Robin Sieger Blog

It is a question that has been asked throughout the ages, why does bad stuff happen to good people? I don’t know that we look at this the right way, or indeed if it is a valid question.
Maybe we need to stop thinking of events as good or bad, one persons bad is another’s good. […]

As young children we lay in bed attentively awaiting our parents coming to our room to read us a story, that began with the magical words "Once upon a time". These words allowed us to enter a fantasy world where anything is possible, and often our greatest thrill would be when our parents put […]

What brings you a sense of joy? Is it laughing with close friends, fishing from the end of a pier on a summer's evening, holding the one you love in your arms, watching your child's face light up when you enter its room, hitting the perfect golf shot, helping another person; what is it […]

During the height of his career the seven times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, was often the subject of mean spirited and unsubstantiated claims that like other cyclists he used illegal performance enhancing drugs. Though probably the most tested professional cyclist his results were always the same, negative.

He was too good […]

Chances are we shall be remembered for how we lived and not how we died. In fact, if we are only remembered for how we died, we will have lived very unremarkable lives. Unless it was a spectacular Skate Board Jump over the Grand Canyon gone wrong.
A very good friend of mine, Peter, died recently […]

I have spoken to many people (well about 8 that I can think of at the moment) who met and were introduced to Bill Clinton, before, during and after his time as President of America.
I have know others who have met Prime Ministers of the UK, dined with the rich and famous, met […]

I would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas period, and successful New Year.
I guess if I were a thoughtful literate person I would scratch my chin, and reflect over the year gone, share the lessons learnt, adding the laughter and the tears and round it off with some simple sound-bite, about oh […]

I found myself back in India at the end of November. So, after the conference, I decided to catch up with a friend at a place called Chindragagh which is about 150 miles north of Delhi.
The rail system in India is a marvel of organisation and value. Probably the cheapest and best served railway network […]

Last month was a busy month for me with a schedule that resembled the timetable of a busy railway station in Tokyo. I think I had five nights at home with trips to Turkey, France, Spain, Russia and India. I also had a few trips within the UK.

I am almost on first name […]

I often share the story of the legendary Italian Count who was the greatest lover of his age, his name was Casanova and he lived hundreds of years ago in the town of Genoa. The legend is that he was the greatest seducer of women in the world, and his name has become a euphemism […]