January 22, 2026
Well we are only three weeks in and what on earth is going on….. I’ve found myself 462 times already saying ‘make it make sense’. The ‘removal’ of presidents (not kidnappings you understand oh no not that), the intended take over of Greenland, a supposedly progressive government at home standing by as a group of
2026 – well that’s some start
Well we are only three weeks in and what on earth is going on
2025 end of year review
I would claim that the 'summer off' which seemed to extend into November has had a rejuvenating effect. The weight has dropped off - the teeth have whitened. Or as my wife says 'yuk - will you stop playing with AI'
It’s Trustee week – and AI me is still busy
Am still enjoying playing around with AI and creating images of what it thinks I look like. Unmistakably me - but not. Think I preferred the dashing young fella in the last blog
AI weirdness, drug related deaths, combatting racism and building community cohesion
Had a spring clean of the website - thanks as ever to the wonderful Vicky. Who also encouraged me to add some images to my blogs and further encouraged me to play around with Chat GPT. And this was the result - I asked it to get a suitable image of me developing a strategy,
In plain site – not even hiding these days
Summer is drawing to a close and what crazy times we seem to be living in. I watched Chris Mason of the BBC interview Ed Davey of the Lib-Dems at their party conference. Mason was clearly affronted that the BBC have been called out for giving Farridge and Reform an almost uncritical platform for much of
40 years – in the blink of an eye….
It was the summer of 1985 - I'd scraped some underwhelming A level results and managed to blag a place at Brighton Polytechnic. Didn't really have a plan - and spent the first year sleeping on a friends floor in Coldean wondering what on earth I'd let myself in for. Managed to get to
August storms, strolls and shenanigans
Right - plans to have the July and August off were rudely interrupted by a former colleague asking me to help out with a governance review of a charity they chair. Given that it fell into my work priority of category of 'people I like and projects that are interesting' - I couldn't say no.
Five Years of Freelancing…..yikes
Blimey - it has now been 5 years since I entered the world of freelancing / consultancy. Not a clue at the time what that meant really but knew it was time for a change. 10 years left to make a difference and whilst still enjoying my time at CGL - i needed something knew.
(still) Alive and Kicking
"news of my death are greatly exaggerated" - as Mark Twain once said. A phrase that unexpectedly entered my life over the last few weeks. It transpired that someone with a very similar name to me (indeed also often referred to as Mike P) had died playing squash. We had both played at the same
