Cold winter days are all the more tolerable when the sun is strong enough to melt a dusting of snow and when the sky is azure. Of course, there’s a…
In days gone by, I steered clear of wearing orange. In part at least, this is because my younger brother’s childhood depictions of my hair involved orange crayon. At that…
100% Optical 2019 was brilliant. For those that aren’t familiar, it is the UK’s biggest optical trade show. It takes place at London’s Excel every January and this year saw…
I was at 100% Optical last weekend, and gave a talk on both the Saturday and the Sunday. I had back-to-back meetings and press engagements too and wore a dress…
I’m slowly coming back down to earth after my brilliant weekend at 100% Optical. I will write a full blog post all about it and have already shared a lot…
Couch to 5K Happy New Year! Getting fitter is probably the commonest of New Year resolutions and it always features somewhere among mine. For the last few years, I promised…
This is the fourth or fifth blog post I’ve written in which I’ve looked back over the year. Each and every time, I used the phrase “life-changing.” On reflection, or…
The opening line of Fairytale of New York; my favourite Christmas song for as long as I can remember. Christmas Eve this year was wonderful- lunch with my family and…
For the last few months, I’ve been taking steps to enable me to return to work in optometry. This blog post covers why I took a career break, what I…
