Author: Chris Mads

  • Supporting the Hammers – for a night

    “I’m forever blowing bubbles…” Actually I’m not. I feel like I should admit early that I am not a West Ham fan. My dad, however, is and for his birthday my sister and I had plans to take him to a match. So this evening we wrapped ourselves up, draped ourselves in maroon and sky…

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    Honey, they shrunk The Guardian

    There is a new tabloid newspaper in town – but it has a familiar name. The Guardian has joined the ranks of newspapers which have shrunk down to fit in with today’s more hectic, on-the-go lifestyle. Let’s be fair, the times when you could sit at the table or on the sofa and peruse a…

  • Happy anniversary Davidoff

    A note crossed my desk today which rather caught my eye. Davidoff Cigars is turning 50 this year. I recently sat down with the folks at Davidoff to talk about what is new – for the most part it was their superb Winston Churchill range. Inspired by the great man himself and the early hours…

  • How to respond to a libel threat

    Libel threats are very in vogue at the moment. The esteemed President of the United States is currently the focus of a book whose contents and reliability are being disputed by the upper echelons, which makes this sort of thing a hot news topic. With that said, I wanted to share this courtesy of the…

  • The colours of London

    If you’re in London right now then we can agree on one thing – it is a bit cold and miserable. Before Christmas the cold, dark evenings have a certain romance about them. It is the frosty nights before Christmas, where lights twinkle and lovers scurry through the streets huddled together against the cold. But…

  • Coffee in the cold in Prague

    Prague is beautiful, but it is a bit on the chilly side. It is about as cold as the UK, but the wind takes the temperature down below freezing. As a result, while we were exploring S and I found ourselves in need of a warming beverage. Usually this took the form of a gluvine…

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    Walking Prague

    Once Christmas is in the bag people’s attention turns to New Year and the next round of festivities. This year S and I decided to escape the usual parties and head away for the arrival of 2018. We hopped across to Prague for some days wandering the cobbled streets and wrapping up against the cold.…

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    Shall we give the usual resolutions a miss?

    I don’t hold with New Year’s Resolutions. They are often knee-jerk reactions or changes you would have made earlier if you wanted to. Mark Twain summed them up best in this piece, which I found courtesy of the truly wonderful Letters of Note website. So I am going with a few simple lifestyle changes for…

  • Happy New Year

    Wishing people Happy New Year on a blog like this always seems tricky – so I am going to keep it simple. I am leaving the photos to good old Instagram and their #BestOf2017 and I will simply raise a glass to each of you and a year well spent. Here’s to 2018. #travel

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    End of year awards

    As 2017 nears its end it is time to pick out a few folks who have set an example we can follow for the year ahead. So here are the 2017 iCons of the Year. React like the producers of All The Money In the World Weeks before the release of All The Money In…