Notice what’s working Do you know this ratio? Here’s how runner Alexi Pappas was coached to think about how to manage the ups and downs of striving to be an...

Currently, no discernable difference between a forward bend and just sitting upright ???? Meeting (yet again) resistance Regular readers will know that I had an operation on my hand a...

If you’re going to tell a story, tell it well It’s All Made Up I had a delightful conversation with my friend Caroline Webb this week. She’s the author of...

My 1970s editions of The Lord of the Rings Even geniuses do terrible first drafts Thanks to everyone who read down to the end of the newsletter last week, and...

A brand new journal for September. So exciting! Start Stopping If you’re north of the equator, you know that September means wrapping up summer and Getting Ready to Go! There...

Ears for listening Can they hear you OK?   This is a joke that never seems to 1. get old or 2. be particularly funny. Person asks another person for...

Kendra, my editor, shortly before she plunges her red pen through my heart “I’ve got some feedback for you…”   I’ve got a new book coming out in June next...

Dreaming of hammock time while I’m working out The Most Important Type of Fitness About 45 seconds after I start to workout, a talktrack starts in my mind: Why don’t...

Look Mum, I’m a Viking! How to Get a Grip Over the last five years, my ring finger and little finger on my right hand have gone a little …...

I bought these from the National Portrait Gallery in London. We’re all individuals! (Yes! We’re all individuals!) So, what are the odds? The chances of an ordinary pack of cards...

A workout from Dave, my gym guy. EMOM. How to Reset That gloomy genius Sam Beckett made it sound easy. In “Worstward Ho!” he wrote, “Ever tried. Ever failed. No...

From my favourite Roncesvalles fruitier What are we seizing exactly? It’s hard not to be thrilled by the baby-faced Robin Williams inspiring the youth: “Seize the day, boys. Make your...