Being there

Being there

Peter Sellers was an extraordinary actor and comedian in the 1960s and 1970s, probably most well-known for his portrayal in the original classic Pink Panther films where he played the clumsy Inspector Clouseau with great comic genius. However, he himself considered...
Complete competence

Complete competence

One of the hardest facts about parenting (as well as one of the joys) is that just when we as parents think that we have understood how this little wonder works she suddenly changes and we have to start all over again to try to understand what is motivating and...
Full fulfilled

Full fulfilled

OK, confession time! Hands up those who have driven in their car and run out of fuel and had to call someone or walk a distance to get fuel? No surprise there! Then we might go further and ask how many of us wait for the fuel light to come on before we think of going...
Handle hard better

Handle hard better

There is a classic comedy sketch from a programme broadcast in 1976 by The Two Ronnies in which a customer enters a hardware store and asks the salesperson for four candles, but by the customer’s accent the salesperson thinks he is saying fork handles. The...
Heart and hustle

Heart and hustle

For many people, life, and indeed sport, is a paradox. By that we mean that life (or maybe more significantly, sport) seems to be filled with seemingly absurd and contradictory statements and events which, for all their absurdity, are in fact true. Such paradoxes...