Sometimes, it’s your turn
(I take no pleasure in writing this blogpost. I write – for my kids - to record what happened. I have only read one of the 10 news articles about [...]
Ignore the Bedside Manner
During my 18 years practicing law, I have worked with hundreds of lawyers. I have also hired, managed and fired quite a few lawyers, too. Through my work I have [...]
The Sick Man of Europe
(Written during take-off from Tenerife South, Airport) Travelling on a rickety bus in rural Thailand, back in 2000, I had my only epiphany. The vast distance from home - [...]
Cuando In Tenerife
It’s 8pm on Saturday night. I’m alone, in Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife. Two guitarists serenade the busy restaurant. I have a table in the corner, squinting at the TV, [...]
Pooper-Scooping
It’s 11pm, in the Autumn. On the Stray, it’s raining hard. As ever, the wind is unforgiving. The streetlights are off. Underfoot, mushed-up leaves. I’m soaking, particularly my feet. [...]
Leaving my own law firm after a decade
(Due to poor health, three of my colleagues at Truth Legal are buying my shares in a Management Buy-Out. A few days ago, I gave a speech at our 10th [...]
Good Pills, Bad Pills
(Warning: another boring health post, recorded here in the hope that it might be of use to others) Of all the numerous and weird symptoms that I have endured [...]
UFOs, Covid deaths and Poverty
Partygate, the despot-like re-writing of the Ministerial Code, Russian aggression and energy price hikes, all dominate the British news. Remember Covid? Well, Covid news has been – thankfully - consigned to the [...]
The “D” Word
This April Fool’s Day it is fitting to write that I have become….. disabled. There, I have written it. But I cannot easily say this out loud. How can I [...]
A Life-Affirming Stay in Harrogate Hospital
(These are my musings, written in hospital, more diary entry than blogpost) In Antibiotics, I trust It’s 23:51 on Saturday 12 February 2022. I’m back as an in-patient at [...]
