Image thanks to Smart College Visit This unhelpful comment rings in my ears whenever I hear someone say ‘that’s not fair’. It shouldn’t but it does. Yes, life is unfair but why do we accept that this is so? Should we not be striving for greater fairness? I have been thinking a lot about this … Continue reading Life’s not fair and then you die.
Things I’ve learned about running online events
Image thanks to Financial Express To be frank, I am Zoomed out. Like many people I have spent too long over the last few weeks staring at a screen or two, taking part in or running online events. #CyberFest hasn’t helped of course. Even though the events have been great, it has meant keeping alert … Continue reading Things I’ve learned about running online events
Maintaining the website
It is an undeniable truth that the content on your website is never up to date enough. It is a constant battle to keep it relevant and on message. No matter how long you pour over the detail and how good it looks at the launch, when you go back you can always find something … Continue reading Maintaining the website
I am the law
Image thanks to HipWallpaper Help me, I’ve fallen through the looking glass and ended up in a world that no longer makes any sense. Up is down, backwards is forwards and everything that used to make sense no longer does. The latest wease by the Prime Minister, to introduce an Internal Market Bill is just … Continue reading I am the law
That’s logistics
My first proper job was in logistics, even if I didn’t realise it at the time. We called it distribution back then, yet on reflection it was there that sparked my interest in having the right product at the right place and at the right time. Even today I maintain the passion, despite having worked … Continue reading That’s logistics
Mass extinction period
It ain't coming back Scientists have warned that wildlife is in catastrophic decline, with populations falling by two thirds in the last fifty years. We are in the sixth period of mass extinction that the earth has witnessed but the blame for this one can be placed firmly at humanity’s door. It won’t be long … Continue reading Mass extinction period
It’s all at the Co-op
I watched with interest the story unfolding about the advertising issue between the Co-op and The Spectator. For those of you who may not be aware of it, the Co-op has decided to stop advertising in The Spectator because of its transphobic articles. The Spectator got its dig in first by banning the Co-op from … Continue reading It’s all at the Co-op
A message from our chief executive
Cyber crime is never very far away. It invades all of our lives whether we realise it or not and becomes a bigger problem by the day. COVID-19 has been used as an opportunity for criminals and mendacious types to step up their attacks. It is our data that they are after and while our … Continue reading A message from our chief executive
Lockdown lifting
Of all the places I thought I would visit once lockdown was over, a bookshop was low down on the list, yet there I was on the day that Watersone’s reopened, standing in a short queue outside the Morpeth store. Whilst I have been able to get books delivered straight to my door throughout the … Continue reading Lockdown lifting
Thinking without speech
When I stop and think about something I hear voices in my head, a continuous string of speech that forms arguments about the best way to do something or not. A debate rages in my head and it is as if my mind is trying to convince me which way to go. I don’t know … Continue reading Thinking without speech
