1. users are understanding the value of paying for products and the risk of giving away data - friends moving away from google to Apple

A record my late grandpa recorded.

This week I was honoured to receive the 2017 Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Award. The ceremony itself took place in Huddersfield, a town with a strong history of industry and development, and the event proved a great opportunity to meet and chat with students and alumni from other Northern universities, and to learn about their business endeavours.

Expressing ideas and thoughts — whether by some hurried doodle on a post-it or with a finely crafted sentence in a leather-bound journal — is incredibly important.

A seascape painted on a scrap of wood — little white-sailed ships dotted across a dark sea, under a deep red sky with a headland in the distance. Found the wood, found some paint, and just went for it.

A handmade replica of the bath token from Spirited Away, carved from wood and finished with paint and gold leaf. Made as a gift for a friend.