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Where does time go?

Where does time go?

Since setting up my own business 11 months ago I have been networking and getting myself known and to my delight work seems to have flooded in, but working for yourself means there is just you. I now seem to be working late nights and weekends as a rule and I could do with a [...]

The hairy blogs continue… hair in the Arab world

As humans, we are hairy: derived from animals maybe; some individuals more than others; some ethnic groups more than others. In the Arab world, many norms and ethics are a mixture between customs and religious views. Dealing with unwanted body hair is one of those tricky areas. Arab men do like their women hairless, apart [...]

The difference is in the delivery

The difference is in the delivery

I am going to write about what I do for a change , so put the kettle on, make a cuppa (get a square of chocolate too), sit comfortably in your chair and I shall begin. There are several types of courier service, the every day courier service that delivers packages and small low value [...]

Amazing Stuff, this Music

Amazing Stuff, this Music

Amazing Stuff, This Music Apart from dancing to it at weddings, listening in the car, and bashing a triangle at school, many people only have a brush with music from time to time. Yet from the time money changed hands in exchange for performance, music really sells so people out there are loving it. And [...]

Ada Lovelace Day: Doris Ophir Robinson (1901- 1973)

Doris Robinson was only 19 when she took over her father’s photography business in 1920. Her father George Robinson had set up the firm in Stowmarket, Suffolk in 1909 and had taken early pictures of parades and ceremonies in the Market Square. Still surviving in the archive are photographs of the aftermath of the 1871 [...]

In Her Shoes

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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