We recently had a marketing conference near Gatwick. From our office in Bracknell I knew there were at least 7 people who would be travelling there – probably on their own. So I decided to do a bit of market research: I emailed all the relevant...

I’m a member of Unison. Apart from waving a sad goodbye to some of my hard-earned cash each month, this doesn’t really mean that much to me. But the other day they wrote to me about their free life/accident insurance: if I loose a thumb and...

My two older boys were standing in our veg patch at the bottom of the garden. (Children don’t always get the practicalities of a Generous life!) The little girl next door shouted over the fence that they were messing around in the ‘dirt’. My oldest...

With our oldest boy just starting school it’s brought a whole new rhythm – not just to our weekdays but to our weekends. Surprised? So are we. On the first day at school his drawer contained two birthday party invites. And that pattern has continued...

Last week I attended a global banking event in Vienna. Imagine 8,500 bankers crammed into three Earls Court-type exhibition halls with hundreds of stands plus lots of seminars, discussions and “networking” every night for four nights … not a...

It goes without saying that harvest is the most wonderful time of year for any allotment owner. The taste of those sweet raspberries straight off the bush, leaving your fingers fruit-red and tongue truly tangoed; the nutty flavour of quickly boiled...

Apparently holidaying families in the UK responded to the credit crunch by camping in Britain rather than flying abroad. Just to be different, we like to camp – abroad! For the past few years we’ve enjoyed driving and camping in Europe...