https://shorequalblog.com/2020/03/28/a-funeral-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/2020-03-28T15:40:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2020/03/21/covid-19-all-changed-changed-utterly/2020-03-21T19:22:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/about/2020-01-23T10:53:45+00:00weekly0.6https://shorequalblog.com/contact/2020-01-23T09:56:34+00:00weekly0.6https://shorequalblog.com/2019/02/13/national-crisis-a-rousing-motivational-film-for-all-britons/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/the-day-today-25-years.jpgThe Day Today 25 yearsThe news has turned silver, Chris: Front, Iannucci, Mackichan, Baynham, Marber, Coogan, Morris, Schneider in their cupshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screenshot-2019-02-13-at-14.36.42.pngScreenshot 2019-02-13 at 14.36.42Cheer up, no one's died! Yethttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/screenshot-2019-02-13-at-14.18.14.pngScreenshot 2019-02-13 at 14.18.14The brotherhood of flags2019-02-14T09:16:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2019/01/21/tell-me-now-how-do-i-feel/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cute-kittens.jpgcute kittensAwwwwwhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/screenshot-2019-01-21-at-14.06.07.pngscreenshot 2019-01-21 at 14.06.07ONS / Bank of England on Brexit outcomeshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/screenshot-2019-01-21-at-15.32.53.pngscreenshot 2019-01-21 at 15.32.53Marketing Week, Depresso Mondayhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/blue-monday.jpgblue mondayBlue Mondayhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/new-order.jpgnew orderNew Orderhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/screenshot-2019-01-21-at-14.45.26.pngscreenshot 2019-01-21 at 14.45.262019-01-21T15:56:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2019/01/02/2019-sunlit-lowlands/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Mike-Reid-runaround.jpegMike Reid runaroundG-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-go ... Today's MPs as 80s children took part in intensive training for the parliamentary aftermath of the meaningful vote, under the watchful tutelage of Mike Reid. In the tv show 'Runaround', the kids were given 5 seconds to change their minds after getting it wrong the first time. Here, we see Reid taunting imprisoned future members of the European Research Group whom he had lured onto the show. https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PortstewartPicOfMonth.jpgPortstewartPicOfMonth2019-01-02T14:32:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2018/07/05/government-divided-and-confused-so-is-public-but-business-means-business/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/johnson1-e1530787330724.jpegJohnsonA hard hat isn't enough, palhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/johnson-e1530786609539.jpegJohnsonYou'll need the hard hat, the ten tonne weight of British business is about to drop on your headhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/screen-shot-2018-07-05-at-11-16-04-e1530786008230.pngScreen Shot 2018-07-05 at 11.16.04https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/screen-shot-2018-07-05-at-11-05-06.pngScreen Shot 2018-07-05 at 11.05.06https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sir-lancelot.jpgSir LancelotThe good sir knight takes no prisoners2018-07-05T11:03:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2018/07/03/the-worst-of-the-brexit-machinations-lie-ahead-we-havent-got-to-immigration-yet/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/union-jack-on-head.jpgunion jack on headThe old ways are the besthttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/piggy-back.jpgpiggy backIt's been a fun ride for the Brexiteers, but Theresa May is getting sweaty now inside the clown outfithttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/brexit-bus-tight-corner.jpgBrexit bus tight cornerThey re-sprayed the Brexit bus but it got stuck during its triumphant tour of unemployment hotspotshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/vaderrama.jpegCarlos ValderramaValderrama: he was the future oncehttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sealford-mods.jpgSealford Modshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/screen-shot-2018-07-03-at-11-53-16.pngScreen Shot 2018-07-03 at 11.53.162018-07-04T13:52:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2018/03/11/from-sappho-to-suffrage-women-who-dared-and-the-women-standing-up-in-2018/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-11-at-12-22-24-e1520771203388.pngScreen Shot 2018-03-11 at 12.22.24Women in the Humanities' Suffrage Wall, 2018: just some of the Ds ... Warning: you may be embarrassingly moved by it, so bring some dark glasses and a hat if reading on the train.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_1460.jpgIMG_1460Prof. Senia Paseta at the Suffrage Wallhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/suffragetto-high-res.jpgSuffragetto high resSuffragetto: the Albert Hall or the clink for our intrepid female democracy campaigners? Hiding £100 notes you hid under your knee while your brother was getting some Kia Ora won't help on this one. 2018-03-12T09:45:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2018/01/02/happy-new-year-from-shore/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/screen-shot-2018-01-02-at-12-38-00.pngScreen Shot 2018-01-02 at 12.38.00https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/screen-shot-2018-01-02-at-12-24-041.pngScreen Shot 2018-01-02 at 12.24.04https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/screen-shot-2018-01-02-at-12-24-04.pngScreen Shot 2018-01-02 at 12.24.042018-01-02T16:19:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2017/11/02/how-to-reform-capitalism/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/maslow-wifi.pngmaslow wifiMaslow's hierarchy of needs these dayshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/financial-crash.jpgfinancial crashI can't treat myself to a new sofa now, so I'll have to come at solving this "feeling deeply ill at ease with life" thing from a different angle ...https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/morrissey-how-soon-is-now.jpgVice-chair of Greater Manchester Chambre of Commerce, 1983https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/how-to-reform-capitalism.jpgHow to reform capitalism2017-11-03T09:51:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2017/09/21/more-patience-less-blasting/2017-09-21T15:44:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2016/10/18/not-keeping-up-the-clues-to-brexit-lost-in-the-mists-of-the-noughties/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dudley-v-stephens.jpgdudley-v-stephensDudley v Stephens - the case known to all law students as "the one where they ate the cabin boy". Sadly for them, the case established that "necessity" is no defence ... https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/neil-from-the-young-ones.jpgneil-from-the-young-oneshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ifs-budget-analysis-graph.jpgifs-budget-analysis-graphFrom IFS, quoted in The Independent, March 2016. The pain of recovering from the Crash has been felt much more by the less well-off and more of the same is - or was - planned. https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/john-harris.jpgjohn-harrisNot sure about this new career as a serious journalist. You didn't have to read all these books back in the Good Mixer days ...https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sink-or-swim.jpgsink-or-swimSink Or Swim - why does no one remember that sitcom? You know, the one with Peter Davidson, his brother cadging off him and his right-on vegetarian girlfriend? That was at the peak of Davidsonmania.2016-11-22T13:12:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2016/11/03/the-5-hour-rule-keep-learning-the-benjamin-franklin-way/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ben-f-quote-2.jpgben-f-quote-2I thought you said an investment in knowledge pays the best interest, Ben? Rip-off merchant more like.