Juggling Hand Grenades

I recently spent a week in Pembrokshire, West Wales, in a cottage that was accessed by a two-mile dirt track and had no electricity or phone service. The inhabitants consisted of myself, an assistant who was breaking a rather long and heavy dependency upon Marijuana use, and a very good friend who had been distant for many years (fifteen or so) and who had in that time developed... Read More

Saying it like it is

I rarely look up to people (I’m not being literal here, though I’m 6ft 4) in the way that i do with Jamie Oliver. It seems to me that below the laddish, cockney veneer lays a man who cares passionately enough about his subject to put his neck on the line and to say it like it is. I found his TED talk to be one of the most inspiring so far. Not because of any great speaking... Read More

Creating enough space to think.

It’s not like Spring is in the air, however… I like to think of myself as something of a minimalist. Free to enjoy experience over material things. Free to pick up my half full rucksack any time and take off on a little adventure, with a credit card and Swiss army knife as my only survival items. Read More  Read More