Welcome to London

I love the fact that London has its own kind of language. Whether it be the hybrid street language of second generation Afro Caribbeans, indigenous white youth or Asians, I love it. You hear so much of it when you  are in schools and it is ever changing so here are some words for those [...]

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Save our Sons

First of all there were reports looking at the failure rate of Afro Caribbean boys in the UK.
Now a Joseph Rowntree report has suggested that white boys (particularly lower income) tend to fail at exams more than any other group at GCSE Level.
Approaching this with a hint of caution I realise this [...]

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Remember to Backup

So two weeks ago my laptop started playing up.
Sent it off for repair with a mate and he can’ recover the disk as it is corrupted.
Need to start all over again.
Fortunately most of my photos are also copied onto madeline’s machine as well as my important documents. Others have been stored in google docs. All [...]

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Of Fundamentalism and Tolerance

I was taken to task as to why I don’t write more about my religion on this blog. To be honest I had started this blog originally as an echo for my Christian point of view but instead created another blog where I could delve deeper into the theological discussions that I enjoy, and save [...]

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Africa Roundup

In an earlier blog I mentioned William Kamkwaba the 19 year old who I met in Tanzania at the TED Global Conference. Through the help of some TED fellows he has set up his own blog now and you can see for yourself what he has been doing. Truly an inspiring story.
Other stories grabbing my [...]

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Gimme More Music

First of all, those around me who know I love my music, know how crazy I have been about this chick Bev Tawiah for a while now. She is about ready to blow up and anyone who dares compare her to that plum Lily whatsherface I will break yer legs. This [...]

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Souled Out Rocked

So anything that could have gone wrong went wrong in the buildup to this event.
Venue double booking, lack of air con, musician changes, band sickness and everything else you can mention. Madeline injured her knee and Trevor got stuck in the lift at the venue the night before moving in sound equipment.
All that aside we [...]

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Educate, Inspire, Entertain

It is these three words that sum me up best as a speaker and trainer.
Learning should be fun and empowering.
I often detest the term motivational speaker, because in the hour or so you have with a school, college or professional audience you don’t know what motivates them. Anyone who says they do is a [...]

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Word of the Day: Defenestrate

Defenestration
(Latin, de (“from; out of”) + fenestra (“window”)) is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window. Historically, it was used as an act of political dissent, notably the Defenestrations of Prague. The Bohemian rebels inspired some Philadelphia anarchists to publish a newspaper: the defenestrator, a journal of hope and refusal.
What [...]

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My Pride and Joy

Just wanted to upload some photos of my family.
Am very proud of them
My heart!!! Am loving her blonde hair in this pic.

Me and my hero, my Dad, planning to change the world

Me and the kids, saying stuff the world, we gonna jump anyway

My legacy.

So for those asking. Here is some pictorial evidence as to what [...]

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