Chris BarrowJan 4, 2020On Brain Pickings, Steinbeck and self-doubtI’m a huge fan and regular reader of Maria Popova’s weekly email newsletter “Brain Pickings”. To quote Maria, “Brain Pickings has a free...
Chris BarrowSep 24, 2016The extra milesFollowers of my social media channels will know that on Thursday I had the privilege of joining Patrick Allen from Henry Schein and small...
Chris BarrowAug 17, 2016Politics, Sport and PridePolitics I’m apolitical 99.999% of the time and rarely tempted to comment unless there is a life-changing event such as Brexit or the...
Chris BarrowJul 4, 2016Resignation SpecialThe antimetabole: when the going gets tough, the tough get going (originally attributed to Joseph P Kennedy – JFK’s father) ….is intended...
Chris BarrowJun 6, 2015What makes a hero?There are moments when our integrity is tested to the limit. 80% of the time I want to have the strength of character to make the right...