The Top Tips Blog

 Last week was the 100th Top Tips since I stopped using Mailchimp to send these emails and migrated to a different software. It doesn’t feel as though it can be that long but I’ve...

Ages ago I wrote a Top Tip about Bob Mortimer and tomatoes. It was something about his mother only ever buying enough tomatoes for one day. 

If she only bought three then she would have a...

There’s a great line I want to share with you.

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” 

That’s a quote from Douglas Adams, author of the...

I used the MADE model yesterday to write a letter of complaint. It was on behalf of my mother who endured a torrid time on a recent holiday. 

I won’t go into the details of what happened...

My wife and I are jumping on a train to the south coast tomorrow. It’s where we met on what’s now the Bognor Regis campus of Chichester University. I’m hoping we can gain entry to...

Will Artificial Intelligence steal your job?

Or even more importantly, to me at least, will it steal mine?

Underground, Overground

My mate John has got a gorgeous flat just a few minutes...

A good few years ago I was standing outside the headteacher’s office waiting to be called in.

This wasn’t the first time I’d been in this situation but unlike many earlier...

Like most people these days we’ve got a bunch of streaming services to watch TV. At various points we’ve enjoyed Prime, Netflix, Disney and Apple. 

We dip in and out of them,...

It’s a long one this week and that’s because I’m explaining in full detail the best communication method I know. 

It’s called the MADE model and I’ve referred to...

I wanted to write about something fun and light today.

"What do want?"

"Acronyms"

"When do we want them?"

"ASAP!"

Regular readers will know that I'm a big fan of acronyms, so this week's Top Tip...

My father's biggest disappointment in life is that his only son prefers football over rugby league. God only knows he tried to persuade me otherwise but he had to admit defeat early on.

It's the...

Hey, I found a new frog story. You all know the thing about eating frogs of course, and there are a few others I share now and again but just last week I heard a new one. 

Well, I say a...