Be prepared for success, adventure and everything.
Be prepared for a successful life. While 2007 was the centenary of the scouting movement as a...
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Searching for Google and a new look at SEO.
Not the Google SEO we all know and get confused by. We are all conditioned to think that Google is...
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Why your lists might stop you going places
Why your lists might stop you going places. One small step… in high heels. There has always been...
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Everyone should drive like Lewis Hamilton.
Everyone should drive like Lewis Hamilton. Much has been made this week of the Formula1...
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Scilly Birding and glamping on the Garrison
Don’t forget: If I go into town with the aim of buying bread and picking up my dry cleaning, you...
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Venice – Land of the crocodile
Perfect planning: When planning a visit to Saint Mark’s Square in Venice, popular wisdom states...
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Mad from the farming crowd
Hardy country: It’s about a hundred years since Thomas Hardy finished playing with Dorset families...
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Hello Glastonbury
Everyone has heard of Glastonbury: Most people will know it as the mud festival where musicians of...
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From Bags to Bitches
It began with a bag: It was not even a very interesting bag by most peoples standards. But then,...
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Salad cream is dead, long live salad cream – Marketing masterclass – the art of patronising one’s patrons.
Salad cream is dead, long live salad cream. What’s in a name? The decision by Heinz to consider changing the name of its ‘Salad Cream’ to ‘Sandwich Cream’ is somewhat perplexing. They claim that a name change is appropriate because the …Read More »
The Royal Wedding will change weddings forever, but what about that address?
The Royal Wedding. The Dress. After an eternity of Royal Wedding fever, we can now relax, content in the afterglow of a spectacular day. The weather was wonderful, the royal correspondents were at their fawning sycophantic best, and the dress …Read More »
What women want. The secret of relationships.
What women want. Uncountable man-hours of speculation and research have gone into discovering what women want. Getting an understanding of the female mind is said to be as impossible as getting out of a TalkTalk contract, and it’s thought to …Read More »
The sounds of Christmas – Do they know it’s Christmas? Bono’s new Christmas album.
The sounds of Christmas. The sounds of Christmas endure the test of time, and the memory of them lingers long after the event. The sound of the kids ripping open presents at four in the morning will stay with you …Read More »
The definitive guide to jeans – how to wear your denim this season.
The definitive guide to jeans. Setting trends. There are numerous names and phrases that spring to mind when talking about fashion. Mary Quant, Yves Saint Laurent, the mini skirt, the little black dress, le smoking jacket, I could go on, but …Read More »