Dec 31, 2025
Well, here we are, about to step over the threshold into yet another new year. The old one’s pretty much done and dusted, consigned into the catalogue of years gone by. The new one is about to begin. So allow me, if you will, to ask you an important question. As you step into next year, which path will you take?...
Dec 30, 2025
Admitting your own flaws, facing up to the reality that we each have chinks in our armour, taking responsibility for them, is incredibly difficult. Yet if we don’t, they’ll get us into a world of trouble.
Piero de' Medici, son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, was the richest man in Florence. But unlike his wise father,...
Dec 29, 2025
I don’t know about you, but as these final days of the year tick over, I tend to become quite contemplative about the year that’s been, prior to turning my mind to the year that lies ahead. It just seems to be such a natural thing to do.
One of the things that can weigh so heavily on your mind is the consequences...
Dec 28, 2025
With Christmas done and dusted, the reality that another year has all but slipped by is no doubt starting to sink in. Another year, really?! Okay, they’re just dates on a calendar but still … it kind of focusses the mind, does it not?
Sometimes the new year brings change, other times we’re just looking ahead at...
Dec 27, 2025
Whether a nation has a Judeo-Christian history or not, most nevertheless still run post-Christmas sales. China, Japan, South Korea, even the malls in a good many Middle Eastern countries all have massive post-Christmas markdowns.
Today, a pair of shoes is worth x. Tomorrow all of a sudden, they’re out the door for...