Two blog posts in the same newsletter on the same topic might seem over the top, but I make no excuses.

There's a bit of a hoo-hah in my local area over some development that has been granted permission with a smaller percentage of 'affordable' housing than was initially thought.

It is a truth, universally, acknowledged, that once something hitherto unremarkable has been brought to your notice, you start to notice it more.

If something's worth doing, it's worth putting a bit of extra effort in and getting it right.

Sometimes our friends do things that we wish they hadn't. We understand why they do them and we wish them well, but it can disconcert us.

So. It's back. Hurrah.

Hands up who had 24 hours?

Well, here we are again, at the start of another new year. Happy New Year!

When The Internet really took off, plenty of us wondered how it would really affect us in the day jobs.

I'm going to throw a few numbers around, if I may and this may turn into something of a lecture. For which I make no apology whatsoever.