Spectrum (Say My Name)

My mate Big Jon, who designs my books’ covers, said to me once that marketing is like pushing a wheelbarrow: Without effort, it won’t go anywhere. But as someone who’s naturally shy, my wheelbarrow usually stays in the shed. How nice it was then to...

Abide With Me

I’m a lucky boy. While I didn’t have the best relationship with my dad, I was very fortunate in some respects. Here’s one: Through his job, he was given two tickets to every event at Wembley (Stadium, Arena and Conference Centre), except the FA Cup final, when he was...

Move Your Body

A word on the book I’m writing: I’ve done some significant work on it this morning. I got up at 5.30 and focused on what I want to achieve with it so began by asking again: Who’s it for? What’s it for? Setting the alarm so early on a Sunday morning means I’m going to...

A Day In The Life

A valuable lesson for kids that I picked up a few years ago: Every job includes at least one element that you might not enjoy. Even footballers, musicians and DJs, who apparently have the world’s best jobs, have to commit to things that they’d rather not...

Ain’t No Stopping Us Now

I tried a bit of yoga today for the first time – and I managed to both stay upright and turn my phone to silent before the session, meaning I avoided the horrendous scenario of hearing the theme to Terry & June (my ringtone) blasting out of my phone just as...