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More – a film about more by Nic Askew

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

It has been a challenging and rewarding week that has seen me finally face up to one of the biggest “elephants in my room”. This isn’t the place to share the details but I am in a blinkers on mode and wanted to make a permanent record of the fact that I have made a [...]

Never Try……

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Invictus

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet [...]

I think I have “the perfect face for radio”

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

I have been writing a series of articles for the Dental Learning Hub’s online journal Apex. I was flattered to be asked and have been enjoying the experience of working to a deadline and trying to explain Kolbe wisdom and how it can be used in dentistry to the readers.
Similarly I was pleased when the [...]

RIP – Bill McLaren

Friday, January 29th, 2010

I have been a Welsh rugby supporter since my first attendance at Cardiff Arms Park for the Wales v Fiji game in 1964. Nothing thrills me in the same way as it does as when Wales are winning, the despondency felt after losing has got easier over the years (but not a lot). My family [...]

Haiti – A personal perspective

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Shortly after our son was born in 1993, and accepting that we would not have any more children, my wife and I decided to sponsor a child through Plan International. As fate would have it, and I think that these things do happen by chance, we were allocated a little boy a few months older [...]

Happy New Year – The Glandore Harbour Swim

Friday, January 1st, 2010

The best way I know to start the New Year is by making yourself feel alive and for me this means the Glandore Harbour swim. For the last 8 years or so I have joined the other hardy souls (or eejits as they are affectionately known by the non-swimmers) and braved the chilly waters in [...]

www.toilettwinning.org – the bogblog entry

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

What a great title for a website. I saw this piece in Dentistry magazine and thought I’d pass it on. I knew that Shaenna and Phil Loughnane were great supporters of various charities in Africa but this is a new one to me. A lovely way for your team and patients to help.
www.dentistry.co.uk/news/news_detail.php?id=2434
What’s stopping you [...]

Exploiting Government Policy?

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

I am assured that this is genuine, where are we going?
NIGEL JOHNSON-HILL,
PARKFARM, MILLAND,
LIPHOOK
GU30 7JT
Rt Hon David Miliband MP Secretary of State.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA),
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
16 July 2009
Dear Secretary of State,
My friend, who is in farming at the moment, recently received a cheque for £3,000 from the Rural Payments [...]

Bill Bailey at Warwick Arts Centre

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

One of the great joys of being a parent is being able to share and surprise. My son is a big music and comedy fan, so when the chance came to get some tickets to see Bill Bailey and Orchestra at Warwick Arts Centre I grabbed it. He had no idea what we were doing [...]