My wife's gone canoeing in Poole Harbour. In Dorset? Yes, she'd recommend it to absolutely anybody (View Post)

Got a job at 16 or 18 and worked their way up by learning on the job, which was far more relevant. My dad did all right by it. Most good people did. (View Post)

I get involved in the odd bit of recruitment - and always remove 'degree required' from the list. Because it isn't. It's certainly interesting if it's present and relevant, b… (View Post)

Anecdata from a rather depressing conversation my wife had with two university friends the other day: Child a - always top of her class through school (admittedly at small town Catholic schools) with… (View Post)

That astonishes me. I would have said less than three, OTTOMH. Not the best speaker of my lifetime but better than his two predecessors by a country mile. (View Post)