- Jul 30, 2021
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: GET A HAT
So, if you want to get ahead, get a hat. The imagery and sentiments in that newspaper ad from 1949 may be very much of their time but...
- Jul 23, 2021
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: NEVER FORGET
On Wednesday, we went to see the elephants in London’s Green Park; yes, just round the corner from the tube station, down by the side of...
- Jul 16, 2021
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: SELECTIVE VOWEL REDUCTION SYNDROME
Having had a career of sorts in marketing, at times I fret about the ethics of trying to convince folk that they need something they can...
- Jul 9, 2021
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: JUMPERS FOR GOALPOSTS
Small boys in the park, jumpers for goalposts. Rush goalie. Two at the back, three in the middle, four at the front, one's gone home for...
- Jul 2, 2021
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: A CORNISH TALE OR TWO
The daughter of a Sudanese astrophysicist and a Scottish diplomat, Eliza Shaddad, has a cosmopolitan background having honed her language...