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The Kermit and the Assumption

Lifestyle28 June 202644Views 0Likes 0Comments

You don't expect to recognise yourself in someone half your age. But sometimes, before anything is said, something is already understood. I crossed paths with Blu at The Bloom Room, hosted by The Fragrance Shop. He is a former Love Island contestant, someone whose world is shaped by visibility and performance. We had only met…

What the Oura Ring Couldn’t Tell Me: When Measurement Stops and the Body Starts to Speak

Lifestyle26 March 202685Views 0Likes 0Comments

I bought the Oura Ring for a reason. Not out of curiosity, and not because it was new. I wanted something practical—something that could help me understand what was happening beneath the surface. Sleep, recovery, readiness. At first, it seemed to do exactly that. Patterns appeared. Late nights showed up in the data. Restlessness was…

Science Reveals the Male Body Women Find Most Attractive — And It’s Surprisingly Simple

Lifestyle14 March 2026116Views 0Likes 0Comments

Lean. Simple. Disciplined. Fashion and fitness editors, look away now. Because the truth about style and the male body is simpler than either industry likes to admit. A few years ago my sons and I met for a night out. When we arrived at the pub, we realised we were all wearing the same outfit.…

What Young Men Really Need

Lifestyle14 March 2026107Views 0Likes 0Comments

My brother and I often find ourselves baffled by a strange reality. There has never been a generation of young men who have analysed their own faces more closely than the one growing up today. Jawlines. Body fat percentages. Facial symmetry. Everything measured, studied and compared in the pursuit of becoming more attractive. What began with gym culture has evolved into…

Family Is Close. Trust Makes Friends Closer Still

Lifestyle14 March 2026127Views 0Likes 0Comments

It’s my birthday, so this article is dedicated to my pals. They probably won’t see it — it’s going on my website, and their logic is simple: why read your website when we chat regularly anyway? Social media teaches you to collect people like currency — the more you have, the happier you seem. From…

Black Skin: The Healing Gap

Lifestyle14 March 2026125Views 0Likes 0Comments

For most people, a spot comes and goes. For me, it stayed visible for nearly a year. That difference—between when a blemish disappears and when the skin actually looks clear again—is rarely discussed. Yet for many with melanin-rich skin, it defines the entire experience. For decades, dermatological research has largely centred lighter skin types. At…

What 30 Metres Down Does to the Body

Fitness14 March 2026103Views 0Likes 0Comments

On the banks of the Sanaga River in Cameroon, a man picks up a 15-kilogram stone, ties it to a rope and drops backwards into brown water. He does not stretch. He does not prime his nervous system. He does not track a metric. He descends. Thirty metres down, the river does not care how he…

The KunAqua Symbol

Lifestyle1 March 2026101Views 0Likes 0Comments

Alignment. Strength. Mobility. Flow. Before KunAqua, there was an aircraft. I’ve worked at scale—designing an airline livery that crossed continents, selected ahead of global agencies such as Landor and Saatchi & Saatchi. It was over twenty-five years ago, for BWIA West Indies. At the time, wrapping an aircraft in a continuous graphic was rare—especially…

Why I Believe KunAqua Comes Closest to the Ultimate Form of Exercise

Lifestyle7 February 2026128Views 0Likes 0Comments

A lifetime of training across age, injury, and elite performance has led me to one system that delivers more with less damage. It’s often said there’s no such thing as the ultimate form of exercise. I’ve heard that line for years, usually delivered with a shrug, as if the body were too complex, too individual,…

KunAqua: When Luxury Resorts Begin to Seek Movement Intelligence

Lifestyle7 February 2026110Views 0Likes 0Comments

Why the future of luxury wellness isn’t about more offerings — but better questions. There is no shortage of wellness in the world. Retreats, programmes, disciplines, philosophies and practices now span everything from ancient traditions to modern endurance spectacles. Guests arrive well read, well trained and well intentioned. Many practise yoga. Many lift weights. Many…

Why Walking Backwards Fixed What Years of Training Didn’t

Fitness7 February 2026147Views 0Likes 0Comments

How reversing direction exposed hidden compensation, restored balance, and reorganised movement in midlife. For most of my adult life, I believed that forward motion equalled progress. Walking forward, training forward, pushing forward. Like many people who take pride in staying active through midlife, I assumed that consistency, effort, and experience would naturally keep my body…

St Andrews, Without a Tee Time

Lifestyle31 January 2026102Views 0Likes 0Comments

A personal account of access, power, food, and life beyond the tee sheet in St Andrews. I was handed a rare envelope bearing the crest of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club — the sort of object that quietly signals access without asking for attention. It wasn’t the golf that interested me, but what has…