My Dad died last year when my family couldn’t remember his blood type in time for the paramedics to give…
Identity
I have always struggled with different questions about identity: who am I, what am I meant to be doing in…
Website – Wikipedia – James Dyson
James Dyson was in the news this week saying Brexit has given him ‘freedom’ (insert rolling eyes) which prompted a…
Newspaper – FT – Scarcity reminds us of what we take for granted
This article highlighted several facts I had no idea about. It focuses on how Covid disruption has led to shortages…
Idiom – What’s good for the goose is good for the gander
Recently when watching Newsnight on TV, one of the journalists used an idiom, or a proverb in this case, which…
Quote
I found the following quote from a handwritten note but I can’t remember the source. I strongly believe in rituals…
Website – Forbes – 8 Reasons Why People Feel Lost in Their Lives
I know this piece about why so many of us feel lost in our lives is over 8 years old…
Website – Inigo – An Inspiring Legacy: Inigo Jones, our namesake
The team behind The Modern House are launching a new estate agency for historic homes this week called Inigo. I…
Website – Wikipedia – Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men’s 800 metres
On Instagram today I saw a post about the London Olympics 800 metre final in 2012, considered to be one…
Poem
If- by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it…