In the run up to Christmas, one of the fun parts of working so hard throughout the year is getting invited to all the festive parties. From the annual bash at your own organisation, to client events and industry dos, there are so many opportunities to share a glass of...
If you've ever stepped on a Lego block in bare feet, you'll have known real pain. The little plastic bricks are a rare product - more dangerous to adults than children. This week, is it the turn of the Daily Mail to grip the nearest radiator in confused agony, only one...
What do we think about The Great Marmite Crisis of 2016? It ran from the morning of Wednesday 12 October to the afternoon of Thursday 13 October. To recap, in case you were having a try-out at a non-communicative religious order that week, Marmite was among the Unilever products that disappeared...
The crash on the Smiler ride at Alton Towers last year was not the finest hour for Merlin Entertainments. When 16 people were injured last June as a moving car crashed into a stationary car it could very easily have been curtains for the theme park – after all, isn’t...
This week I have been lucky enough to be chosen as the guest blogger for the Bar Council of England and Wales. As plenty of us are heading off to the IBA in Washington next week I thought a blog on how to make the most of the International Barrister™...
Will a leading politician ever tweet while taking a Virgin train north again? Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s social media update, insisting that he was experiencing a problem faced “by many passengers every day” is now notorious. The episode polarises opinion – his fans are more convinced than ever that a hostile media...
You were probably as surprised as I was on Wednesday to see an article circulating from the Metro entitled ‘Theresa May’s husband steals the show in sexy navy suit as he starts new life as First Man.’ The hilarious account of the ‘First Man’s’ entry into 10 Downing Street contains all sorts...
A lot of people I know were staring at the TV in hope or despair from the 10 o’clock news till that 6am declaration at the end of last week. (Some say they blinked in this time, but I don’t believe them.) It’s for people other than me to handle the...
To enjoy being walked on in high heels is, apparently, a thing – though even among fetishists, I imagine we’re talking about a minority of dedicatees. Certainly accountancy giant PwC didn’t seem to enjoy the experience over the last week. If you missed the extensive coverage, a receptionist working at the firm...
Some actors seem willing to appear in almost anything – and may even take a quiet pride in their ability to lift a so-so script or story line. If you have your doubts about this idea, you might seek out the prolific Michael Caine’s performance as ‘uncle Mathew’ in the...
