Joseph Stalin once said that a single death is a tragedy, while a million deaths is a statistic. Behind this apparently callous statement, is an invaluable lesson about how the human mind works, and how it can be manipulated for good and evil…and more pertinently  for our purpose here – for profit. Continue reading →

One of the things that’s got me this far in life relatively unscathed, is an in-built instinct for avoiding anything that exposes me to violence, crime and definitely violence and crime combined. Why I nurtured an interest in wristwatches then, is something of a mystery. Continue reading →

Rain beating down on a rusting tin roof, choking gas light fumes, and the sound of urine hitting a plastic bucket. These are the abiding memories of my childhood holidays.  It’s perhaps no surprise then, that my relationship with the caravan is not an easy one. Continue reading →

I spent an entertaining half hour recently, finding out about myself and my company on the internet. Here are some of the fascinating ‘facts’ I uncovered on various websites and forums… Continue reading →

I’ve always enjoyed sport,  but there has been a common thread running  through my endeavours in just about every one  – I have been unfailingly and spectacularly  hopeless.  And probably the pinnacle of my ineptitude was reached  in the school cricket team, where I was brought in to perform a crucial role I’d successfully executed in a number of  sports teams in the past – make up the numbers. Continue reading →