A Manchester-born man died on Monday – described by film director Michael Winner as “the funniest man alive”, Bernard Manning passed away at the age of 76. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6765093.stm Although he achieved national fame in the 1970’s TV series “The Comedians”, he quickly disappeared from the media as his jokes were considered too politically incorrect for
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From Wikipedia this morning. Derived from the Latin gluttire, meaning to gulp down or swallow, gluttony is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of food, drink, or intoxicants to the point of waste. In the Christian religions, it is considered one of the seven deadly sins–a misplaced desire of food or its withholding from the needy.[1] Depending
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Most of Saturday was invested in a 6.5 hour drive from Cornwall to Manchester, where I’m spending the weekend with my family, primarily to celebrate my third son’s 17th birthday and to see my daughters for the first time in over 6 weeks. The drive-time was increased by the famous A30 roadworks, which continue to
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Most of Saturday was invested in a 6.5 hour drive from Cornwall to Manchester, where I’m spending the weekend with my family, primarily to celebrate my third son’s 17th birthday and to see my daughters for the first time in over 6 weeks.The drive-time was increased by the famous A30 roadworks, which continue to tempt
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You may have read this already in the excellent Dentistry ezine — I just wanted to end the working week by flagging up the fact that, if the City is interested in investing in dentistry, then so should we be! I keep telling you that the future competition will be in providing boutique services and
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I know – I know. I spent 3 weeks bemoaning the fact that I was travelling, working in hotel rooms and the occasional stately home – and now, here I am, 4 days at a desk and losing it. It’s that bloody “to do” list. I do this when I have 1 day to do
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It’s said that “sometimes you just cannot see the wood for the trees”. Feeling a bit like that this week. I’m up to date with emails – all clients and team questions answered – all coaching given. And after a Hurculean effort on my part yesterday afternoon, my physical “in-tray” is looking much more manageable
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Every Monday my business manager, Bonnie, sends me two important emails – wherever I am in the world: The Magic Number email – that’s actually an Excel spreadsheet that looks at the current calendar month and tells me how much money we have in the bank, how much is on it’s way in to the
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Monday is first day back at my desk for 3 weeks – and I am creature of well-disciplined habit when it comes to facing up to the enormous pile of unopened envelopes, magazines and post-travel debris: unpack all suitcases as soon as I arrive back (Friday) switch off for the weekend – no electronics arrive
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What I knew already was that coaching outdoors was fun – I’ve walked clients before around their towns and across country. What I hadn’t experienced was just how much fun coaching whilst riding a bike could be – but the 35 miles we covered on Wednesday were far more then just sight-seeing. Wouldn’t it be
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