With the news of the Oxford vaccine getting the nod this morning I decided I might as well engage in looking forward a little bit and have a think about what I might like to achieve in 2021. Despite the great news regarding the vaccine I still think the best case scenario is that the…

Even before the shit hit the fan this year I was already planning on taking some time out in 2021 and nothing that happened from March onwards has changed that ambition. I was on my knees in November 2019 teetering on the edge of another burnout and, while I managed to pull back from the…

These are things I read/watched/listened to that came out in 2020 (well became available here in 2020 on streaming services I guess!). No re-watches (Parenthood), re-reads (Powers), final seasons (the Good Place) or things I discovered long after everyone else (Parks and Rec). What a fucking year. Top 5 comics Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen –…

Over the years I have found myself using some slightly Machiavellian tactics to help land new ways of working and reset expectations for people not used to internet-era thinking. It remains a surprise (and something of a disappointment) how often I have to dig into this bag of tricks after so many years of doing…

Honestly 2020 can do one. After months of feeling lousy post-COVID and a recent bout of norovirus which was the most physically ill I can ever remember feeling I was finally starting to feel pretty good. I’d had more than a week feeling pretty healthy (for me) and had time off lined up to finally…