Once Upon a Time in the West of London

Politics and publishing

Paul — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:39:54 +0000

As far as possible these days, I’m trying to keep politics out of this blog. But I couldn’t let the following pass uncommented, as it does touch upon the subject of publishing. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has written his memoirs. They are released today. Today also sees the day that the party he [...]

You have failed me for the last time…

Paul — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:37:16 +0000

Consider if you will the following: I’m Lord Vader, T-Mobile is Admiral Ozzel, and an as yet undecided UK mobile phone network steps into the shoes of Admiral Piett. That’s pretty much been my weekend so far. T-Mobile have, for the second time in 3 months, managed to let me down badly, completely waste my [...]

Good Whale Hunting

Paul — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:11:12 +0000

My dreams are frequently… odd. This one is no exception, and Julia practically begged me to share it with you this morning, so here is a little vignette that gives you an idea of my dreamscape. The dream was about a movie. Sometimes I dream I’m watching movies, sometimes I dream about “reality”, but sometimes [...]

Decisions

Paul — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:54:25 +0000

Yesterday I atteded an interview at A Well Known Law Firm in Central London. This was my first set of interviews since being made redundant at the end of February. It went well. Very well. On the train home I sent a series of tweets, which at the time were quite cryptic, but related to [...]

Baptism

Paul — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:53:07 +0000

I ran tonight. I’ve been seriously neglectful of my running schedule, and with only sixty days to go until the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon, I have to get back into the swing of things. So I ran. I ran without contact lenses and so the questioning looks of passersby went unacknowledged. I ran with [...]

Give me all your money!

Paul — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:34:11 +0000

Or at the very lest some of your money… On October 10th this year I will be running the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon to raise funds and awareness for Mind. Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales, and one of the charities behind the Time to Change campaign, a series [...]

So what the hell do I do now?

Paul — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:20:28 +0000

I’ve got the blog up and running again, I’ve added pages to the site, I guess I just need to add some content, yeah? Over the next few weeks I’ll be filling in my work in progress pages with news of the current projects I’m involved in, and I guess now that I’m blogging again [...]

I’m back… ish

Paul — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:14:37 +0000

Took me long enough! Just a quick post to say that the move to WordPress is finished, more or less. I’ve still got lots of pages I need to add to the site (you’ll notice that the Work in Progress section is bare), and I need to finish going through my past blog posts. The [...]

Testimonies, not resolutions

Paul — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:01:00 +0000

Well, it’s over half way through the month. The fad of the new year resolution posts has now passed. That little pause gave me time to reflect on what follows. I’ve elected not to do “resolutions” this year, and possibly not ever in the future. Most resolutions fail, quickly and spectacularly. What I want are [...]

If it’s not fun, why do it?

Paul — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:02:00 +0000

So say those great philosophers Ben & Jerry – and something I am thinking of more and more in this new year. For three years I’ve talked a good game, this concept of “being a writer”, but with not much to show for it. A website, a burgeoning list of works in progress, fragments of [...]