Just before Christmas I had the pleasure of sitting down with an eclectic mix of ‘curry heads' to discuss how I might avoid falling back on a network of the ‘usual suspects' for the periodic ‘reality checks' that I know I'll need if I'm to avoid disappearing up the ‘backside of my own self-importance'. (Apologies for the ‘' overload – and yet another reference to fundaments.)

Because life has been so frenetic since that evening, I haven't really found the opportunity to take the reflections on board and attempt to arrange them into something tangible and meaningful, let alone utilitarian.