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ben-f-quote.jpgben-f-quote... though I hear NatWest are doing a decent share ISA2016-11-08T10:21:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2016/10/27/johnny-mnemonics-east-and-mindspace/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/johnny_mnemonic_ver1.jpgjohnny_mnemonic_ver1Forgettable2016-11-01T12:24:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2016/10/27/petrels-flailing-tomb/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/petrels_flailingtomb-300x3001.jpgPetrels_FlailingTomb-300x300https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/petrels_flailingtomb-300x300.jpgFeatured Image -- 24752016-10-27T17:26:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2016/10/13/matthew-taylor-on-the-importance-to-society-of-empathic-capacity/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hamster-wheel.jpghamster-wheelI didn't mean literallyhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/zeds-dead-baby.jpgzeds-dead-babyI do hope nothttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wrong-target.jpgwrong-targetThis guy will not lead you to the sunny uplands. Commonwealth bronze though.2016-10-17T08:47:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2016/10/12/what-kind-of-brexit-its-all-of-us-now-not-just-the-52-per-cent/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/vote.jpgvoteWe're all still here ...https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/choix.jpgchoixDépêchons-Nous https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/colour-queue.jpgcolour-queue"As long as they join the queue, remove all distinguishing features and douse themselves in the Dulux children's range, I've got nothing against them ..."https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/britons-abroad.jpgbritons-abroadOne reason we aren't so against people moving countrieshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/vinnie-jones.jpgvinnie-jonesVinnie Jones playing for AFC Brexit here, man-to-man marking President of European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, here dressed in his novelty Paul Gascoigne costume.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/pea-souper.jpgpea-souperIt's a real pea-souper, this onehttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/brexit.jpgbrexitWhere are we going? Please not further north ...https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cameron-brexit.jpgcameron-brexitBryan Ferry has got divorced twicehttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/britain-votes-brexit.jpgbritain-votes-brexitNow you're asking ...https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/what-price-a-free-trade-deal-01.pngwhat-price-a-free-trade-deal-012016-10-14T18:37:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/02/09/capello-single-minded-success-social-awareness-failure/2016-10-13T13:34:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2016/03/21/machine-learning-1-01/2016-10-11T08:55:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2016/09/08/brexit-brands-catching-up-with-the-left-behind/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/martin-lewis.jpgmartin-lewisLook at all the money Martin Lewis has made. He possibly should have made it in smaller, more portable denominations. How's he going to buy a packet of cheese 'n' onion with that?https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/birdseye.jpgbirdseyeBirdseye: not a man to be ignored. No more EU quotas for him. His parrot though is still advocating an Australian-style points system for fish fingers. That ship has sailed, move on Pollyhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/airbnb.pngairbnbLiving in someone else's house trying not to mess it up does not relax me but it takes all sorts. It's new, innit. Kind of. Represents the new economy anyway. I'm a curmudgeon about all this cutting out the middle man stuff tbh. I like middle men.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/the-new-european.jpgThe New EuropeanIf anyone can do it, Branson can2016-09-09T10:22:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2016/03/08/julia-holter-lucidity-by-the-shore/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bernie-clifton.jpgBernie CliftonClifton: brutally competitive as a runner and a trombonisthttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/losing-my-edge.pngLosing My EdgeLosing My Edge. The heartbreaking thing listening to that brilliant and genuinely funny LCD Soundsystem track is: AT LEAST HE USED TO HAVE SOME EDGE2016-06-20T08:44:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2016/05/31/harry-frankfurt-on-bullshit-with-thx-to-martin-weigls-blog/2016-05-31T15:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2016/05/18/growth-mindset-praising-process-not-intelligence/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/growth-v-fixed.jpgGrowth-v-FixedThis is going to end in a fight. Growth Mindset would be well advised to leg it before Fixed Mindset lamps him. He's well hard and a bit mental.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/fatboy-slim.jpgFatboy SlimFatboy Slim was onto this 20 years ago. As was this fat boy. 2016-05-31T15:45:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2016/05/19/gender-pay-gap-still-holding-britain-back/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/millie-tant.jpgMillie TantMillie Tant may just have had a point on this onehttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/women_like_men_onl_3010598b.jpgwomen_like_men_onl_3010598bhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bbc-foi-survey-on-gender-pay-gap.gifBBC FOI survey on gender pay gaphttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1276_gender-pay-gap-uk_2015.png1276_Gender-Pay-Gap-UK_2015Man, I Feel Like A (Badly Underpaid) Woman2016-05-19T10:45:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2016/03/11/top-qual-tips-1-the-generation-vs-illustration-dichotomy/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/remove-shackles.jpgremove shacklesRemoving the creative shackles: focussing on illustration for what it is can free you up as a communicator and transform the qual piece. It's not as scary as it seems ... https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/film-set.jpgfilm setThere's room for some production values at this stagehttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fear-and-loathing.jpgFear and loathingThe drawings are better when the book's been written first. I say "written" - this is from 'Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas', so I use the term looselyhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/top-tips.jpgtop tipsInspired by the best2016-10-12T11:03:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2015/04/30/queer-as-false-memory-syndrome/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/adidas.jpgadidasOriginal is best - back to basicshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gaa.jpgGAAGaelic football: a very Victorian invention. Though hurling is genuinely a very old sport.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/english-year.jpgEnglish YearIf you want to know about the Coconut Dancers of Backup in Lancashire, you need a copyhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/grant-shapps.jpgGrant ShappsThe Bard himself: under a pseudonym, Shapps wrote all of Shakespeare's plays and pipped Jeffrey Archer to 100m gold at the London Olympics. And found time for pint and a game of bingo. A colossus.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/windy-miller.jpgWindy MillerWindy Miller - too much cider again. At least he didn't pass out this time.2016-03-04T17:39:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2016/03/04/drive-to-swindon-and-find-inner-peace/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/aguero.jpgAgueroA Pyrrhic victory ... O Aguero, where is thy sting? A drive to Wales in a second-hand Toyota eclipsed your vainglory.