Leap before you look: Feb 29th rocks!
Welcome to Leap Day (February 29th, 2012) which is humans’ adequate but somewhat ham-fisted way of coping with the Earth’s inconsiderate habit of not going around the Sun in exactly 365 days. It’s also the time when women – supposedly – can propose to their partners without being accused of over-assertiveness, ball-breaking and other nice [...]
Photography with an Oliver twist; images of London by Juan Mateus
When photography becomes art, the quality of the image transcends its two dimensional framework and instead delivers its message in a multi-dimensional sensory experience. That’s something I’ve only recently learnt. Often when we look at photographs these days, we look at them in a context of familiarity, because we were there when they were taken, [...]
Apassionata – the love of horses
Every year the 02 arena in London is home to a horse spectacular show called Apassionata. I am a horse lover and try to attend as many shows as I can to indulge myself in these wonderful creatures. A friend suggested we attend as she has been before and assured me whilst she could not [...]
What does the phone-hacking scandal tell you about YOU?
The Armchair guru speaks… What does the phone-hacking scandal tell you about YOU? It was an outrage when we heard Milly Dowler’s phone had been hacked. It was the time when it became about the non-celebrities that Press blood was sought with justification beyond any doubt. If they are hounds, then we were the wolves. [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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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