So here’s to you Matt Southgate. You’re the adopted son of travel retail now. And here’s to brave Hattie Seymour. Together you’re showing us all how to beat the odds.
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Ice-cool Mandy shows how to overcome her fears
Many readers of this Blog will remember with fondness one of the key members of The Moodie Report (before it became The Moodie Davitt Report) over many years, a certain young woman named Mandy Sime. Mandy joined the team in 2002, our inaugural year, and as Commercial Director played a crucial role in our development until 2014
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Leicester’s land of hope and (now) glory
It is a tale of nearly men become heroes. Of journeymen turned superstars. Of rejects rendered champions.
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Art says “Aloha” again to travel retail
For Hawaii’s most famous son in travel retail, qualities such as integrity, commitment and passion are writ large between the lines.
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Counter your fears to scale new heights
Richard put his worst fears to the test once again, this time by abseiling down Diamond House, one of the tallest buildings at Birmingham Airport
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Table-topping Foxes turn on the (King) Power once more
Now with just six games left of this season and after a nail (and fingers, hand, arm and shoulder) biting 1-0 win over Southampton on Sunday, the flying Foxes are in first place, top of the table by an incredible seven points from Tottenham Hotspur.
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Bully Tuli makes a good fist of a strong punch line
The focus might be on safety, the tournaments sanctioned, the environment controlled – but make no mistake this is still boxing. In which, I remind, you, men and women attempt to beat the hell out of each other.
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Living proof of a well instrumented self-fulfilling prophecy
We were inspected, turned around, looked up and down, classified and delineated. Who will live and who will die? By a flick of a clean manicured hand foppishly playing God, life was categorized to death.
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Fantastic Flying Foxes dare to dream the impossible dream
If they win, not only will the city of Leicester go mad but so will the whole football world. Mad with joy, mad with the euphoric realisation that sometimes dreams – crazy, zany, wistful, fantastic, zillion-to-one, impossible dreams – really do come true.
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Catching a (Wild) Tiger by its tale
Incredibly, India had around 100,000 tigers in the mid-19th century. Today it has around 2,200, underlining the urgency of protection.
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Miscellaneous
Making a statement with Prunier as life begins at 60
To win a bottle of Prunier 60 year old Cognac AND a bottle whose age matches yours, simply send your offer (in Euros) by e-mail to Martin@TheMoodieReport.com, headed ‘Prunier makes a statement’.
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A tribute to brave, beautiful orange Ollie
This week his family and other loved ones celebrated Ollie’s life. They did that in the most lovely way – by all wearing a splash of orange, Ollie’s favourite colour. And therefore, so do we.
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A New Brain for a new year in travel retail
“Make sure,” I concluded, “you buy the person that you love your own equivalent of that green dress – before it’s too late.” It was my own Gordon Schwinn moment.