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cocoon.jpgcocoonCocoon: transformative miracles of nature; pretty disgusting to look at. Much like the inside of my car.2016-03-04T17:32:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2015/07/07/knocked-non-conscious-joanna-chrzanowskas-aqr-webinar/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kenrick-and-griskevicius.jpgkenrick and griskeviciusKenrick and Griskevicius. Got to love a Lithuanian name, they often have the ring of a Roman provincial prefect about them. Kenrick though: less interestinghttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/green-book-blog-on-thinking-fast-and-slow.jpgGreen Book Blog on Thinking-Fast-and-SlowThinking Fast And Slow. Thanks to The Green Book Blog for thishttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/girlfriend-in-a-coma.jpgGirlfriend In A ComaI know, I know, it's really serious2015-07-18T11:47:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/02/01/empathy-outrospection-and-qual-an-rsa-animate/2015-05-22T10:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2015/04/23/blame-and-its-illusions-an-rsa-short-by-brene-brown/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/soul-provider.jpgSoul ProviderSometimes there is an inverse proportionality between album sales and quality. Exhibit No1: the execrable "Soul Provider" by master long-hair-at-the-back exponent Bolton. See how I took the cold, raw data of album sales there and injected some soul into it? 2015-04-23T17:52:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2015/04/20/another-great-election-tool-and-its-not-a-politician/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ugly-dog-competition.jpgugly dog competitionLast year, the mutts of Billy Idol and Cristiano Ronaldo fought it out for best in show2015-04-20T14:56:53+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2015/04/13/not-sure-who-to-vote-for-on-7th-may-try-this/2015-04-13T14:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2015/02/05/coppolas-the-conversation-the-moral-ambiguities-of-professional-listening/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hackman-with-sax.jpgHackman with saxI always find a Courtney Pine number a great consolation when I've torn my apartment to bits looking for bugging deviceshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/listener-tin-cans.jpgListener tin cansAudio technology has moved on since 1974 ... here, the new Olympus digirecorder being put through its paceshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/conversation.jpgconversation2015-03-01T09:54:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/01/12/boiling-it-down-should-make-you-sweat/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fifty-dead-men-walking.jpgFifty Dead Men WalkingHistory summary aside, not actually one of the worst Troubles films. For that try Brad Pitt in A Prayer For the Dying. The Hunger's pretty dumb too. https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/taking-the-piss.jpgTaking the PissWhat happens when you ask an academic to write a potted historyhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/diane-abbott-tweet.jpgDiane Abbott tweet"Taken out of context" - a summary of a summary of a summary2015-02-05T16:29:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2014/01/29/music-to-my-ears-motley-crue-to-stop/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/motley-crue.jpgMotley CrueOh I am so shocked (yawns)2015-02-03T15:56:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2015/01/28/to-be-thus-is-nothing-but-to-be-safely-thus-the-link-between-wellbeing-and-gdp-isnt-simple/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wimpy-recovery.jpgwimpy recoveryNot much to show for 6 years in the gymhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lagging-behind.jpglagging behindLagging behind. Lance Armstrong stopped at nothing to nobble his opponents.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/iain-dowie.jpgIain DowieIain Dowie: wordsmithhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/macbeth.jpgMacbethMacbeth yesterday2015-02-03T15:42:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2015/01/05/a-new-year-an-old-resolution-saying-no-to-crap/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/not-funny.jpgnot funny2015-01-05T07:19:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/06/09/stewart-lees-anti-marketing-a-funny-naomi-klein/2015-01-02T17:24:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/03/29/stewart-lee-on-british-identities-hes-scotch-honest/2015-01-02T17:14:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2014/11/03/signs-of-life-the-relevance-of-semiotics/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/viz-jigsaw.jpgviz jigsawPiecing it all togetherhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/martina-olbertova.pngmartina-olbertovaMartina Olbertova using semiotics to suggest she's younger than she really ishttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/semiotics.jpgsemioticsIt went thattawayhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/street-signs.jpgstreet signsNo wonder I keep crashing the carhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/supermarket-shelves.jpgsupermarket shelvesGive me a sign, any sign ...2014-12-09T11:25:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2014/11/05/susan-greenfield-at-the-rsa-on-mind-change/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/thinking-space.jpgthinking spaceWe are living in a 21st Century remake of Hitchcock's 'The Birds'https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/torben-friis-from-borgen-bad-car.jpgTorben Friis from Borgen bad carThe future of technology: Torben Friis from Borgen being attacked by his own drawing of a toy car. Can we stand by and let this happen?https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/buddha-in-brain.jpgbuddha in brainWhat your brain looks like after a night reading Hermann Hesse's 'Siddartha'2014-11-07T09:22:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2014/10/09/no-cuts-on-bagels-when-you-get-it-wrong-you-gotta-change/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/occupy1.jpgOccupyWe must listen to the people ...https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/occupy.jpgOccupyhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bagel.jpgbagel"This might look like an embarrassing reversal but the main point is, we listened to YOU. Just don't tell us to slice again or we'll hit you." 2015-01-08T14:46:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2014/07/06/a-light-buzz-year-to-infographics-and-beyond/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/brain-pickings-graphic.jpgBrain pickings graphicBrain Pickings: the doors of perception without the acid flashbacks2014-07-24T09:35:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2014/07/05/the-ship-is-loaded-now-a-voyage-into-the-future-of-qual/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/manin-squiggles.jpgmanin squigglesWhat clients don't see - we have to write everything we're thinking out in the air first. Bloody difficult skill, I can tell youhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/personal-space.jpgpersonal spaceGive us some space to do our thing. We're better at it than you.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/swimming-against-the-tide.jpgswimming against the tideHave you guys never heard of swimming against the tide?https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/carnlough.jpgCarnloughBusy at the Shorehttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lerwick.jpgLerwickLoading up by the shore2014-07-06T12:41:18+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2014/06/12/the-world-cup-of-everything-else/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/brazil-fan.jpgbrazil fanMate, it's 2014. And I'm afraid not only did Brazil not win it in 2010, but they actually didn't win it in 1998 either. Lesson" don't rely on Wikipedia. Oh and the Ronaldo impression needs work too.