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Behaviour, behaviour and behaviour
An old friend once told me that all that mattered was: “Behaviour, behaviour and behaviour”. I was younger then and even more foolish than I am now so I didn’t entirely understand. I think I’m beginning to get it. What my friend was trying to explain was that, no matter what someone said, the key…
‘Tis the season to be … what exactly?
We’re just over halfway into Advent now, the period between the fourth Sunday before Christmas and Christmas Eve. If you’re UK-based, you’ll probably have been aware of preparations for Christmas from around the end of October but this period is the one when it gets serious. You can’t miss it. If you’re concentrating on the…
Face to Face with Oedipus
An old friend recently invited me to accompany him to see the play Oedipus, currently winning rave reviews at a London theatre. Sounds like a laugh a minute, I thought. But the temptation to be a guest at a West End show was too good to resist. Reader, I booked them. I often get the…
The elephant in the room
My disappointment in the ending of the summer was slightly eased by recalling that there didn’t seem to be much of it. Even so, I feel a lingering regret every year and try to find ways of compensating by looking forward. Christmas is a bit too far in the distance so, for the past…
The Art of Social Graces
Last month I was lucky enough to be invited to go for a day trip on a sailing barge. The type of barges that sailed down the British coastlines before trains and motorways, delivering coal, sugar and all sorts of heavy cargo that you couldn’t imagine. We in the modern world are so used to having…
Walk a mile in my shoes
It’s August, the peak of the summer – although some might say that’s stretching it a bit – and just one more month to go until the annual reappearance of Strictly. This veteran of 20 years draws the highest audience for our national TV’s channel and is a Saturday night “must” for millions of us….
Changing Times
The more things change, the more they stay the same. That’s a quote from 1849 from French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr. In view of the general turmoil in the world at the moment, it seems apt. Britain has voted for change and, for those of us who have a curiosity of life, it will be…
When doing is just too much
A client was talking about her relationship with her best friend. She told me how flattered she was when the friend said: “I love you coming to stay – I don’t have to try.” My client took it to mean her friend (let’s call her Mary) was so relaxed with and fond of my client…
