by Paul Stark | Aug 20, 2021 | blog
Just finished Bill Bryson’s new book “In search of Little Dribbling” which is an update on his Notes from a Small Island. In it he travels around Britain looking at its unique character and observing the way things have changed since he arrived here in the 1970s. One...
by Paul Stark | May 27, 2021 | blog
I read a very interesting book recently (Risk Savvy by Gerd Gigerenzer) which had a few things to say about risk and uncertainty. His team looked at various predictions made by analysts in the financial markets and found no correspondence at all between...
by Paul Stark | Apr 13, 2021 | blog
Never hoover in a forest Jim, nature abhors a vacuum. So does my dog but that’s another story (and one that will be familiar to most dog owners). But the thing about Mr.Spock was that he tried to be logical at all times even though his human side kept bubbling...
by Paul Stark | Feb 11, 2021 | blog
Learn to speak Klingon in only 3 months Each to their own I say and the advert I came across illustrates it perfectly. I have a friend who loves Sci-Fi, Manga, Anime and Comic books but he draws the line at re-enacting Star Trek by dressing up as characters or aliens...
by Paul Stark | Jan 20, 2021 | blog
Fortunately, keeping up a blog a week wasn’t a resolution for 2021 as I missed last week’s. In fact, as you may have gathered from the post of 6th January I haven’t actually made ANY resolutions for this year, or set any goals or made any grand...