My big 2017 challenge – done!
Last May, I went the full MAMIL. You know the cliché, I turned 45 and decided that the one thing missing in my life was...
Experience is the deepest learning
May 31, 2017
I'm just back from our annual family half-term camping trip to Wooler in Northumberland. Every year for the last five years we've stayed at the...
An Important Sustainability Lesson from the Netherlands
Mar 20, 2017
On Thursday, the eldest child and I set off on our bikes to Amsterdam – Harry had won the ferry tickets in a prize draw...
How are those 2017 Sustainability resolutions going?
Jan 27, 2017
I don't know about you, but my 2017 hasn't really taken off yet. I started the year with minor surgery followed by quite a lot of...
The Importance of Sustainability Conversations in 2017
Jan 6, 2017
Happy New(-ish) Year from Terra Infirma! I write this from a ward of Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary after surgery on the little finger upon which I cleverly...
2016 at Terra Infirma Towers
Dec 29, 2016
If 2016 was a tumultuous one in world affairs – Brexit, Trump, Syria, all your childhood icons dying – it was a relatively calm one here...
Merry Christmas, Everyone!
Dec 22, 2016
We're winding down now for Christmas as Terra Infirma Towers, so I'd just like to take a moment to thank all our clients, partners, friends...
WaterAid makes me think twice!
Dec 5, 2016
A couple of years ago, the kids asked could we "send some money to poor people in Africa" and it has now become a regular...
A day at the Zoo
Aug 9, 2016
To break up the monotony (as if) of rock pooling for the kids in our lovely coastal holiday location, we took them to Edinburgh Zoo...
Greetings from Sunny Scotland
Aug 4, 2016
We're holidaying just north of the border from where I live in North East England – in a very secluded location. To get here from the...