Thoughts

Some of you may know I lead a second life. For those who don’t, here it is: I’m a history nerd and love to attend history events and work on h...

One evening last month I missed a call from Currie’s general manager, Susan McNair, asking if I would go to Manila in three days’ time for wha...

Several years ago I met a wise man. His name is Dr Michael Schluter CBE. At one time, Michael worked in East Africa and he has a talent for unders...

Recently I read Leigh Montville’s biography on Evel Knievel, simply titled Evel. As a boy, Evel Knievel was the personification of awesome. The ...

Shane Warne is a fervent, frequent and at times, frivolous user of Twitter. Despite many tweets that end with hahaha – he has mastered the art a...

Other people with three days off might go to the beach or catch up on some movies. Not me. Like any true nerd armed with time off, last week I a...