Making Sandwiches and Making the Political Weather
For much of this week, my blood pressure was so low that I couldn’t think. Making a sandwich was a physical challenge, but worse, I couldn’t even work out what [...]
My Happy Place
Sitting here in the shade of a palm tree, near the sumptuous church and vicarage of the Anglican parish in Puerto De La Cruz, I can confidently tell you: heaven [...]
What Won’t Change
(Happy new year to to all my readers. Circa 250 of you get my blog sent directly to your emails, with hundreds more reading it on my site each month) [...]
Spud-Tastic
Co-owning a jacket potato company in Bolton wasn’t exactly on my agenda for the year—but here we are. Rostron and Gray Limited, trading as John’s Spuds, has officially taken [...]
Introducing Suffrago.org: Your Voice, Your Data, Your Constituency
Hello friends, Today, I’m excited to introduce you to: Suffrago.org. This is my life’s work coming together, a project grounded in decades of involvement across the political spectrum and [...]
Ten Reasons Why Quakers Dominated Business
Cadburys, Rowntrees, Barclays, Lloyds, Clarks, Wedgwood – these are just a few of the corporate giants founded by Quaker families. Yet, in today’s world, Quaker influence in the business realm [...]
Tech For Good
In a few weeks’ time, together with a brilliant, brilliant data scientist, we’re launching a project which has the potential to improve decision-making throughout the UK. In fact, this tool [...]
New Knowledge Nuggets: Episode 2
Starey Eyes Have you ever felt like someone is watching you from behind? Or have you ever caught someone staring at you, only for them to turn around and [...]
New Knowledge Nuggets: Episode 1
Political Yuck Factor This week, I stumbled upon a curious tidbit that tickled my brain, one of those insights that feels like it should have been obvious all along. It [...]
Life After Law: Harrogate International Academy in the News
Over the years, I have listened to a few thousand episodes of Thought For the Day on Radio Four’s The Today Programme. Back in July 2023, my AI-powered political [...]
