A Visit to Messums in Wiltshire

I occasionally meet up with a friend who lives in Dorset. Previously we used to meet in Salisbury which is a beautiful cathedral city and about half way for both of us by car. By way of a change we thought we’d try somewhere new and took a chance on the gallery and art centre

A Question of Time

I came across this wonderful quote on time recently: “Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time?” That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and

Polishing To Perfection

Tiago Forte – @fortelabs: “A paradoxical thing about people who consistently choose the most high leverage activity is their efforts have a rough-edged, half-assed quality. Because polishing things to perfection is a low leverage activity.” Good insight. I have a strong academic background (half my career) where polishing is commonplace. Moving to the commercial world,

Visiting Totnes in Devon

I made a visit to see my mother in Torquay, Devon and took the opportunity to revisit the town where I went to secondary school, Totnes. Here are a few photos I took of this unusual and attractive small town. There’s a plaque on the wall which states The Mansion Built in 1795 Bought in

We Are Very Special

“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.” – Stephen Hawking

Eltham Palace and Gardens

In August, I visited Eltham Palace and Gardens, an English Heritage site. Here’s some photos and a few explanatory remarks. The building is located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, in the south-east of London and a 15 minute walk from a train station. Some parts of the Palace and Gardens are currently closed off

You May Both Be Wrong

“Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.” – Dandemis (philosopher of Ancient India)

Trip to Brazil with a Hasty End

The magnificent beach at Maracaipe (see below) In March this year I made a trip with my partner Clarice (who is Brazilian) to Brazil, partly to see her family and friends but also for a holiday. The aim was to spend most of the time in or near Recife in northeast Brazil and then finish

The Weight and Playing for Change

Very nice international (5 continents) version of “The Weight”, from the inspiring Playing for Change project. “Playing For Change is a movement created to inspire and connect the world through music, born from the shared belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. Our primary focus is to record and

Carving Out Personal Time

Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche by Edvard Munch, 1906 “Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official, or a scholar.” – Nietzsche Quite a provocative quote and I’ve been mulling