and 53% say they feel more emotionally …
Origianally published 15th May 2020 66 years ago this month, Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, crossing the line at Oxford’s Iffley road track in 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds. Once he’d recovered enough to speak (having literally collapsed across the finish line) Bannister immediately acknowledged the …
Originally published 8th June 2020 In 1963, Martin Luther King stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC and uttered the words ‘‘I have a dream.” It remains one of the most iconic, famous and evocative phrases ever. But it nearly didn’t happen. By the time Dr King got round to sharing his dream …
Originally published 9th October 2020 The winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is due to be announced later this morning (9th October). The Prize was established in 1895 in the will of the Swedish philanthropist and inventor Alfred Nobel, thereby making his name synonymous with the search for global peace. But it was nearly so …
In 1962, Wilt Chamberlain became the first and to date only player to score 100 points in an NBA basketball game. During the game, he converted a record 28 out of 32 free-throws. That’s an impressive 87.5% success rate against an NBA average of around 73%. But during his career overall Chamberlain only averaged 50%. …
