Smart Casual: the perfect dress code?

I used to work for an insurance company where all staff had to be smart. Men had no option but to wear a shirt and tie, with smart shoes. This seemed a bit unfair – women had to be smart too, but they had more options than the men did. Dressing up for an important [...]

Top 10 tips for the Tube

This is a rehash of a post from an earlier incarnation of my blog. I wrote it in November 2009, four months after I started working in London and using the Tube for part of my journey. Eight months later, and in fact, exactly 1 year after I started my job, I found myself nodding [...]

Tell your friends about your site. Who knows, they might read it

Let’s be clear about something. Though it may seem like a nice, convenient way to promote your site (blog or otherwise), the Internet itself is not the only way. Hey, I should know – I’ve already written a list of tips for promoting  your blog offline. Well, it was a bit out there – attending [...]

UK holiday destinations from my childhood

My wife and I have been looking at where we could go in the UK for a weekend away. Ironically, we’ve only just had a week away from work, and we didn’t really do anything. Being lazy is all well and good, except I’m now wishing we’d gone somewhere! Anyway, while looking at potential places [...]