• Fashionably Late… or Better Late Than Never?

    Further adventures in Social Media world A pal of mine announced this week on Facebook that the House DJ consortium KOTG (Keep Off The Grass) he heads up had ‘just discovered Twitter’. I was stunned. Not because I thought they shouldn’t, quite the opposite, but because he seems to be into all things online and [...]

  • Social Media at Cybermummy Conference 2010

    A couple of month’s ago I was up in London to meet with Vodafone peeps about their Working Women campaign, for which I have been one of their Brand Ambassadors. One of the other women ambassadors was someone I knew in her online persona, A Modern Mother and British Mummy Bloggers, but not in person [...]

  • Rome – City of Emperors, God and la Dolce Vita…

    Roma truly holds the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven The living museum of culture and history that is 21st century Rome offers so much of everything to see and take in, that if you take it all too seriously and set off on a mission, you will end up either exhausted or impersonating a [...]

  • More Forward Please

    When it comes to the cutting edge of robotics, the Japanese are sharpening it year-on-year while the rest of the world simply watches on in wonder. Maybe it’s because they are so interested in the whole subject that they are so driven to explore the whole area of robotics, in the same way, perhaps, that [...]

  • The Great British Pub

    For most Brits, think summer and the image of sitting outside your favourite pub with a glass of something long and thirst quenching will immediately flash into your head. Ahh the good old-fashioned pub. It’s such an institution it’s almost a way of life, and actually, in the past this was true because the life [...]

  • Technology and gadgets

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  • Going Japanese: Trends in Consumerism

    Going Japanese: Trends in Consumerism

    What comes to mind when you think of Japan? Probably a diverse mix of images: traditional Geishas, cherry blossom and tea ceremonies alongside humanoid robots… Anime and Manga.. ultra-trendy urbanites.. high-speed trains… and high-tech consumerism, obviously. No? Well it should

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  • Flying into the Future

    Flying into the Future

    These are exciting times in the aviation industry. From larger capacity airliners to increasingly sophisticated interior fixtures and fittings and bespoke flights, aviation is finally growing into its potential, the potential that has been there since the Wright brothers first

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  • Pulling Wheelies - Future of Biking

    Pulling Wheelies – Future of Biking

    Suddenly it seems that the humble two-wheeled iron horse has become hot news, with the range of options aimed at filling every niche in the market increasing year on year. In fact, from funky folding options to robust mountain bikes

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  • Grownup Breaks & Family Adventures

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  • Dublin - Let There Be Light

    Dublin – Let There Be Light

    The Art of Light in the City of the Black Stuff Dublin is full of light; a clear, luminous light that is the result of all the moisture in the air, otherwise known as the weather. And the weather is

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  • White Hot and Cool

    White Hot and Cool

    As technological advances push the boundaries of what is possible, our ability to enjoy the winter cold wherever we are increases apace. We now have the largest igloos ever known, carved from the ice and erected anew every year, machines

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  • Rome - City of Emperors, God and la Dolce Vita…

    Rome – City of Emperors, God and la Dolce Vita…

    Roma truly holds the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven The living museum of culture and history that is 21st century Rome offers so much of everything to see and take in, that if you take it all too seriously

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  • WAH and SME Business

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  • The Pursuit of Happiness and the Death of Superwoman

    The Pursuit of Happiness and the Death of Superwoman

    I recently wrote an article that was triggered in part by two threads in one of the online clubs I belong to. Entitled How to avoid burn out it was a response to the conversations, and also born out of

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  • Marketing Demystified

    Marketing Demystified

    Promoting, selling, marketing the product, even if, or maybe, especially if, it is just YOU and what you do, may be daunting. However, neglecting it does not lead to security, only to a lack of clients! And in a recession,

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  • How to Improve Your Credit Score

    How to Improve Your Credit Score

    You’re having trouble getting credit… well, isn’t that the way of the world just right now? But there are ways of making sure that if they are handing out credit you stand as good, if not better, chance of getting

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  • Food & Drink

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  • Raise Your Glasses!

    Raise Your Glasses!

    The Great British Pint In Britain we are now lucky to have an ever-increasing range of beer to choose from, from the very light, such as the Golden Ales (Exmoor Gold) through Old Ales, which are usually matured in bottles

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  • The Great British Pub

    The Great British Pub

    For most Brits, think summer and the image of sitting outside your favourite pub with a glass of something long and thirst quenching will immediately flash into your head. Ahh the good old-fashioned pub. It’s such an institution it’s almost

    Sep 30, 2009 | 1 comment | View Post

  • History of The Easter Egg

    History of The Easter Egg

    From earliest times and in most cultures, the egg has signified birth and resurrection. The Egyptians buried eggs in their tombs. The Greeks placed eggs on top of graves. The Romans coined a proverb: “Omne vivum ex ovo”, which means

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