Chairman of the board

Chairman of the board

I’m afraid blogging is going to have to take a back seat between now and the end of the year as I focus on meeting a crucial deadline for my publisher. I also have important commitments as chair of trustees for Headway Cambridgeshire which supports adults with...
Black Wednesday

Black Wednesday

They are both iconic British retail emporiums which failed to keep up with modern times and maintain their public appeal. But it’s still a sad day, a very sad day, to learn that both Woolworths and MFI (whose furniture can we joke about now?) have gone into...
Families at war

Families at war

I don’t see there being any winners in the horrible court case between a mother and her author daughter, Constance Briscoe, who is a part-time judge. Constance described her very unhappy childhood in her book, Ugly, including how she was – allegedly...
Christmas, the credit crunch and alcoholism

Christmas, the credit crunch and alcoholism

I issued a press release this afternoon on behalf of a client, Veronica Callanan, a recovered alcoholic who now runs her own rehab clinic, and within seconds the deputy editor of Take5 magazine responded and said she "would love" to run Veronica’s...
Would you buy this Ronnie Kray painting?

Would you buy this Ronnie Kray painting?

I’m not an art expert. But I  know I wouldn’t want this amateurish looking stuff hanging in my lounge. It’s being sold at auction next week. Not because it is a great work of art. But because it was painted by notorious gangland killer Ronnie...