It’s nice when people come to you for your opinion, especially when they cite you as an authority on a certain subject in the process. It doesn’t happen often – well, not to me anyway – which is why I’ve had a spring in my step since the nice people at Next got in touch …
Us Brits are very good at being self deprecating, sometimes too much so. It seems that we sometimes secretly want things to go awry so we can rip it out of those who are perceived to have failed. This applies particularly in sporting arenas. I know that I, for one, am often guilty of this. …