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Do you scare easily?
I don’t do rollercoasters. There’s no point because they don’t excite me. Is it because I’m boring? Well, maybe. But there is a reason....
Simon Paine
Jul 3, 20232 min read
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The Making of a Terrorist
Losing both of your parents must be one of the toughest hands that life could possibly deal. Some of these children go into the state...
Simon Paine
Jul 3, 20233 min read
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When struggle becomes a superpower
Ronnie Polkingham's half sister was a woman named Debbie. She was slim, attractive and carefree, playing in a band with her lover Bruce...
Simon Paine
Jul 3, 20233 min read
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How to not smuggle heroin
Heathrow Airport, London 1991. The British Airways 747 direct from Bombay (now Mumbai) landed a few minutes ahead of time, which was the...
Simon Paine
Jul 3, 20234 min read
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Scotland's Unluckiest Man
“Do you wanna buy some pills mate?“ A fella in his early twenties stared at me with the eager (wide) eyes of a young entrepreneur...
Simon Paine
Jul 1, 20232 min read
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My TedX is LIVE (eek)
Head full of bees: A Mental Health Revolution is coming. An estimated one billion people are suffering one or more mental health...
Simon Paine
Nov 20, 20221 min read
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The Hummingbird Thinkaholic
In 2017 (in the golden age of travel and pre-you-know-what) I was in Colorado, somewhere between Boulder and Longmont. A beautiful spot...
Simon Paine
Oct 12, 20222 min read
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Ever had a stone in your shoe?
Sometimes we walk along for an even a day with a stone in our shoe, digging into our heels, occasionally shifting along to bother a...
Simon Paine
Jul 1, 20221 min read
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Gas! Gas! Gas!
This was the night that Mick Jagger might've saved my life. It began as an emergency call to the police control room with a message from...
Simon Paine
May 2, 20225 min read
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