Are you concerned about the amount of excessive packaging our food comes in nowadays? I have just had lunch and it is simply amazing how much packaging our food comes in nowadays. As I already recycle as much as possible, I am wondering what else I could be doing....
A couple of days ago, I had lunch with some new international friends. As a gift, they brought along the most divine Turkish delight sweets, all the way from Istanbul. Those sweets have been the highlight of this week and many a week. Their subtle flavour and exotic...
Spring is here! I am writing this from a beautifully sunny day in central London. Isn’t it funny how I tend to describe the weather, even though I know that the weather is just weather! So as we look forward to longer, brighter days, the question how can you make each...
Today is the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery. Various events are taking place around London and the UK to mark the end of this abhorrent practice. Though it was in 1807 that the slave trade finally became illegal, it was not until 1833 that slaves were...
A couple of weeks I wrote about the hilarious episode of scaffolding being put up against the wrong building. As I said at the time, sometimes you just have to laugh!, and this post amused a lot of readers out there. Anyway, the scaffolding has now been moved to my...
This morning I searched around on the internet for some possible suppliers for one of my new projects (more details soon). I typed in my search criteria in Google as one does and chose to call the first three companies that caught my eye and who also seemed to offer...
Today, I am attending the launch party for a very timely and much needed book called “Your Ethical Business” by Paul Allen (Amazon UK) I met Paul a few weeks ago at an event for Social Entrepreneurs and we immediately had a great connection. Paul’s...
Today is red nose day! A day to be zany and to do fun things all in a good cause. The sillier you are, the more money you can raise – and bring a smile to the faces of those around you and also children in far off lands who will ultimately benefit. I have a...
This is one of my house plants which has just flowered in the last week and has some most beautiful but delicate pinkish white flowers. What a great way to celebrate Spring which is here for sure. However this plant is called Christmas Cactus as it flowers every...
Today in the House of Commons the British Parliament will discuss plans to renew the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons system. MPs will debate the £20bn plan to replace the submarines which carry the Trident missiles. Between £15bn and £20bn would be spent on new...
