I have been heavily involved in seeing through a probate which by the end of this month will have taken two years and taught me more about Inheritance tax in the UK and US than I ever wanted to know. I have also been trying to read, create new books and look after a friend’s…
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Gossip
I used this word because I was told three lies (small maybe but lies) about a person and the reactions of others to him and about another colleague and what she said about another woman. I call the person out who lied to me and she shared my email to her with others. The result…
Vanity
I was placed in the middle of two angry and arguing colleagues this weekend and one demanded I remove the other from the team. I asked them both for the history of their emails. Bot baulked at the prospect and neither sent them to me. One has now suggested she terminates her work with us,…
People Management
What is it with ego and power plays? from the smallest groups to the largest people think they have such importance they can dictate what all the others have to agree with. You can set a goal you are all supposed to be aiming for and they will compromise it for petty power. Their name…
Cultural Ethics
Recently we encountered a well know retired editor seeking $1000 from an artist to mention them in an article to be published in the New Art Examiner. Needless to say we will not be using him or his work. A New Zealand artist I was talking to in London was not even surprised she said…
I Know A Man
Very difficult in many ways, hypersensitive in his life, achieved more than most in visual arts literature and had a tortuous mind to deal with that ked to several breakdowns. Unable to get on with any of his children he had only a few close relationships with highly intelligent people who could handle his particular…