Written by : TXG

Podcast recommendations:  We’ve been enjoying the following.  Hopefully there is something in there to catch your ear… The Drop Out, ABC News It was said, John Meacham Poetry Unbound, Onbeing Studios Chasing Cosby, LA Times Flow Sessions with Jason Silva How to Fail with Elizabeth Day Work in Progress with … Read more →

Following on from Trattoria Brutto, bring all of your passions together (food, relationships, connections, family and community stories) treat yourself to Stanley Tucci’s wonderful, straigtforward, and honest memoir ’Taste’ Taste: My Life Through Food If you can read the section on his grandad’s homemade wine without crying I’ll buy you a £5 … Read more →

Trattoria Brutto 35-37 Greenhill Rents London EC1M 6BN Website We were early onto this particular bandwagon but it’s worth every single bit of the hype.  Russell Norman has created something really quite special with Trattoria Brutto.  On two trips (just checking for consistency!) everything we ate was delicious and simple … Read more →

Who or what am I anyway? Starting with the wonderful Carribean poet Derek Walcott’s “Love after Love” to get us in the mood to know and love ourselves, let’s go on an inner journey of sorts…starting with Irvin Yalom’s ‘Gift of Therapy‘  and then work through Sarah Hill’s ‘Where did … Read more →

Nature and place Where could we start other than Thoreau’s Walden  to prompt us to get walking and wandering, especially if you started with Maria Popova’s book in Part One? Mary Oliver’s wild poetry lifts and soothes the soul in equal measure – Wild Geese Bloodaxe World Poets. Wendell Berry … Read more →

As it’s the summer and perhaps we have a little bit of time on our hands, or just want to change the pace a little, we’ve pulled together 3 summer reading explorations for you.  They are loosely themed and we hope you’ll enjoy diving into these themes in a slightly … Read more →

The Garden Cafe Lambeth Palace Road London, SE1 7LB 020 7401 8865 Garden Café This is a little gem. In a modern, airy space around a courtyard at Lambeth Palace, which also houses the Garden Museum (worth a visit in its own right), is the Garden Cafe. Friendly and calmly … Read more →

Brat at Climptons Arch 374 Helmsley Place Hackney E8 3SB www.bratrestaurant.com/climpsons-arch The first Brat in Shoreditch is a fabulous restaurant and this outside residency at Climpson’s Arch delivers everything we have come to expect from this incredible team.  The food is spectacular, the wine list interesting and thoughtfully built, and … Read more →

The Engineer 65 Gloucester Avenue London NW1 8JH www.theengineerprimrosehill.co.uk The location description of ‘by the canal’ is technically correct, but you won’t find yourself sitting with a view out of the ducks if you come here!  It does, however, have a very sweet courtyard garden, with lovely staff, and well … Read more →

Coaching Client Book List This has been a year unlike any other and has allowed some more time for catching up on reading and online resources for many of the coaches in the TXG team. We asked them to let us know which books they have read in the last … Read more →