Creativity Posts

Happy Sunday!   This week’s reading whetted my appetite to reflect on my first trip to Paris 30 years ago. I was delving into the French Revolution of 1789 where 231 years ago on Saturday, 12 October 1793, Marie Antoinette - former w…

Happy Sunday! One of the joys of creating the Batting the Breeze podcast and Breezer newsletter is to uncover exceptional personal stories and histories.​This week, I found myself thumbing through motivational quotations and came across this: …

Hello all -  Happy Sunday!   Do you remember your English Literature at school? Shakespeare plus one recognised literary piece and a touch of poetry for good measure? It was pretty dull, to be honest, but who can’t still recall…

Hello all -  Happy Sunday!   ​In 1986, I was in my final year at Manchester University and had to write up my dissertation in a form that was legible enough for someone to mark it. My solution? I went out (note “went out&r…