Monthly Archives: January 2016

New Donnedure post- from small-holder to seamstress
My new Donnedure post looks into how my Nonna went from living in a small-holding family in the Venetian countryside, to a seamstress’ assistant in Milan. It picks off just after her father dies – ‘And so, how did you

New Donnedure post- from small-holder to seamstress
My new Donnedure post looks into how my Nonna went from living in a small-holding family in the Venetian countryside, to a seamstress’ assistant in Milan. It picks off just after her father dies – ‘And so, how did you

From the Archives: The (Mind) Games: are you training your brain enough?
A post I found whilst cleaning up this blog, all the way from the heady Olympic summer of 2012. This is what Thought Menu became, after all that. It’s not just your legs that benefit from a good work-out: they

From the Archives: The (Mind) Games: are you training your brain enough?
A post I found whilst cleaning up this blog, all the way from the heady Olympic summer of 2012. This is what Thought Menu became, after all that. It’s not just your legs that benefit from a good work-out: they

My Nonna’s Milan.
I’m doing the undone and writing up a book as a series of blogs. This is the first blog – an introduction- my Nonna’s Milan – always a good place to start! I’m playing with the idea of an E-Book that spans the

My Nonna’s Milan.
I’m doing the undone and writing up a book as a series of blogs. This is the first blog – an introduction- my Nonna’s Milan – always a good place to start! I’m playing with the idea of an E-Book that spans the

Just how many young people are homeless every year?
Post from October 2016, when my team published a report into the nature of youth homelessness in the UK. Very proud of the Centrepoint Databank team – as reported in The Independent and BBC News we have found that youth

Just how many young people are homeless every year?
Post from October 2016, when my team published a report into the nature of youth homelessness in the UK. Very proud of the Centrepoint Databank team – as reported in The Independent and BBC News we have found that youth

5-4-3-2-1: a community round-up
This is a slightly edited version of five posts I wrote whilst at the RSA, to put down in words everything I knew about community, which I used as a basis for a CharityWorks talk in January 2016. It is

5-4-3-2-1: a community round-up
This is a slightly edited version of five posts I wrote whilst at the RSA, to put down in words everything I knew about community, which I used as a basis for a CharityWorks talk in January 2016. It is