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/zadar-sea-organ.jpgZadar sea organStories From the City, Stories From The Sea: the Sea Organ, in Zadar, Croatia. Will in roar in an unlikely Corluka screamer?2014-06-12T14:57:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2014/04/17/knowledge-frameworks-in-qual-jon-chandlers-seven-pillars-of-wisdom-imjr-555/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/kf1.jpgKF1https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/shutterstock_123917302.jpgshutterstock_1239173022014-04-17T10:01:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2014/03/22/breaking-bad-self-actualisation-as-an-anti-social-addiction/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/swearengen-2.jpgSwearengen 2"You can call me Al, (you c***)." King of the Wild Frontier and urinator-into-pots extraordinairehttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/springsteen.jpgSpringsteenSomewhere along the borderhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tuco-celebrating.jpgTuco celebrating"My compliments to the chef: that was tight, tight, tight."https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cranston-as-seinfeld-dentist.jpgCranston as Seinfeld dentistAfter a brush with a young Bryan Cranston, Jerry Seinfeld became hopelessly addicted to dentistryhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gus-fring-smiling.jpgGus Fring SmilingIt has been pointed out that the only black character in the series cooks fried chicken and sells drugs: but on the other hand, Gus Fring is the show's most intriguing characterhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mike-ehrmantraut.jpgMike EhrmantrautGo for experience every timehttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bricking-bad.jpgBricking badBricking Bad - lab-based fun for all the family2014-03-28T14:40:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2014/03/27/organising-chaos-what-co-creation-workshops-can-do/2014-03-27T12:05:24+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2014/03/25/which-party-will-calm-persistence-favour/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/election-map.jpg???????????????????????How we voted in 2010. My analysis: Wales definitely has the prettiest colour combohttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/keep-calm.jpgKeep CalmThere's nothing more British than Just getting on with it2014-03-25T11:38:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2014/02/12/whatever-people-say-i-am-thats-what-im-not/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/william-of-orange.jpgWilliam of OrangeEven Mark E Smith dolled up in the 80s. Well, the 1680s. And it's Will-yam of Or-aanj2014-02-16T14:13:56+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2014/01/12/have-you-done-the-triangular-ironing-yet/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/changed-priorities-ahead.jpgChanged Priorities AheadYou can do a few things well, or lots of things not so well. Burkeman urges us to just be straight with ourselves about what is most important to us and go for ithttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/iron-triangle.jpgiron triangleThe iron triangle, as seen by Minnesota Fatshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/conan-obrien-quote-on-delusion.jpgConan O'Brien quote on delusionConan O'Brien has a visionhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/man-baby-laptop.jpgMan baby laptopYou can have a baby in one arm, a full bowl of cereal or a laptop. Choose two. Then lose the tie.2014-01-12T22:09:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/12/17/dead-and-not-dead-lou-reed-and-john-cooper-clarke/2013-12-18T16:49:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/09/08/ancestry-taboos-eroded-by-science/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dna-ancestry.jpgDNA ancestryDNA, from Wired Magazine (so probably belonging to some design dude in Frisco)2013-11-21T20:11:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/11/20/from-the-archives-gods-gift-to-british-advertising/2013-11-20T10:38:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/10/28/what-we-can-learn-from-carl-rogers-annoying-someone-in-the-1960s/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/unfinishable.jpgUnfinishableDon't get me started ...https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/carl-rogers.jpgcarl rogersCarl Rogershttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/kramer-as-a-turkey.jpgKramer as a turkeyApply butter certainly but do not grill. And keep away from Newman at all costs.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/roy-langmaid.jpgRoy LangmaidRoy Langmaid - did he play 'Perfect Day' to plant a subliminal message? It kind of worked2013-10-29T11:44:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/09/06/systems-1-and-2-an-accessible-summary-by-tns/2013-09-06T13:40:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/09/05/innovation-that-actually-helps-people-a-radical-rethink-of-working-gloves/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/snickers-gloves.jpgSnickers glovesRethinking a category: "odd" gloves2013-09-07T09:36:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/09/02/too-much-choice/2013-09-02T09:50:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/07/03/factoid-of-the-day-qual-is-worth-6-37billion-a-year/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cash-eyebrow.jpgcash eyebrowRaises an eyebrow ...2013-07-03T10:42:15+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/06/21/bitter-sweet-at-the-summer-solstice/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pagan-with-child.jpgpagan with childhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/druids.jpgdruids2013-06-21T16:23:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/06/14/stickk-odysseus-on-that-mast-again/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/stickk.jpgstickKHarnessing the power of embarrassment. Not wanting to look like a tw*t is a powerful thing (and very hard to achieve)2013-06-14T13:13:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/04/04/running-out-of-cass/2013-04-04T10:26:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/04/03/different-class/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/different-class.jpgDifferent ClassGetting everyone into the picture2013-04-03T20:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/01/21/a-place-where-demographics-are-politics/2013-03-27T09:42:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/03/22/a-dickensian-present/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ifs-effects-of-tax-and-benefit-changes.jpgIFS effects of tax and benefit changesIFS effects of tax and benefit changes 2010-16 (from BBC News)https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/little-nell.jpgLittle NellTheatre Alibi's 'Curiosity Shop'2013-03-27T09:28:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/02/22/scarfolk-beautiful-and-very-funny-images-of-a-bewitched-70s-middle-england-dystopia/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/scarfolk-circle-of-life.jpgScarfolk: useful information for Scarfolkians on the Circle of LifeUseful information for Scarfolkians on the Circle of Life2013-02-22T11:30:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/02/11/start-the-week-on-big-data/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/globe-big-data.jpgglobe big dataOK, so big data's not actually that big, to be fair. I'd say it's probably about the size of Wolverhampton.