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Yesterday, Friday, Louise and I were across with Carlo and Conor of Twist Creative in Kew, working on the roll-out of our new branding, based on the hummingbird – see below.

After our session, I decided to walk back along the River Thames, as the light faded, the first time I had ever walked that path. It was unbelievably beautiful, like going back in a Tardis to Edwardian times, or similar.

The first three photos above were taken on that walk back to Barnes. The second three were taken today, Saturday, as we retraced much of that route in glorious sunshine. Elaine had been urging me to walk the route for decades, but I had never got around to it. How stupid am I?

Hania sent a link to the most extraordinary free diving film this morning. Watching it reminded me of my sometime semi-lucid dreams – and the time I would listen to Roger Payne’s remarkable whale song albums back in the 1980s, with the girls probably both under 10, sitting in the dark. It was as if the whales were nosing all around us. Extraordinary.

Here is the background:

In the film by Guillaume Néry, “the world champion free diver swims across the world in one breath, or at least creative editing and camera tricks present the illusion of this great feat. One Breath Around the World follows Néry to the spectacular scenes he explores without a snorkel or air tank, like a variety of underwater caves or a pod of clustered whales. The film is shot by his wife Julie Gautier who was also free diving as she filmed Néry throughout France, Finland, Mexico, Japan, the Philippines, and other oceanic destinations.

Came across to Exeter yesterday by train for an MBA Speaker Series session last night, open to public, and capacity audience. Hosted by the Exeter University Business School. Spoke on a title picked by Exeter U, “Capitalism: Does It Have A Future In A Challenging World”. My answer: Yes, but …

Dinner later with Adam Lusby and Stuart Robinson of the Business School. Then this morning I had breakfast with Tim Lenton of the new Global Systems Institute – and then went on to judge MBA student pitches, before doing one myself to them for support on our Tomorrow’s Capitalism Inquiry.

Gaia forwarded me this link yesterday, featuring a letter Kurt Vonnegut wrote to students at Xavier High School. What a generous, playful genius.

Am reading his Cat’s Cradle at the moment – and periodically laughing out loud, something I very rarely do with a book. The first time I remember doing so was with Joseph Heller Catch 22. Strange, given that both books came out of super-dark times.

Having spent some time in Mauricio Bonilla Padilla’s company in Mexico City, when he was working with Grupo Bimbo, and having first met during one of my annual lectures at Imperial College, it was wonderful to begin to repay the debt today. He now works with C&A – and is headed to Holland next week.