I’m going Christmas shopping today. On my list are Ferrero Rochers, a suitcase, a kettle, posh pants and a onesie.

Hands up who remembers the 1983 pop song ‘Kissing with confidence’ and the classic line “Do you have spinach on your teeth?” Actually, scrap that - many of you probably weren’t even born in 1983!!!...

Am I the only one to be a tiny bit tired of discussing AI? And, in particular, weary of the ‘catastrophising’ around it? Of course, we know that it will and is already having an immense impact on us...

Many of you will, of course, have enjoyed the paper on Universal dimensions of social cognition: warmth and competence as published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences volume 11, number 2!!! I actually...

Has there ever been a global political event which provoked so much scrutiny of the participants’ communication style/tone? The already infamous Zelensky/Trump/Vance ‘conversation’ at the White House...

So the pantomime season is over. The Aladdin’s lamps, glass slippers and beanstalks have gone back into storage; the ugly sisters and Widow Twankeys have moved on to Pinter and Lloyd Webber, and the...

So, the Donald is assembling his team of advisors and cabinet members. All loyal supporters and kindred spirits.

I don’t know about you but I was obsessed by the Olympics. I revelled in the technical expertise; I marvelled at the feats of endurance; I was in awe of the dedication, resilience and strength...

Seven hours, 45 minutes, 54 seconds. In that time, you could fly to New York; watch most of the Lord of the Rings trilogy or perform a heart transplant.

There’s a moment in the excellent BBC three-part documentary The Space Shuttle that Fell to Earth (episode two, 55 minutes in) when the NASA flight director and his team begin to sense that something...

If you’re reading this with your ‘lockdown puppy’ on your lap, you may be one of thousands of owners whose pooches are proving problematic. Recent research by the Royal Veterinary College reveals...

I’ve just ‘phoned an old family friend who’s been ill. She was thrilled to hear from me.

In my last post I discussed the issue of speaking off the cuff, the fear many people have of losing control, and the fact that technology hasn’t helped us grow our confidence muscle. It’s the topic...

I spent some of the bank holiday (quite a lot of it actually) sorting my kitchen cupboards. There was a lot of rationalisation to be done.

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One of the most interesting aspects of the excellent BBC TV series #Traitors, apart from Claudia Winkleman’s eye liner, was the inability of the contestants to read each other. Time and again we...

Last Saturday, in the space of five hours, I witnessed three unusual events. Three deeply private conversations conducted in public.