I could have learnt the professional things I learnt from many people but that lesson is one of two I carried with me through my career. The other was another boss, who was my father’s best friend bu… (View Post)

I was at a funeral this week of my first boss and mentor. I sent his daughter a story for her eulogy for him about how this chap, very wealthy, all powerful, very influential, would always make tea f… (View Post)

Hence my full stops, didn’t know how else to signify sarcasm. (View Post)

Absolutely. It touches on the disdain for experience where he is seen as a crackpot and mocked by the younger soldiers but it’s sad in how it compresses the life of a young thrusting chap with all ah… (View Post)

It’s definitely one of my all time top films. “Blimp” always reminds me of one of my grandfathers and old school headmasters with the combination of discipline, good heart and no-nonsense. It’s actua… (View Post)