For over ten years I have followed my eldest two boys and their sporting endeavours. But almost every week there is “trouble” at the game!
Continue readingHobbies and curiosities not strictly linked to the work I do.
For over ten years I have followed my eldest two boys and their sporting endeavours. But almost every week there is “trouble” at the game!
Continue readingAs omicron wipes out Christmas 2021, what will happen to our children if their lives continue to be governed by quarantine and isolation?
Continue readingIt has been a funny year and watching my middle son queuing COVID style for his final middle school exam I realise how tough it has been.
Continue readingAnyone who takes a walk around famous monuments in a city like Rome is going to get approached by street traders. Here are the tactics they tried on me outside the Colosseum at the weekend.
Continue readingRome is in a yellow zone, curfew at 10pm but what about on a glorious sunny Saturday afternoon?
Continue readingNeeded to make a video for work but we could not face another Zoom window so we hit the road and had a great time along the way.
Continue readingI love bringing the kids to their Saturday morning activities. It was how I remember my weekends – music and sport, friendship and learning.
Continue readingBruce Willis set his time limit for robberies based on songs back in 1991 (Hudson Hawk), but for a 5K I need a whole Mozart Requiem.
Continue readingThe hashtag #maratonamentana – the Mentana marathon – what the Italian news anchor on a La7 (channel 7) Enrico Mentana chose to cover the latest Italian political crises exemplifies a singularly heroic approach to something that should really be behind the headlines.
Continue readingYou don’t have to go very far in this unique city to find a film crew at work, whether it be a Tom Cruise blockbuster or an Italian mini-series. But have you looked for locations from the past?
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