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Send us Fan Mail Dilemmas of Leadership  Dealing with false news. The Southport children’s murders and subsequent rioting There is a wide range of leadership challenges produced by new technology. Today’s leaders faces challenges includind false news which seem connected to conspiracy theories. An example this week followed a murderous attack on children In a dance class in Southport Merseyside in...

Send us Fan Mail Why Donald Trump reminds me of Coyote in Navajo myth Coyote, in Navajo myth, is known among other names as the First Liar.  Coyote is a key figure in Navajo mythology. Of  all its figures, Coyote is a shadowy figure that can be funny or fearsome. Coyote is greedy, vain, foolish, cunning and also occasionally displays a degree of power. The view of Coyote in folk belief is generall...

Send us Fan Mail The Olympic Games begin. What they can teach us about politics, and vice-versa. Friday 26 July, 2024 The Olympic Games begin in Paris with a spectacular show. The presidential campaign in America reaches its own climax. The more you think about it the more similarities you see between the two events. They are both very expensive if you want to achieve the highest result. They can...

Send us Fan Mail Dilemmas of leadership President Biden resolves his most significant dilemma Thursday 25 July, 2024 Yesterday President Biden announced to the nation his decision not to stand for a second term in office. It provides an explanation to the story of a monumentous decision, rarely taken by a President.  Let’s take it at face  value as the story Biden wants to tell, the foundation ste...

Send us Fan Mail The Guinness Book of Records and the compression of creativity. There is a celebration of the large scale in the creative product across many contexts. It reminds me of the celebration of the record breaking achievements found in the Guinness book of records. The human achievement is justified by its scale rather than its worth on any other dimension. Heaviest train pulled with be...

Send us Fan Mail The Coronation of Kamala. ‘Yes she can’  Tuesday 23 January 2024 The headline in the Metro newspaper “Yes she can" plays on the "Yes we can" slogan used by former president Barack Obama in 2008  This has been a week dominated by an upheaval in American politics. On Sunday, the simmering crisis facing President Biden erupted with the announcement that he would not be...

Send us Fan Mail The failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump last Sunday was marked by his miraculous escape and a moment captured in an iconic photograph showing a bloodied and defiant Trump beneath a perfectly positioned American flag. Within hours, the image had gone viral, and was appearing on consumer products. The world’s media proclaimed what had taken place as a critical incident, and...

Send us Fan Mail Requiem for a dream. Spain 2 England 1 Social media capture the thoughts and emotions of a nation @WhitlallClive (Who describes himself as ‘once a Tory voter. Never going back there, but not yet quite convinced with labour. Seller of old things. Vegan. Wolves fan. Married to a Welsh dragon.) A tough night for #England fans but what a day to be Spanish!  David Baddiel  Spain were m...

Send us Fan Mail Could brainy birds play chess? How early should you start playing chess with your children? Sunday 14 July 2024 This morning, I listened to a BBC science programme about the research of Professor Nicky Clayton, who studies cognitive processes in crows, and in other birds showing exceptional problem solving skills.  These creatures also have better development than other birds, in...

Send us Fan Mail @TollytB I've just been chatting to my neighbour, and he thinks his wife is a kleptomaniac. "She should take something for it." @deelomas My husband just called to say he saw a fox on his way to work.  I asked him how he knew the fox was on his way to work.  He hung up on me… Visual wit from @RookieRedhead First cartoon Buddha surrounded by acolytes Acolytes: what m...

Send us Fan Mail Wednesday 3 July 2024 Tomorrow it will be all over, after six weeks of campaigning leaving the general public weary of political promises and cockups.  With a burst of relief I begin to record how it all ends, drawing on the wit and wisdom provided by the twitterati, and with a little help from the so called MSN.    @WhoTargetsMe When labour campaign director Morgan McSweeney conc...

Send us Fan Mail Wit and Wisdom Early July Unsurprisingly, this wit and wisdom edition has a political flavour during the run-up to the British general election on July 4. A special general election edition is planned for that date. @henrywinter Abbreviated from a long and heart-cry of anguish by a football journalist over England’s last qualifying match at the Euros.  The heat was on here, and no...

