As you may have read, ITV HD managed to run an advert at exactly the same time Steven Gerrard scored for England against the USA last Saturday. OK, it’s the worst possible timing for that to happen, but they do have previous…

I’ve not blogged much here in 2010, or even on the JG blog much since I moved jobs. And the reason is that the time I’d normally spend blogging, I’ve spent writing presentations — an awful lot of them. So it’s been interesting (to me at least, as a numbers person)…

There are a whole host of essays related to the government’s latest efforts to build a strong culture of giving. Naturally, the one I was most interested in was the paper by MissionFish UK CEO Nick…

For some strange reason, I’ve decided to give up one of the great pleasures and passions of my life (cheese) for January. It’s a new year’s resolution, but for a good cause. In my case, the cause is the charity Good Food Matters. I’m raising money for them because they work with people who…

What is a blog for if not some shameless self-promotion? Say you needed people to vote for you in a masterchef-style cookery competition, the obvious thing to do would be to, well, ask on a blog. So, if you happen to come across this post, please take a second to vote for Recipe…