Author name: David Parkin

I KNOW what you are thinking. It has been ages since Parky put a photo of himself in the blog. Well, at least seven days. There are people who have told me that they need their weekly fix of a Parky pic. And if you don’t believe me then I’ll give you the visiting hours […]

I HAVE to say, I forgot how exhausting working is. Well, I’ve got out of the habit a bit over the last 18 months. After delivering a “live” event for accountancy firm Murray Harcourt at the end of September, last week it was more of a “virtual” event with some “hybrid” elements. Which means that

WHEN the chips are down, I have to admit I wouldn’t know my tufted from my shag pile. Calm down dear, I’m talking about carpets. When I was commissioned to write a feature for the Yorkshire Post’s Saturday Magazine, the subject was a newly launched company making carpets near Halifax. That didn’t sound particularly promising

IF this is normality, I want more of it. Last week I organised and hosted a first “live” event for well over 18 months. When I spoke to Richard Bright, the managing partner of Leeds accountancy and business advisory firm back in April he was keen to bring some inspiring and engaging speakers together as

IF you mistook the character in the photograph above for a superhero, I’m not surprised. Rather than a character from the Marvel films, I think I look more like Robocop. Well, ok, perhaps Robocop meets Bruce Forsyth on The Generation Game. Nice to see you, to see you nice. Good game, good game! (I do

I DON’T know what they put in the chief executive’s tea at Welcome to Yorkshire but they need to change the teabags. It was announced this week that James Mason, the chief executive of the Yorkshire tourism organisation, is leaving after less than two years in the role. He replaced Sir Gary Verity who resigned

AS invitations go, I think I’ve had the best one I’m ever going to get. I know I thought seeing Jimmy Cricket at the Bradford Club couldn’t be topped, but seeing Sir Rod Stewart and Sir Elton John in one weekend must push it pretty close. You may recall that in a blog earlier this

WHEN it comes to seeing showbiz legends, I’m on a bit of a roll. I hope to reveal more in next week’s blog but in the meantime I can exclusively reveal that last Friday evening I saw one of the absolute icons of showbusiness. Yes, Jimmy Cricket. No really, I did. And there’s more. (Did

I DON’T know about you, but it’s been nice to get out and about a bit over the last few weeks. We are definitely not back to normal, but inching closer to it certainly does the world of good to how I feel. In the last couple of weeks I’ve been to the Ebor Festival

YOU will be thinking that the headline above is no surprise. You knew that anyway, you only have to look at what I wear to know that. Well, I can’t don a Michelsberg tailored suit everyday. (I have asked, but he seems to prefer paying customers.) The headline actually refers to my loss of taste