Send us Fan Mail A non chess-playing friend of mine often asks me is there a special move that gives white an advantage in chess. I was reminded of this question when it appeared on the Quora website. Here's how it was answered.... Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter!  Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to s...

Send us Fan Mail England v Slovakia. Chess, Politics and Football come together. Sunday 30 June 5pm kickoff soon. At last, we are spared football punditry chatter for  the duration of a real football match. Maybe the last for England in this tournament.  One last commentator comment It’s go big or go home. Time for the first fact Harry Kane has scored in 13 football stadiums but not this one. Didn...

Send us Fan Mail Friday 28 June, 2024 The debate was scheduled for 2am British Summer Time. Wisely or not, I started listening , then dragged myself out of bed to watch the debate. It was slightly surreal viewing. The two protagonists stood behind space-age podiums (podia?). Behind them, a vast vacant area reminding me of a gigantic lecture theatre. Two interrogators sometimes visible pose careful...

Send us Fan Mail General Election Diary, Weeks 3-4, June 2024 Week 3 Thursday 13 June The Labour manifesto concentrates on wealth creation. A plan to replace the Lords seems to have been watered down.  Yet another seven a side debate, but without  two major figures Sunak and Starmer. Penny Mordaunt and Angela Rayner resume hostilities. Rather unenlightening. Stephen Flynn, for the SNP, Daisy Coope...

Send us Fan Mail Royal welcome of Japan’s Emperor and Empress by the King.  Nobody does it better. 25 June 2024. Horse Guards Parade, London Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan have been greeted at Buckingham Palace by King Charles III, Queen Camilla and the Prince of Wales.   The three day visit with all expected pageantry and state banquet has had to be slightly tweeked because of the u...

Send us Fan Mail Draper beats Alcaraz playing a perfect chess move on the tennis court Thursday, the 20th of June 2024. The tournament at Queens club played on grass is the prelude to the Wimbledon Championships every year. Carlos Alcaraz, Wimbledon champion last year, is seeded number one this year at Queens. He played the newly ranked British number one Jack Draper ina match he was expected to w...

Send us Fan Mail This could have been another detective story. But the plot darkens as Murray Clark, a university professor, then switches with five stories left which would have completed his self-imposed task of reading all of the books about Maigret written by George Simenon.  For mysterious reasons he switches his attention to reading the complete works of Jane Austin. I set off the discover t...

Send us Fan Mail Wit and Wisdom. Late June, 2023 @vardi How to write good.  One avoid alliteration always Two prepositions are not words to end sentences with Three avoid cliche like the plague they are old hat. Four comparisons are as bad as cliches. Five be more or less specific. Six writers should never generalise Seven don’t be redundant; don’t use more words than necessary; it’s highly superf...

Send us Fan Mail Sad story. The tale of the lonely Professor. My good friend Mike the Gardener classifies people into clever stupid and stupid clever. He classifies me as clever stupid which an extended education has done little to change. Mike believes (correctly) he has a far greater grasp of how the experienced world operates. I think he’s using the terms in a far from stupid way to avoid givin...

Send us Fan Mail Marianna Spring, BBC’s secret weapon against fake news.  Early in the GE Campaign I listened with great interest to an Interview by the BBC with Marianna Spring about her project evaluating fake news about the general election. Her work Is an exemplary effort which could have come from a university study into information technology and artificial intelligence. Stay up-to-date with...

Send us Fan Mail Politics dominated the social media. I had to search for non-political posts and eventually created a new podcast dedicated to them. The first few here are from the broadcast encounter between party leaders early in the campaign. Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter!  Email everydaycreativityuk@gmai...

Send us Fan Mail What sort of chess game suits you? Recently I found myself watching and playing with our club members the during club nights. For quite a different purpose I am also looking back at some studies I made of members of business workgroups. Eventually the two interests came together. I think it worth thinking about your playing style, in terms which were described as your cognitive th...

Send us Fan Mail My life changed after receiving one email. I have become a sweat-free zone. I have been receiving regular messages from the company for several years. At first I assumed they had been added to a mailing list by a friend who was trying to tell me something… I realise now that the company is on a mission that will eliminate the major curse of social embarrassment, undesirable body o...