International Women’s Day is a really important movement as it brings to the fore many issues around the world and also gets a lot of people thinking and acting on behalf of certain causes. This year, I would like to highlight the Join Me on the Bridge campaign which everyone can become involved with… International [...]
Here we are at The Cookery School for a blogging cook along with Master Chef winner Tim Anderson. For great inside tips he is @cheftimanderson on twitter.
I’m starting the year with a resolution to continue supporting the good works that bloggers can do by becoming part of the Mom Bloggers for Social Good with 400 founding blogging Mums. I know I am in great company and hope that we can make some noise in 2012 for all these good causes. [...]
Lush is instantly recognisable by the aroma that wafts around all of its stores not just around the UK, but the rest of the world. It’s a great brand, full of wit and wisdom which it dispenses freely on its packaging and in abundance in store. But did you know Lush has a small [...]
The thing about Christmas, is that while everyone complains about being bombarded by commercialised holidays and the pressure to consumer anything and everything avidly for the duration of the season, there are hundreds of thousands kids who absolutely love it. And then, there are those slightly older children that are beginning to think that Rudolph [...]
The mighty Shaa is speaking about investment and collaboration as the way forward for bloggers – she’s pretty inspirational and straight talking which is great. I have followed her and chatted to her on twitter but she makes a much bigger impact in real life.
Poetry is one of the best ways to discover language and it’s also to be enjoyed which is why we love poetry in hour house; be it Edward Lear, Shakespeare, AA Milne, Oscar Wilde or even our own witterings, it’s all part of story telling and an essential part of [...]
I went to a preview screening of The Help with a few of my fave bloggers on Friday and we were all pretty impressed with it. Set in 1960s Mississipi, it unveils the domestic lives of society there and sheds light on the absurdity and tragic consquences of deep seated racism. The story pivots around [...]
The Bailey Review, published in June, has set out to challenge the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood. This paper is by no means on the Mary Whitehouse scale of 70s prudity, but it’s a game changer none the less and it may yet have an effect the way we engage with brands through our blogs [...]
For those of you who’ve not heard of it, The Technorati State of the Blogosphere yearly report is possibly one of the most credible sources of information for bloggers, and about bloggers. Technorati was one of the first sources of social authority measurement and it was way ahead of Klout, Grader and PeerIndex. It has [...]
Save the Children is launching a new healthworkers campaign and true to form, it’s enlisting the help of the blogging community to share the message with empathy. I will be attending the conference today and on the panel about Taking Your Blog to the Next Level. I’ll be talking about how to open doors with [...]
Writing is really personal and it’s not just about headspace, we all need a physical space, and time, to do what we do. I was really inspired by the photographs of Roald Dahl’s ‘writing hut’ which were published this week. And while the headlines were screaming about the £500k it would take to save the [...]
Yesterday we took to the South Downs for a 5 mile walk among the most beautiful countryside and to raise funds and awareness for Water Aid. ‘We’ being a large group of ambassadors including Rosie Scribble, Mummytips, Mummy in Manolos and Bumpwear Claire – all with children aged from 18 months to 11 years. It [...]
Here’s a sneak preview of Horrid Henry The Movie which I took on set. It’s by no means the finished article and we can’t wait to see the final version. This scene was being filmed at Hampton Court House and Richard E Grant, who is in character as the school Headmaster, is on the stage. [...]
On the evening of the new ITV show, Born to Shine, which I’m literally heading out the door to see any moment, it’s quite fitting that I publish my interview with celebrity ambassador; Natasha Kaplinsky. While she needs no further introduction, Natasha has been the face that’s greeted us for many years when she’s presented [...]
I’ve been keen to post about this event I went to recently and now that I’ve finally got the infographic, I’m ready to share the details of the Digital Diaries research by AVG. As someone who is heavily involved in research every day, I tend review a lot of statistics and insights. This research is [...]
Some things really are a labour of love, especially when it comes to music. I’ve been lucky enough to work on putting this all together with the help of some amazingly creative people and lovers of good music. The question, to ten muso types, was, ‘If you had to choose your top tracks of all [...]
