When it’s time to cull, keep the pigeons, lose the hole.

These are tricky times. Many employees are currently facing an uncertain future and redundancies are unfortunately the order of the day. Myself and a great number of my colleagues are experiencing this first hand and we’ll either have to reapply for our jobs, apply for new ones, or leave the company. For some, this is [...]

Taking things one page at a time

When you find yourself in a new chapter of your life, it’s sometimes easy to lose track of the previous ones. Now I’m slowly settling in to life as a commuting full-time copywriter, I’m now in a position to flick through some of my previous pages and am aware that had those pages not been [...]

In and out of boxes.

I sleep in a box, drive a box on wheels, and work in a box. However boxed in I feel though, I never want to stop thinking outside the box.

Brighton & Hove – no place like home

I was just looking through some photos I’ve taken on various visits to Brighton & Hove (AKA home) over the past year or so and once again realise how lucky I am to come from such a great place. So, as homage to the towns and area where I grew up and where I often [...]

The Kove

The Who? No, that’s a different band – our band’s called The Kove. What does The Kove mean? It’s boring, don’t ask. Please let us maintain an air of rock and roll mystery. What type of music? We call it ‘alternative indie’ but I think that’s because we don’t know ourselves which style it is; [...]

MietautoR premiere

Last year I was invited to join a select group of individuals — a select group of freelance experts in their relative fields — and since then have had the chance to get involved in some interesting projects. This group of experts is otherwise known as ‘Studio Nippes’ and can be found at http://www.studio-nippes.de. As [...]

Carnival or not to carnival – that is the question

…but will there be an answer?

Starting new things…

I think that actually starting new things is the hardest part about them. That initial exposure — dipping your feet in the water — is often exciting, but then comes the part of turning this new venture into a regular activity. I think once you’ve got past that stage, things are on the right track. [...]

I knew it’d give in to the white stuff

So the weather in and around Cologne finally gave in to the white powder and fun was to be had last night in walking in a winter wonderland with the feel of the flakes gently tapping my face. The greatest thing, apart from using my two feet as skis to go slope-sliding, was the standing [...]

To snow or not to snow, that is the question

I’m just at the scene of some widespread confusion here in Cologne Ehrenfeld. Cologne simply just can’t decide if it wants to snow or to rain. It’s currently opting for the grey stuff but it knows deep down the white stuff is best.