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As I started this month’s Sales To Astonish I realised it was the four year anniversary of writing this column. I still have no idea how many people read it each month but it’s cathartic to get my thoughts down on paper. 😀 I’d mentioned last month that I was excited by the opportunity to have stock in a new outlet and at the beginning of August I became a trader at Kitsch Mitch in The Yards at Kettering.  This is some kind of guerrilla take over of Northamptonshire but it’s now the third location in the county where I...

What makes Frank Castle so popular??

‘Half A World Away’ At the beginning of June I made two trips into London to catch up with people I had once worked with in my days of selling property. One I hadn’t seen for over 12 years, but the other I had caught up with around 12 months ago. Both are still involved in the London property sector in some way shape or form. I spent a few hours with both of them catching up on our lives, family etc and then reminiscing about our shared time together, remembering old events, experiences and colleagues.  My days commuting in...

It's the 7th Birthday of The Unreality Store!

Why Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. Is The Greatest Marvel Action Story You Will Ever Read Born out of the ashes of World War 2 and raised in the paranoia fuelled 1960’s Cold War, S.H.I.E.L.D (Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate) was Marvels’ version of the CIA, MI6, the KGB and Mossad all rolled into one ultimate spy agency.  Battling the likes of A.I.M (Advanced Idea Mechanics) and Hydra in its own corner of the Marvel Universe, S.H.I.E.L.D and its iconically eye-patched boss, Nick Fury, operated on the fringes of the super heroic titles that Marvel are known for from that...