the Boy on Top of the World

Last week I was in Beijing for our annual corporate conference. These can be dire or wild affairs, sometimes both at the same time. This {...}

I’ve been here many times over the years. Its been fascinating to see its evolution and to get to know people here and how they {...}

It’s Pirate Pete’s birthday this week. He’s turning nine. I can’t quite get how I ended up with a little boy who’s now nine and {...}

A lovely word that. Discombobulation. Yesterday I had one boss, and a number of peers. Today I have a different boss, and some of my {...}

This isn’t the greatest picture I’ve ever taken, but we’re in one of my favourite weeks of the year. The apple trees are in bloom, {...}

In our garden we have some very venerable Rhubard. The parent plant came out of my wife’s Grandfathers parents farm up in Fife via a {...}

I never thought I’d hear myself saying this, but that flight was too short. I had the overnight flight from NY, and its only a {...}

Been in New York all this week. Busy busy busy, but worthwhile. I’m absolutely knackered. Unless I’m going for more than a week I try {...}

The Venerable G, on being tagged himself, and having determined he needed a token male in his list, and that I was the one nearest {...}

Why is it that people are only polite to that which is in front of them? I mean, if you’re in a long queue of {...}