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/economist-big-data.jpgeconomist big dataNo way to make sense of data, I'd suggest, especially on a wet February dayhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tiffany-jenkins.jpgTiffany JenkinsTiffany Jenkins: some welcome sociological sense2013-03-06T14:10:15+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/02/08/black-mirror-trailer-trash/2013-02-08T13:55:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/01/28/tips-from-an-even-better-writer-than-joey-barton/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/george-orwell.jpggeorge orwellIf you're thinking of a summer job washing dishes in the City of Lights, this'll put you offhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/orwell-joey-barton.jpgOrwell Joey BartonOf course former QPR star Joey Barton is the true inheritor of Orwell's mantle 2013-01-28T10:02:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/01/22/mind-the-gap-between-the-audience-and-the-brand/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/video-ads-tube.jpgvideo ads TubeMy commute into work used to take 150 yearshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/tube-signs.jpgTube signs2013-01-22T11:18:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/01/01/culture-on-radio-4-and-cultural-straightjackets-in-northern-ireland/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ni-2001.jpgNI 2001Distribution of majority Protestant (orange) and majority Catholic areas in Northern Ireland, 2001.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/650px-nilt_nirelnd2.png650px-NILT_NIRELND22013-01-21T12:21:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2013/01/20/incentives-research-participants-and-the-big-society/2013-01-21T14:31:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/12/06/a-reading-list-for-the-man-who-has-everything-but-has-a-grating-feeling-he-doesnt/2012-12-06T11:56:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/11/08/kahneman-in-conversation-with-evan-davies-and-prof-paul-dolan/2012-11-09T16:43:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/10/25/how-we-took-control-over-our-stiff-upper-lips/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/peter-cook.jpgpeter cookPeter Cook - bona fide comic geniushttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/belfast-street1.jpgBelfast streetA scene in the subduing of the terrorists. It was this kind of plodding normality that did for them (though the police and army did help quite a lot too). https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/u2-happy1.jpgU2 happyNot the way to impress miserablist UK indie kidshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/arctic-monkeys1.jpgArctic MonkeysIt takes stiff upper lip to be a British indie star. Here the Arctic Monkeys return triumphant from victory at the Siege of Mafeking (wasn't that W Churchill - wrong pic? - Ed)https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/multiple-personalities1.jpgmultiple personalitiesThis guy's printed out four of his "game faces" to show us. The thing, he looks like a tw*t in every one of them.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/multiple-personalities.jpgmultiple personalitiesThis guy's got at least four of his public faces printed out - problem is, every one of them looks like a tw*thttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/belfast-street.jpgBelfast streetA scene in the defeat of the terrorists in Northern Ireland. The determination of most of us to live plodding, boring but reasonably long lives ultimately smothered the excitable bomby types. With a bit of help from the police and army admittedly. https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/u2-happy.jpgU2 happyNot the way to the hearts of miserable British indie music enthusiastshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/arctic-monkeys.jpgArctic MonkeysIt takes stiff upper lip to be a British indie star. Here the Arctic Monkeys return triumphant from victory at the Siege of Mafeking (wasn't that W Churchill - wrong pic? - Ed)https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/god-is-dead.jpgGod Is DeadStrange phrase for an atheist to use, as surely He would have to be alive first? But you get the point.2012-10-26T09:28:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/09/17/speaking-up-for-introverts/2012-09-26T20:15:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/09/07/hilary-deveys-women-at-the-top/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/people-in-boxes.jpgpeople in boxesIt's uncomfortable to be pigeonholed. This is what happened when they put Alan Sugar in charge of Celebrity Squares.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/gender-rivalry.jpggender rivalryEven a pair of tiny red trousers can be the subject of a bitter battle of the sexeshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/hilary-devey.jpgHilary DeveyHilary Devey at home in the Palace of Diocletian (the one off the A34 past PC World)2012-09-11T08:31:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/08/13/the-olympics-a-holiday-romance-or-true-love/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pietersen-olympics1.jpgPietersen OlympicsOne of our equestrian Olympians about to do some dressage on Kevin Pietersen's back as he contemplates Vodafone's new texting tariffs; Our Jessica and Our Laura celebrate serenely. (Pic courtesy of Daily Telegraph)https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pietersen-olympics.jpgPietersen OlympicsOne of our equestrian Olympians about to do dressage on Kevin Pietersen's back, as Our Jessica and Our Laura celebrate serenely (pic courtesy of Daily Telegraph)https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/rooney-and-ennis.jpgRooney and Ennishttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mo-farah1.jpgMo FarahRussell Brand brandishing his medals, which he made using left-over lamé from his ex-wife's bikinis. OK, so it's a stretch, but there's a definite likeness ...https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mo-farah.jpgMo FarahSurprise Olympic star Russell Brand https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tower-bridge-olympic.jpgTower Bridge olympicOlympic Londonhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mr-burns.jpgMr BurnsIn safe hands2012-09-08T10:30:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/07/31/proust-wasnt-a-neuroscientist-another-icarus-falls/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/thoreau.jpgThoreauIf you're a writer getting lost in the woods, try to do it deliberatelyhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bob-dylan.jpgBob DylanJonah Lehrer yesterday2012-07-31T11:19:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/07/26/the-happiness-objective-the-ons-reports-on-british-well-being/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/not-happy.jpgNot happyYou can't be happy all the time: here, former chart topper Badly Drawn Boy has a bit of a temperature. https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/measuring-child1.jpgmeasuring childThere's a time and a place for measuring things; the trick is to know not to indulge in Victorian cranial measurement quackery when you're a nursery teacherhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/measuring-child.jpgmeasuring child2012-07-26T15:58:18+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/07/21/hang-on-to-your-ego-nicholas-carrs-the-shallows/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/slow.jpgSlowTurning the world upside down, then stopping it to get off: the Slow Movement strikes a chord, even if it doesn't offer a coherent programmehttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/external-hard-drive.jpgExternal hard driveDon't try this on humans, it doesn't workhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kraftwerk-man-machine.jpgKraftwerk Man MachineMan Machine: Kraftwerk replaced by Lego Mini-Figures for added emotion 2012-07-23T10:43:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/07/09/young-guns-go-for-it/2012-07-09T14:55:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/06/21/longitudinal-qual-triangulating-with-a-spiral-staircase/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/kevin-mccloud.jpgKevin McCloudKevin McCloud: now don't confuse things I was just getting my head around the