In the mid-90s, Heloise and I moved into a tiny flat in central London. It didn’t have much in the way of furniture. So we bought a set of IKEA bookshelves. This was my first experience of flatpack furniture – and I went into it full of naïve optimism, thinking… “How...

Happy Wednesday 2nd of July! I know it’s not a day that people usually celebrate. But it’s just over half-way through the year… [*Sound of Champagne Corks Popping*] As you might know, I’m celebrating the halfway stage of 2025 with a recap of some of the most popular...

Hard to believe… But we’re almost exactly halfway through the year of 2025. And the summer solstice has passed already! As a glum, Eeyore type might say, “The nights are drawing in now.” However, I like to see this point in the calendar as the summer version of New...

Psychology has gone through radical shifts in recent years. We no longer live in a world where the brain is seen as an organ that works only in one standardised way. Instead, we’re entering a complex era where conditions like ADHD and autism aren’t considered ‘mental...

I got a really moving email from a reader this week… I’ve changed the details to protect her identity, but I think her story could resonate with you. Angela, a 57-year old woman, recently came across an advert for my newsletter on Facebook. She says that she normally...

You know how they say ‘bad luck comes in threes’? Well, that’s definitely true of technology. At least for me, anyway… My electronic devices have an uncanny habit of synching their breakdowns at the same time. It’s like they are connected on some deep psychic level!...

During the past week I’ve become utterly engrossed by some strange goings-on… At the end of my street is a park. The park is separated from the road by a high iron gate. And over that gate hang the branches of the most amazing tree. It produces beautiful white...

Like you, I see a lot of headlines every day. They’re on adverts, emails, pop ups, newspapers, websites… you name it… All in big bold lettering that begs you ‘LOOK AT ME!’ Of course, we cannot pay attention to all the headlines or we’d never get anything done (and go...

My son Zac has been in LA for the past year… As part of an exchange programme with Edinburgh University, he got the opportunity to study for his art degree at The University of California (UCLA). In his final weeks, he had to do a performance art piece. And… well… it...

Last week, I got an email from a subscriber interested in making money from writing. That’s not too unusual… But this reader was thinking about targeting a niche that most probably wouldn’t consider…. … Erotica. Specifically, he was wondering about how writing a piece...