Posted in ARTICLES, Robin on May 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
"I wish I could write a book". I cannot recall how often people say that to me upon hearing that I have written three books. My sage advice is "just start", however they have the usual excuses, no agent, no advance (my favourite excuse) no time, not good at English, bad grammar, waiting until […]
Posted in ANECDOTES on May 21st, 2007 No Comments »
I spoke at a conference last week in Germany. After the event I went to a drinks reception and met some of the delegates. I had the opportunity to speak with the VP of Communications who was to speak at the conference the next day.
She wanted to pose a question to the delegates, which was […]
Posted in ARTICLES, Robin on May 16th, 2007 No Comments »
Three months ago I was in a small town 300 miles south of Mumbai in India called Panjim, about 90,000 people live there, and like all Indian towns I have visited one gets a keen sense that everyone is hard at work. I was visiting it with my old High School buddy Patrick, who is […]
Posted in ANECDOTES on May 1st, 2007 No Comments »
I spoke at a dinner recently, which is unusual for me, as after dinner presentations are where once upon a time how I got into speaking in public. I was a comedy writer for radio and tv, and was often asked to speak after dinner to 'do the funny stuff'.
I left television and […]