spiral triangle thing. https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/spiral-staircase.jpgspiral staircaseMoving up by going round in circles 2012-06-21T10:28:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/06/19/round-britain-biz-coming-at-you-by-car-train-or-sinclair-c5-this-summer/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/this-glorious-land.jpgThis Glorious LandLet England Shake (under the wheels of my Toyota Prius en route to a depth interview in Wakefield). https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/country-road.jpgcountry road"Country road, take me home, to the place I don't quite belong but sort of do in a funny way at the same time ..." (This is why qual researchers don't become pop lyricists)2012-06-20T09:14:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/05/28/steering-the-elephant-in-the-room-not-just-nudging-it/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/python-nudge-nudge.jpgPython nudge nudgeSay no more ...https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/nudge-yellow-elephant.jpgNudge yellow elephantNudge. What is it with behavioural scientists and pachyderms?https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/homer-simpson-brain.jpgHomer Simpson brainScientists have used the "brain" of an unidentified Springfield man to locate the neural centres for donut and chili-dog-related pleasure. https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/elephant.jpgelephantIf you've seen one stupa, you've seen them all ... Starting to regret quitting my job for that logging company. What's she doing with an umbrella on my back anyway? It's neither raining nor particularly sunny. Still, if this metaphor helps humans work out their own brains, I suppose I can live with it. 2012-05-30T11:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/05/29/olympics-2012-good-time-for-fieldwork-outside-south-east/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/uk-map-population-density.jpgUK map population densityFrom Daily Telegraph: UK map as adjusted to reflect relative populations by region. https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/london-2012-logo.jpgLondon 2012 logoAdmit it, naysayers, the logo's growing on you2012-05-30T10:55:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/04/30/on-creative-research-and-creative-decision-making/2012-05-02T09:00:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/04/27/more-brooks-ted-talk-on-reasons-to-be-cheerful-about-the-revolution/2012-04-30T16:30:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/04/26/an-insight-on-qual-analysis-from-david-brookss-the-social-animal/2012-06-29T15:15:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/04/24/a-nice-throw-back-ads-that-are-actually-funny/2012-04-24T13:30:56+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/04/02/fuel-panic-when-laissez-faire-crisis-management-met-the-rational-herd/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/thora-hird.jpgThora HirdThora Hird - an expert on herds. Here she is drinking the last drops of Super Unleaded from the BP garage at Beaconsfield Serviceshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sheep-under-eiffel-tower.jpgsheep under eiffel tower"I don't know about you, Flossy, but it all feels just a bit regimented. I like the flock as much as the next sheep, but to be quite honest, I didn't even want to come to France ..."https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/fuel-panic.jpgfuel panicWhat the government minister thinks he's communicating: "There probably won't be a fuel shortage, there's no need for panic buying. It would be sensible to take precautions such as filling up a jerry can and storing in your garage." The message he's actually putting across: "Blah blah blah blah FUEL SHORTAGE blah blah blah PANIC BUYING blah blah TAKE PRECAUTIONS blah blah JERRY CANS, WTF? blah blah blah EVERYONE SURELY HAS A GARAGE." 2012-05-02T08:33:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/03/29/an-evening-in-a-and-e-a-stitch-in-space-time/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/eypd.jpgEYPDhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hospital-waiting-room.jpghospital waiting roomLife is a waiting room. Luckily, not this one.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/waiting-for-godot.jpgWaiting for GodotThis is what my Monday night was like, only with even fewer words exchanged2012-04-01T23:32:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/04/01/sign-on-of-the-tynes/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/newcastle-fans.jpgNewcastle fans2012-04-01T14:23:12+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/03/20/new-improved-shore-website-is-coming-soon/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/final-highres-design-clean-colour.jpgFinal highres design clean colour2012-03-20T10:58:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/03/14/knocked-unconscious/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/iceberg.jpgicebergIt's not just the captain of the Titanic who missed the big bit underneath2012-03-17T13:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/03/13/amelias-miracle-getting-treatment-for-a-3-year-old-with-a-brain-tumour/2012-03-13T09:45:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/03/09/white-light-white-heat-and/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fork-in-the-road.jpgfork in the roadA fork in the roadhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/white-heat1.jpgWhite HeatLooking forward to this bit. Please tell me his jailers are twisted and brutal.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/white-heat.jpgWhite Heat"I know what you're thinking: this hooped top makes me look like I'm in Alfie or Georgie Girl or something." "Oh ... I was thinking your Mum must have just been to Venice." https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/nick-nolte.jpgNick NolteThis is me now; and in 20 years' time. Only with more hair. Oh to be Nick Nolte.2012-03-12T10:30:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/02/27/oscar-for-best-live-action-short-film-goes-to-the-shore/2012-02-27T16:59:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/02/17/motivating-performance-dan-pink-and-some-thoughts-on-bonus-culture/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/abolish-money.jpgabolish moneyNow, there's no need to get carried away ...https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/miners.jpgMinersDid it all myself. These other guys? Never seen them before in my life.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/city-bankers.jpgcity bankersSome top financial experts, celebrating the release of a new Huey Lewis and the News album2012-02-21T12:11:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/02/16/katy-brand-john-gray-and-the-folly-of-pinning-all-our-hopes-on-science/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/lear-and-fool.jpgLear and FoolLear comforts the Fool: "There, there, now you're in the RSC I promise you'll never have to do street theatre outside the Musee d'Orsay again."https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/katy-brand.jpgKaty BrandKaty Brand, standing up for her theology degree. And despite this picture, she isn't Katie Perry after she married Russell Brand, btwhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/steve-jones.jpgSteve JonesBiologist Steve Jones: smarter than the one in the Sex Pistols, but he's only humanhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/john-gray.jpgJohn GrayJohn Gray - successful as a philosopher, unsuccessful as an iron railing2012-02-16T16:14:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2012/02/03/public-image-limited-and-metrosexuals-kindly-uncles/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/gagged.jpggaggedWe didn't gag the participants obviously. Nor me. In fact I'm not sure why I have a picture of this poor bugger here. Oh yes, it was to say there were no words. Ironic, in an Alanis Moissette kind of way. https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/silverback-chilled-out.jpgSilverback chilled out"When you're a silverback, it's important to look after yourself. Have you tried the crudités ...?"https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/metrosexual-arm-wrestle.jpgMetrosexual arm wrestleA metrosexual arm wrestle. Wouldn't bet on either of them against Geoff Capes.