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...