Today I made my second appearance on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Woman’s Hour’ radio show. The topic was related to the recent book ‘Dogs in Vogue’ which is, as it happens, a very nice book – amazing shots (as you’d expect) and in my opinion didn’t portray dogs as fashion accessories at all.
These are not technically business books. However, they are two of the most important books I’ve ever read and form the basis for so, so much of the principles for growth and prosperity. They are, to my mind, in the must read category and should be compulsory reading for young people as soon as they’re…
News International? Time Warner? Nope. Neither. It’s………… ……JP Morgan Chase! Knock me down with a feather. I would have never have got that question right in a pub quiz. But it’s true. Just heard it on Bloomberg. What next? Am I going to find out that the largest manufacturer of running shoes is not Nike…
I still remember when the Thriller video got its TV premier. It was such a big deal. Like, really a big deal. It didn’t fall short either. The hype was worthy. But how, in these days of media saturation, overnight celebrity and more brand launches in a week than you used to get in a…
The first business book I would like to mention as being truly inspirational is called “Ready, Fire, Aim” and is written by Michael Masterson. The reason I particularly liked this book is because its key, central message is something I could relate to in myself and is something I can see – all too often…
It’s for times like this that I am grateful to have a personal blog, an outlet to record the little moments in my life that manage to annoy and amuse at the same time, they ammoy me. So here’s the thing. Barclays Bank tell me I’m a great customer. So good in fact, I’m a…
I am, shall we say, a careful purchaser of goods and services. I spend a lot of time researching the stuff I buy. A LOT of time. I want to be right. I HATE to waste my hard earned cash on rubbish. Not only that, I want to buy stuff that actually does what I…
Cheeky Mia became the first Rottweiler to take a seat on Natasha Kaplinsky’s sofa. She behaved herself, as she always does when on TV, and didn’t trump once. Note my ‘Rescue Me’ by dogsblog.com T-shirt. I am lucky enough to have a limited edition, one-of-a-kind sample and it attracted a lot of interest from some…
Testing a new camera and I appear to have actually taken a photo of Chloe were she doesn’t look like a simpleton (which she isn’t, she just insists on taking photos like one). Chloe examines something:
Apparently….. It is the scourge of communities across Scotland and beyond, and no council has escaped censure for failing to clean up its act. Now one local authority has unveiled a novel solution to the problem of dog dirt — spraying it bright pink in a bid to shame guilty owners. But, according ‘Ryan O’Mara’,…