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/abstract-floral-circles1.jpgabstract floral circlesI know I could talk for literally weeks about this image but only by veering off into the Olympics, the hall carpet in my old house, North Sea oil and the fin de siecle Paris of Toulouse Lautrec. Thanks to colleterie.com for the image.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/abstract-floral-circles.jpgabstract floral circlesI know I could talk about this for an hour though I might start veering off about the Olympics, the hall carpet in my old house, North Sea oil and Toulouse Lautrec.2012-02-09T17:30:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/12/24/happy-christmas-from-shore/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/portstewart-snow.jpgPortstewart snowPortstewart Strand in high summer. My aversion to swimming started here.2011-12-24T15:38:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/12/16/a-creative-opener-for-discussion-groups/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/top-tips.jpgTop TipsViz: another place with useful information for today's Briton. Though I have to admit I haven't read it in years.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rorschach.jpgRorschach"So this take me back to my great love of zebras and the time I went to jail for assaulting a clinical psychologist"2012-01-16T13:49:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/12/09/how-not-to-party-the-bizarre-ending-to-last-nights-andrew-neil-show/2011-12-12T23:45:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/12/06/some-laughs-for-my-birthday-mitt-romney-by-bad-lip-reading/2011-12-06T12:46:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/12/05/how-you-can-visualise-data-with-an-mit-research-budget-wow/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bored-bloke.jpgbored blokeYou could probably trace his movements around the house using 19th Century photographic methodshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/frink.jpgFrinkFrink: a brilliant man, pushing the boundaries of science into lunacy2011-12-05T23:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/10/21/the-tyranny-of-the-left-brain-rsa-animate/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bill-murray2.jpgbill murrayThe Life Aquatic: Sailing The High Seas of Truth, Examining Every Portholehttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bill-murray1.jpgbill murrayThe Life Aquatic: Sailing The High Seas of Truth and Looking Into Every Portholehttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bill-murray.jpgbill murray2011-12-05T14:39:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/11/30/britney-spears-harder-to-stalk-than-i-had-imagined/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/karen-o-and-britney-spears.jpgKaren O and Britney SpearsKaren O and Britney Spears in some horrific alternative realityhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/swannell-roy-strong.jpgNPG x134403; Sir Roy Strong: An Elizabethan Reverie by John SwannellSir Roy Strong: An Elizabethan Reverie, by John Swannell, 2010 - NPG - © John Swannell / Camera Press © John Swannell / Camera Presshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/national-portrait-gallery-tony-bevan.jpgNational Portrait Gallery Tony BevanTony Bevan at the National Portrait Gallery. No sign of Britney Spears. I accept I have no evidence.2011-11-30T11:55:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/11/29/the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-is-the-light-of-an-oncoming-train/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tunnel-light-laughing.jpgtunnel light laughingWhile oncoming trains do tend to mow down anything in their path, there are some upsides ...https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/girlfriend-in-a-coma1.jpgGirlfriend in a ComaI know, I know, it's serioushttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/girlfriend-in-a-coma.jpgGirlfriend in a ComaI know, I know, it's serious2011-11-29T15:37:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/11/25/highlight-of-the-week-soviet-era-posters-on-the-dangers-of-alcohol-in-creative-review/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/russians-play-chess-not-drink2.jpgRussians play chess not drinkHow we eradicate drunkenness – Through school, club and village cultural houses to the victory above drunkenness. – Pioneers! Teach your parents not to drink! Teachers! Explain the damages of alcohol to children! Youth! Do sport, and you will not want to drink! Women! Stand up against drunkenness and drunkards! Visit cinema and theater – this is a reasonable pastime. Pass your free time in the club and village cultural house. Play chess – it’s a useful pastime.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/russians-play-chess-not-drink1.jpgRussians play chess not drinkhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/russians-play-chess-not-drink.jpgRussians play chess not drinkhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/russian-anto-booze-ad.jpgRussian anti booze ad"The poison of moonshine kills the health of the workers"2011-11-26T06:48:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/11/22/hewlett-packard-stick-to-plan-a-for-plan-b/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/sophia-loren.jpgSophia LorenSo I can see she's got two apples there ... does that mean she's really got four? Must have been some kind of BOGOF at Sainsbury's fruit and veg aislehttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/morrissey-the-consumer-monkey.jpgMorrissey The Consumer MonkeyMorrissey The Consumer Monkey: Fancy a Second Hand HP Printer Rejected by a Bitter Independent Research Professional?2011-11-23T12:16:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/11/19/an-old-git-remembers-the-last-time-youth-unemployment-was-this-bad/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/reservoir-dogs.jpgReservoir Dogs"Let's go to work", as not that many people said in 1992https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mbv-loveless.jpgMBV LovelessMy Bloody Valentine's 'Loveless' - 1992 wasn't too bad if you filled your head with guitar noise2011-11-19T23:54:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/11/09/everybody-will-be-doing-behavioural-economics-in-qual/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/homo-sapiens-and-neanderthals.jpgHomo sapiens and NeanderthalsA qual researcher faces a big choice. At this stage, she needs to listen to both her automatic and reflective system. And start running.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/aqr-logo.jpgAQR logoThe AQR is leading the way on BEhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/brain-superstructure.jpgbrain superstructureA mind-shaped super-structurehttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/wine-list.jpgwine listChoice architecture: I'll have the second cheapest one pleasehttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/seat-at-the-table.jpgSeat at the tableSpare chair if you want ithttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/indepth-magazine.jpgindepth magazineindepth: beg, borrow and steal it. Not this one, the new one. And don't actally steal it please.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/obama-turnout.jpgObama turnoutSocial norming in action - that clever Obama chap took advice from BE experts2011-11-09T13:05:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/11/04/a-21st-century-one-man-band-does-pixies/2011-11-04T17:41:12+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/11/04/from-behavioural-insights-to-chris-moyles/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/choice-exit.jpgChoice exitNot an ad for your final journey to Switzerland. Though granted, that would be a big call.