The design and building of our wonderful Opera House was something of a tragic saga in itself. Now, in an inspired piece of marketing, the folk from the Opera House have created a musical narrative that takes us through the building showcasing the various spaces with it. Nick Cave’s iconic song played throughout this iconic [...]

I came across Long Shot magazine via Kickstarter where they were crowd-sourcing start-up funding – seemed like an ambitious, creative and daring exercise, so I kicked in. Long Shot is a magazine of the 21st century and beyond. Basically they gather start-up funding, loads of volunteers and find space to create a ‘pop-up’ HQ – [...]

Thinking is not procrastination – although it’s a fine line. As I’ve written before (and will no doubt do so again) to get something written you absolutely need to turn up for work regularly and do it. But there is also a time for leaving the desk and the laptop behind and going out into [...]