02 Apr

Desperate parents (like me) with kids who speak or understand English may have stuck them in front of one of Joe Wicks’ (

22 Feb

These are weird times and strange things are happening – like politicians shutting up and listening. In France, President Macron has been seen listening…

15 Feb

I recently did some media training with the second in command at one of the EU institutions.  He was a credible and sympathetic interviewee…

18 Sep

I was at the UK Liberal Democrat Conference last weekend. While there, I was invited to speak at a rally to drum up support…

22 Feb

It feels a bit cheap to be complaining about EU policy jargon AGAIN but I do think communications throughout the Brussels bubble would get…

08 Feb

Shortly after the Brexit referendum my mother and I had a conversation about the reasons why people we knew had voted to…

23 Jan

There’s a fair bit of Macron mania sweeping the UK at the moment after the French President did an extremely accomplished and engaging interview…

08 Dec

Yesterday morning I was listening to the BBC Today Programme’s coverage of Brexit and the Northern Irish border which featured an interview with hard…

24 Oct

‘I was supposed to know the plot but all I knew was what I saw: flash pictures in variable sequence, images with no meaning…

28 Sep

A longer version of this article first appeared on The Huffington Post How important is emotional intelligence in a CEO? If…