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/moyles-insert-lager-and-pies-here.jpgMoyles insert lager and pies hereMoyles: inflate by inserting beer and Ginster's slices herehttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/gus-odonnell.jpgGus O'DonnellSir Gus O'Donnell - Le Grand Fromage of the Civil Service and (Plastic) Cockney Red. All round great bloke.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/david-halpern.jpgDavid HalpernDr. David Halpern heads The Behavioural Insight Team at the Cabinet Office. Though he didn't apply much insight to his choice of tie, hmmm2011-11-04T16:40:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/11/01/halloween-night-and-a-haunted-viewing-room/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bela-lugosis-dead.jpgBela Lugosis DeadFor a moderator, the machinations in the viewing room can be scarier than a cemetery in Transylvania2011-11-10T12:40:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/10/25/kahneman-and-the-real-meaning-of-man-utds-6-1-defeat/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/everything-you-know-is-wrong.jpgeverything you know is wrong ... or at least highly suspecthttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/daniel-kahneman.jpgDaniel KahnemanDaniel Kahneman: even he acted like an idiot once. But he learned from it.https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/alan-green.jpgAlan GreenAlan Green: not as wise as Daniel Kahneman2012-03-12T12:13:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/10/21/choice-as-a-barrier-to-change-from-rsa-animate/2011-10-21T15:22:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/10/20/creating-memories-jonah-lehrer-and-faux-monty-python/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/jonah-lehrer3.jpgJonah LehrerLooking pretty Victorian there, Jonah: are you a steampunk?https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/jonah-lehrer2.jpgJonah Lehrerhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/jonah-lehrer1.jpgJonah LehrerLooking pretty Victorian there, Jonah: are you a steampunk?https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/jonah-lehrer.jpgJonah LehrerLooking pretty Victorian, Jonah: are you a Steampunk?2011-10-20T16:08:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/10/17/angelic-upstarts-lynx-turns-boys-into-men/2011-10-17T12:24:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/10/13/the-future-isnt-here-yet-and-it-never-will-be/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tv-advertising.jpgtv advertisingIt may be a rubbish ad but it's on the telly2011-11-10T19:56:04+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/10/05/bert-jansch-let-no-man-steal-his-thyme/2011-10-05T22:12:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/10/05/stop-me-if-you-think-that-youve-heard-this-one-before/2011-10-05T21:31:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/10/05/man-of-aran-a-story-for-our-times/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/man-of-aran.jpgMan of AranHe gets all the credit while she does all the work. Typical Man of Aran.2011-10-04T23:07:12+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/09/19/organ-freeman-thaler-on-nudge/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/richard-thaler.jpgRichard ThalerProf. Richard Thaler: "make it easy for them to do it."2011-09-23T12:08:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/09/14/chairman-of-the-board/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ken-dodd1.jpgken doddKen Dodd: he can look intellectual when wants tohttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ken-dodd.jpgken doddKen Dodd can look intellectual when he wants to2011-09-14T16:28:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/08/29/summer-round-up/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/audi.jpgAudiAudi on fire: this almost happened on our street, but didn't2011-08-30T16:58:18+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/06/28/the-life-of-a-diplomat-awaits/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/aqrmember-logo-420gg.gifaqrmember logo -420gg2011-09-14T15:45:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/06/20/countries-and-the-uk-who-do-we-think-we-are/2011-06-20T11:44:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/06/14/drive-by-shoutings/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/hmhb.jpgHMHBI could have been like Lou Barlow / But I'm more like Ken Barlow2011-06-14T08:56:24+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/06/05/stampede-of-the-social-animals-more-be/2011-06-05T11:10:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/05/25/whats-it-all-for-more-happiness/2011-05-25T14:52:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/05/10/qualitative-research-and-behavioural-economics/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wendy-gordon1.jpgwendy gordonWendy Gordon: embracing behavioural economicshttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wendy-gordon.jpgwendy gordon2011-08-09T12:44:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/05/02/the-royals-back-by-popular-demand-but-not-so-sure-about-charles/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cd-and-wc.jpgC&D and W&CGetting it wrong; getting it right2011-05-02T22:48:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/04/05/lovely-alternative-to-powerpoint/2011-04-27T10:54:35+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/04/05/a-cliquey-global-village/2011-04-27T10:53:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/04/06/consumerism-same-old-values-slower-pace/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/consumer-society-6th-april.jpgconsumer societyCaged beasts that we are2011-04-27T10:52:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/04/20/fairness-is-about-how-happiness-is-distributed/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/les-dawson-gurning2.jpgLes Dawson gurningMiserable purveyor of happiness: Les Dawsonhttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/les-dawson-gurning1.jpgLes Dawson gurninghttps://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/les-dawson-gurning.jpgLes Dawson gurningPurveyor of happiness: Les Dawson2011-04-27T10:51:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/04/22/quals-harder-than-it-looks-no-kidding-girlfriend/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/yin-and-yang.jpgyin and yangThey're big on this in Korea2011-04-27T10:50:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/04/26/keefs-life-how-we-laugh-at-our-icons/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/keith-richards1.jpgKeith RichardsNow, where was I ... No really, where was I?https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/keith-richards.jpgKeith Richards2011-04-29T20:49:56+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/04/27/edgelands-wastelands-and-the-fall/https://shorequalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/shipping-containers.jpgshipping containersBuilding blocks for life2011-04-30T13:02:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/04/18/marketing-budget-optimists/2011-04-22T15:35:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/03/31/tweet-to-woo/2011-04-13T21:03:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/04/01/clock-watching/2011-04-13T21:02:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/04/12/the-return-of-fabio/2011-04-12T14:53:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/03/30/the-north-will-rise-again/2011-04-05T12:55:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/04/01/a-self-defence-class-for-digital-activists/2011-04-01T17:07:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.com/2011/03/29/newmr-are-having-a-webinar-on-ethnography-httpnewmr-orgpageethnography-1/2011-04-01T16:30:04+00:00monthlyhttps://shorequalblog.comdaily1.02020-03-28T15:40:21+00:00