The art efficinado The person who actually wants to be here. Where most can name three famous painters, they can rattle off 50. Their favourite paintings are not well known but the art that for some reason or other seems to move them.The modelThey've come to bolster their online profile by posing for photos beside … Continue reading Museum Personas →

The national museum at Trafalgar square has a rule that anyone with a bag must wear on their chest and not their back and seeing as the majority of patrons are tourists it looks like a slow moving quiet conference for testing driving pregnancy.

What I think is fascinating in the TV show the traitors and any other murder mystery game is when people say they 100% convinced that the murderer is Julie. Then they find out they're wrong and flip on a dime and say they are now 100% convinced that the murder is James. It's mad, the … Continue reading Traitor convinced →

I think its so easy to become embittered by the cruelty of the world. There's an abundance of it out there and it's no wonder people become cranky and resentful. Life can be shit. Then on the other side of the spectrum is naivety and falling to pieces at each setback. So, to borrow a … Continue reading Softening and hardening →

I reckon the difference between overthinking and deep thinking is the outcome. Overthinking leads to anxiety and doubt. Deep thinking provides certainty and calm.

When the setbacks occur, I think there can be an internal pressure to immediately get back on the horse. Don't for a second let the sadness in! Now I'm no psychologist, but in my experience I think that the healthier option could be to create the space for those negative emotions. Watch them simmer in … Continue reading Space for sadness →

I think the best acid test for whether a student will do well or not is - do they want the knowledge? I think the world's greatest wisdom can fall on deaf ears if the student doesn't want to hear it. Whether as the student who is chomping at the bit to improve sees learnings … Continue reading The student differentiator →

If Michael Jordan was born in India would he have been the greatest Cricket player of all time? It's possible. But I think it's more complicated than altering his arrival destination. I think more importantly you need the conditions that moulded the massively successful individual if you want the same effect in cricket. Namely the … Continue reading Indian MJ →

I think one of the appealing factors around the Ocean's films is that it aims to portray honour among thieves. The motives appear to be more about noble causes than greed. Take Ocean's thirteen for example the entire film is to honour their fallen friend. Ocean's Twelve they are forced out of retirement by a … Continue reading Ocean’s honour →

I think the amount of change caused by ambition pales in comparison to pain. I believe the best growth happens outside one's comfort zone and it is a rare individual that chooses to leave one's comfort zone. And if they do so, they dip their toe out and quickly retract it. So while we may … Continue reading Pain v ambition →