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What a week!

(photo:Splemderosa) The title ‘what a week’ would make most Londoners think of the tube strike but believe it or not, the two days of the tube strike were the calmest days of my week. ‘How can that be?’, I hear you ask. You obviously do not live on Planet Alara. To describe this week as […]

Neuroscience and Aromatherapy

Peaches, Lemon Verbena, Petrol, Freshly-mowed grass, Night-scented stock. Every single person has a set of aromas that make them inordinately happy. In fact, the loss of olfactory perception can be one of the first signs of some illnesses. Hope that fact helps the next time you’re struggling to breathe on the Victoria Line because of […]

Vision, Perseverance & Other Blessings

In my days of innocence when the world was young, I used to wonder why people didn’t start their own businesses and really, what a to-do about nothing (roll of the eyes). Then I started my own business and I found out! The monomania, the constant stress, the infinite care needed, endless rules and regulations, […]

Art. What’s it for, anyway?

You know when you’re having one of those days? When you have to stop and marvel at just how despicable human beings can be? We’ve all had them. That’s one of the things art is for. When you look at someone and you find yourself briefly considering what the consequences would be if you punched […]

Me and my boy Louis

Well, those four days we had in June were a great summer, weren’t they? Two days more than last year, whoop,whoop.If you’re stuck indoors or have just had your barbecue rained off, all is not lost. Even though I’m here indoors, messing with page attributes, I’m as happy as a sandboy. ‘How?’ I hear you […]