Note To Self. The framing shop in the shire is closed. Now is the time to think differently. Now is the time to start a “reframery”. As Aragorn (played by Viggo Mortensen) in the Lord of the Rings says, “there is always hope”. Or, to quote another great Dane, “there is nothing either good or …
“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” Haruki Murakami For some, this is a time of unusual peace. For others, they are weathering a storm. You may be wondering how all of this will affect how we see the world, …
“It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you won’t speak to me for fifty minutes.” Sherlock Holmes, The Red Headed League. This week I was invited by the charming Jim Hawker of Threepipe to go back to school, and to spend the morning with the Master (Helen Pike), former pupils and parents …
I think we’re onto something, with TOTS. TOTS. Turn on the Subtitles. Our mission to inspire and encourage broadcasters and tech companies in Britain and around the world to “turn on the subtitles”, by default, for children’s programmes. Why? Because by turning on the subtitles, you can DOUBLE the literacy of the child. “A Nielsen study of …
In the year 2000, the great British entrepreneur Simon Woodroffe wrote The Book of Yo! One of the many people who read it was a student at Leeds University. Yes, you’ve guessed it – me. In that little book were packed dozens of inspiring quotations which seasoned the story of how Simon, inspired by Japanese …