Chris Warburton ¦ ROStrategy.com

For anyone living under a rock, by all accounts, an AI revolution appears to be upon us. Yes, we’ve talked about using AI for years, but often this leaned more towards wishful thinking around automation than the genuine arrival of the future and sci-fi capabilities. Somehow this time it feels different This is a probably as a result of it genuinely starting to exceed our own personal capabilities. It pains me to say this, but unless it is in our… Read more

Fresh off the back of my comedy course experience the other week, last week I spent the evenings enthusiastically looking for gigs.  Okay, I am a newbie and not in central London, but how hard can it be.  Time to get a little practice and build some experience before throwing myself to the wolves at an industry event, I thought. It was at first a little disappointing.  Outside of London the circuit is a little different, smaller gigs, open mics… Read more

This last week I spent time on Dec Munro‘s intensive stand-up comedy course, at the Angel Comedy Club, at the Bill Murray in London. It was a great bunch of people, all very interesting and I learned a lot. Now, I am under no illusions that I will ever be the next Bill Bailey, Jack Dee or Kevin Bridges… but it has been eye-opening and, prancing around on stage aside, hopefully with some tips for future events. But there are… Read more

This week, the topic of AI came up in my Italian lesson. We were reflecting on just how much has changed over the last few years. What was unthinkable only a few years ago is now possible (including high-quality translations that far surpass my somewhat mediocre efforts… I’m still not very good, feeling old, but still trying!). This digital revolution thingy, has been incredible and, at times, unfathomable: from the invention of the computer (yes I remember a world before… Read more

It is a strange time of year. The build-up and excitement of Christmas is over, and we are stuck waiting for New Year’s Eve and the start of 2026. For many of us it is a busy time, visiting friends, family and relatives. For others it can be a lull, a change of pace from the frenetic run-up in December. For me, this year, it is undoubtedly the latter. For some reason December seemed particularly busy this year, so much… Read more

Some advice… don’t watch ‘Race Across the World’ and then go for a pint down the pub with a friend. It can result in many laughs, a challenge and was precisely the reason I spent last weekend on a bus in the middle of the night, rolling across Europe. Honestly, the last time I did it, I was 20. You know the younger, more adventurous and definitely slimmer version of myself. But, if they can get halfway across Europe for… Read more