‘Music Was My First Love…..’
‘…and it will be my last. ‘ I was thinking the other day, if I get old and decrepit and have to go into some facility, I’d probably survive for a while, since I have a rich, inner life to sustain me! But I would be miserable if I did not have some music to [...]
Pregnant? – your bump is now public property
Getting more than I bargained for at the checkout! Image via Wikipedia I was in the supermarket the other day and got a few bits and pieces and whilst at the checkout the lady putting our items through blurted out “You should be using Vitamin E on that” I looked around to see if she [...]
Does it work for any blog? The Copywriting Scorecard for Bloggers
Sarah asked me to review the Problogger eBook, “The Copywriting Scorecard for Bloggers: Score your posts out of 100″ by Darren Rowse and Glenn Murray. The background: I’ve been blogging on and off since 2006 and now have nearly 1500 subscribers to my main blog, so I’m not a total newbie and seem to be [...]
Has Britain exported its welfare benefits system to Africa?
I recently stumbled across a discussion following this letter to the Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/7958485/What-is-the-best-way-to-help-the-worlds-deserving-poor.html sadly that discussion on a forum called Aid Watch has been pulled at the time of writing this. But I can tell you that you could feel the heat off the screen. Conversations regarding the rights and wrongs of Aid can generate [...]
Should religions be allowed to be exempt from the laws they don’t like?
Under the 2005 Sexual Orientation Regulations, it became illegal for all businesses and services to discriminate against gay people. There were some exemptions, which included a genuine occupational requirement for a particular post (as in all other discrimination legislation) or where the employment is for the “purposes of an organised religion”. This has led to [...]
In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell
In her shoes is a series of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]
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