In his book, ‘Think Fast, Think Slow’ , Nobel prize winning author Daniel Kahneman writes about a fascinating experiment carried out at New York University by psychologist, John Bargh. Continue reading →

Peter Kay is crap. He isn’t in the least bit funny. He’s rubbish. He’s never said anything that anyone would laugh at. He’s over-rated and one of the laziest people in show business. Continue reading →

Joseph Stalin once said that a single death is a tragedy, while a million deaths is a statistic. Behind this apparently callous statement, is an invaluable lesson about how the human mind works, and how it can be manipulated for good and evil…and more pertinently  for our purpose here – for profit. Continue reading →

One of the things that’s got me this far in life relatively unscathed, is an in-built instinct for avoiding anything that exposes me to violence, crime and definitely violence and crime combined. Why I nurtured an interest in wristwatches then, is something of a mystery. Continue reading →

Rain beating down on a rusting tin roof, choking gas light fumes, and the sound of urine hitting a plastic bucket. These are the abiding memories of my childhood holidays.  It’s perhaps no surprise then, that my relationship with the caravan is not an easy one. Continue reading →