Today is Blue Moon Dday! Before you got outside to check out the colour of the moon through the rainy clouds, being blue just means that it is the second full moon of this month. A blue moon is usually defined as the second full moon to occur in a single calendar...
A new man has entered 10 Downing Street today:-) No matter what you think of Gordon Brown and his political leanings, you have to admire the achievement of his life long ambition. What burning ambition are you going to fulfil in your life time?!
I was recently interviewed by a radio show about working from home, which has always been seen as a luxury for a few lucky and high profile people. But now more and people are looking at flexible working as an exciting prospect. The question though is whether working...
A few weeks ago I wrote about Masterfoods were planning to introduce an animal product in its range of chocolates including Mars Bar. This sneaky plan by Masterfoods caused quite a stir with the company receiving over 6,000 calls and emails and 40 MPs even signing a...
I am back writing and in the swing of things once again. The last 3 weeks have been rather surreal after the tragic death of a very close friend. This was only a week after we had spent the best part of a week together. So the last month has certainly been a life...
It is Father’s Day today in the UK, the USA and many other countries around the world. Father’s day is becoming an important day of celebration and gradually catching up with the more popular mother’s day worldwide. Now the fifth most popular purchased greeting cards...
It is 60 years this month that a remarkable book by a remarkable girl was published. Anne Frank’s Diary was published on 25th June 1947 and has inspired generations of children ever since. Nearly 40 million copies of Anne’ diary have been published in...
Okay – that is quite an emotive headline, but how else can I hit home the fact that one of the world’s leading confectionary companies has just tried to quietly sneak through a major ingredient change in one of the UK’s most popular chocolates?! From...
One of the qualities imbued into me by my parents is to be humble at all times. Perhaps it is a cultural thing, but I have always been self-effacing and have down played my achievements and successes. This has not however always been a good thing as I have often been...
I have just received one of those emails which seem to go around the world with a quirky message. As the world seems to get smaller and smaller, it is amazing how intertwined our lives have become. This email posed the question:- What is the truest definition of...
