Some people are huggers. Their first instinct in every situation is to fly at someone, arms outstretched, squealing at them. I’m not one of them. There are exceptions to every rule, of course. I’ll happily hug someone I’m close to or someone who’s visibly upset and makes it clear they’d benefit from a hug. Hugs are [...]
Let me preface this by saying I'm not one of those journalists who hates PR people. PR people often make my job much easier than it would otherwise be, and the good ones are extremely creative, helpful, hardworking and organised. But, in the past couple of weeks I've received so many emails of this nature that [...]
On my way to UCC yesterday to meet Alastair Campbell I had a most interesting chat with the taxi driver who brought me. I was expecting serious political discussion and judgement of the political parties’ electoral prospects at the event, but not before it. But like many of the voters I met on the [...]
