by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 26, 2022 | Thoughts You Can Use
My most rewarding client relationships come from mutual trust. That means it helps to be authentic from the get-go, and it’s why You’ll Always Find Me in The Kitchen At Parties (Jonah Lewie, Top of the Pops, BBC,1978). I’m not the guy in the living room...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 19, 2022 | Thoughts You Can Use
My great grandfather, Captain Frederick Lincoln Adamson, wearing a suit. Early 20th Century. Possibly taken in India on service in the merchant Navy. Or possibly in Yorkshire. Either way, nice use of a casual cigar in the shot. Recently I got rid of almost all my...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 12, 2022 | Thoughts You Can Use
Image courtesy MediaKit ltd via Unsplash.com One of the great things about being a professional writer is it calms me down. I find a sense of focus and purpose putting words in sentences that I lack most of the time. That’s reassuring because I’m writing...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 6, 2022 | Thoughts You Can Use
Rebecca Lowe and her bicycle, ‘Maud’, central Iran, 2016 My friend Rebecca has a new book out called The Slow Road to Tehran. The Financial Times reviewed it on Monday. They described it as “highly entertaining and impressively valiant.” I call her my...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Mar 22, 2022 | Thoughts You Can Use
The actor Ray Winstone, on “holiday”, sort of. I’ll be off next week. Unlike 92% of freelancers, I’ve been able to book a week out of town. I’ve also committed to turning off my computer and unplugging from client work. It’s not easy but...
