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In 1998, a Jazz group called Touch & Go composed an earworm that shot to number 3 in the UK charts. Its saxophone riff is iconic – the link is below if you’d like a quick boogie: One of the most distinctive aspects of this song is the sample. A dulcet female voice simply  says:Continue reading “Would you…um?”

In October 1917 Vladimir Lenin oversaw the October Revolution in Petrograd Russia. It was a seismic political shift that changed the face of the world as we know it. It was arguably responsible for the outcome of the second world war, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and the rise and fall of many despots andContinue reading “The Mummy”

Read Time: 2 mins Grandmother’s wisdom suggests that getting back up after a fall is important. It’s a metaphor and is designed to help us steer ourselves away from the incapacitating quality of despair. There is a rich tapestry of psychological reasons why getting up is important. But that isn’t what this piece is about.Continue reading “How to survive a freefall”

Read Time: 1 min Do you want to be a millionaire? You need to wake up at 5am. Otherwise, you’re doomed to destitution. Countless posts on Tiktok will advise that the only way to be successful is to wake up before the sun rises. But rewinding several millennia, our ancestors had different ideas. The ancientContinue reading “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: Tips to help you sleep”