There's no denying 2020 was a Mongolian clusterf*ck (yep, that's a technical term) of a year for most of us, and I say this as someone who lost not one, but two Dads in 2019.…

The football season (and by ‘football’, I mean proper football / Association Football / the English kind) normally runs through the Australian winter, April to September. This year, 2020, the world got turned upside down…

It's that time of year. Where I rake over the coals of my annual reading, all the time trying to convince myself that I'm an intellectually curious type of fellow, while really I just want…

A little over a year ago I wrote this article (linked here) about the top 5 personal finance apps in Australia. Or rather, the ones I’m using the most and deriving the most benefit from…

I was recently talking to a former start-up founder who got a promotion and is now an “entrepreneur”, meaning he hit the pay-dirt and sold up (or out), making a motza in the process. One…

It’s Father’s Day in England. I’m reminded of this, firstly, by a kind friend asking me how I’m doing and then, as if by osmosis, by the Father’s Day-related takeover of my Instagram feed. I’m…

I've been getting into dumbbell workouts in lockdown. They're versatile which means you can attack your fitness in a range of ways,  and take up very little room so you can use them inside or…

I’m back at my second home, the East London pad of my brother and his family. My second family. Another month, another funeral, another Dad lost. But this time it’s the real deal, my actual…

It is a truth universally acknowledged, to quote Jane Austen, that a quick workout is a good workout, provided you use your time wisely. That means no phone-glancing, no ‘hardbody 10’ perving, and absolutely (and…

Books, books everywhere. If you’re not reading them, you’re listening to them. On Audible, that is. This year’s haul seemed a bit light, particularly when compared to last year's list which had to be broken…

A whistle-stop visit back to the UK for funeral-iffic (which, by the way, is a terrible made-up word) reasons has provided ample opportunity for grief, reflection and celebration, to the extent that I’m really only…

The Fintech revolution is upon us. A product of technological developments pushing financial services into the next (or, arguably, the current) realm, 'Fintech' has spawned countless apps, websites, services and solutions, many of which are…

Back in the day, before ‘Fintech’ was a buzzword, Chris Brycki pulled up stumps at his investment banking job and decided that there had to be a better & fairer way for average folks to…

This may be unsurprising to those who know me from my days on the cobbles as one of the (self-proclaimed) most feared street fighters in the small & leafy village of Frisby-on-the-Wreake, but I’ve always…

Just recently I got to spend nine days and nights with my little mini-me. This might not seem like a big deal but it’s the longest time he and I have spent together with no…

Life hacking, once considered hip, new and cool has now been relegated to something far less quixotic and interesting. These days it feels as though we’re all living in what is bascially survival mode, and…

Definition: A startup incubator is a collaborative program designed to help new startups succeed. Incubators help entrepreneurs solve some of the problems commonly associated with running a startup by providing workspace, seed funding, mentoring, and…

A recent post detailed the tactics I was going to employ in an attempt to shed a little extra timber that I’d accrued post-shoulder-surgery in August. It was my own little '6 Week Challenge,' tracking…

Recently I ditched the grog for 50 days straight. This might not seem like much but for me, as a borderline professional wine drinker, this was a stretch. You see, the ole fermented grape-juice has…

Standing on the scales, the signs were ominous. 87, 88, 89kg...the numbers were rising by the week. Normally this could be considered progress of the positive kind. These were the kind of numbers I've been…

This was never meant to happen. I went to the early morning class knowing that I had a big work day ahead, including a work Christmas luncheon. It was Thursday. I’d done a double-session on…

Last week's list of My Top 10 Books Of The Year or, more appropriately: 'books I've read & enjoyed this year that that may enhance your life, too' covered many of the big hits of…

I've read a lot this year. It doesn't especially feel that way, but when I review the list and then consider those books that either weren't finished or didn't make the cut, it seems I…

If you haven't yet heard of F45 training or workouts by now, I'd be somewhat surprised. Like CrossFit, veganism, intermittent fasting and the ketogenic diet, someone you know is likely to be doing it, and…

The humble burpee, it's origins steeped in a fitness test designed by the brilliantly named Royal H. Burpee, is both brutal and yet somehow comforting. Like a kindly schoolmaster whispering words of encouragement as he…