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Nostalgia (noun)nos·tal·gia | \ nä-ˈstal-jə , nə- also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- \ 1: the state of being homesick 2: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition

Every Friday I send an email. I started this last March at the start of the pandemic. (Back in the days when we were bathing our groceries.) And I’ve never missed one. Until last Friday. So what happened? I’ll tell you in a minute.

Social scientist Randy Garner wondered whether sticky notes might have the power to enhance compliance with a written request made to another person. To test this, he sent out surveys to people with a request to complete them.

Running a small business is like a rollercoaster, but you've just got to ride it. And successful marketing for small businesses like adviser firms is hard! I can take this problem away and do it all for you, in one simple package.

I was describing to a friend recently that being out with my dog sometimes feels like being out with David Beckham because of all the attention he gets. My friend laughed at the reference to Golden Balls.

The title of Bananarama’s autobiography, Really Saying Something, held such promise. But despite its title, the bananas’ story doesn’t say much at all.

I’m on holiday this week so it’s over to you!

How do you feel about the new Casual Atmosphere? Are you glad to be grey, in prison style joggers, or do you long for days of the starched suit?

There’s no dignified way to eat a packet of strawberry laces in public at the age of 45. But when strawberry laces become the only thing you feel like eating as you ride the AstraZeneca side effects wave, what is there to do?

What’s the perfect VouchedFor score out of 5? 4.8 or 4.9 of course. Why?5 is too perfect looking, too teacher’s pet, too robotic.

May be if it hadn’t been for Tony Hart’s Gallery there wouldn’t have been such a huge backlash over David Hockney’s new artwork for Piccadilly Circus station.

One thing we’re all now slaves to – even more so in this crazy new world – are postal delivery services. Receive the ‘Sorry you were out card’ and your day is toast.

No one wants to be stuck with the wrong name for life. But on the other hand, you don’t want something so bland that you may as well have no name at all.

Buglers, a Land Rover hearse, Princess Anne. Did you get inspiration for your own funeral from that of Prince Phillip last week?

All the best, warm regards, yours sincerely, cheers! These tiny interactions can mean a lot. So don't neglect them.