Did you know that as recently as 2014, according to the Department of Culture, Media & Sport, the creative industries in the UK accounted for 5.2% of the UK economy? Which, in real monetary terms gives a GVA (Gross Value Added) of over £84 billion due to our...
It was Franklin D Roosevelt that proclaimed that, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”, and all these years later in our new post-Brexit world, we would appear to be witnessing the former American President’s words of great wisdom come to pass. With...
I quite recently attended my stepdaughter’s Speech day and Prize-giving at Taunton School, where the guest speaker was a very nice chap called Monty Halls. I have to confess to not having been familiar with Monty’s work as a TV Broadcaster, Travel Writer & Marine...
