10,000 hours, they say. Malcolm Gladwell first popularised the principle — in 2008, his book Outliers was in no small part based on the principle that greatness didn’t happen overnight but required
In the pocket of my dog-walking coat was a small Lego trumpet. I vaguely recall how it had got there: it had been glinting on the road, I had reached down to
Big Big Train, Kings Place 15 August 2015
16 Aug 2015
Big Big Train, the band with the dumb name, playing nostalgia-laden music, seemingly derived from some forgotten glory years.
But.
Big
The Pit
This much I know. There exists a dark pit in all of us, the blackest of black places, deep enough to feel bottomless. How fortunate the few who never have to
Making Big Big Bread
23 Feb 2014
Some may have spotted that I have a thing about baking. As it happens, I also have a soft spot for the music of Big Big
