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December 20, 2024

Computerise Christmas card

It's all the rage.

July 17, 2020

Writing tips from Daniel Day Lewis

Writing about your product or service is often a bit of a tightrope between talking passionately about what you do and boring the pants off your audience. Sometimes you have to delete what you’re personally really pleased with and start all over again.

July 12, 2020

Imprisoned in a shortcrust pastry

I love inventive names for ordinary things. Take summer houses. Victorian potting huts. Log cabins. So much more aspirational than just ‘shed’. So chic. So now. But… It is just a shed with some pink paint isn’t it? Yes, but if you’re selling one, you can probably add a zero.

July 3, 2020

Are you beach body ready?

‘Beach or no beach, swimsuit season is here – don’t panic!’ reads page 12 of yesterday’s Times. This is just about the eeriest headline I’ve ever read. I mean, even in Normal Times, you’d be hard pressed to really get stressed about the whole ‘one piece or two’ dilemma.

June 27, 2020

I’ve been eating my own dog food this week

What I mean is that this week the shoe’s been on the other foot: I’ve been searching for a gardener and found myself becoming a regular punter. A typical prospect. An imbiber of website copy. An analyser of 5-star reviews. That’s because sometimes recommendations don’t work out.

June 20, 2020

This is Davina, please do not swear

Fancy that! It’s 20 years since Big Brother first aired on Channel 4. I’ve been enjoying classic episodes on E4 this week. Some of the blasts from the past are more shocking than others.

June 15, 2020

Is saving sexy now?

Without the daily chaos of daily life, it’s now officially possible to find pleasure in the small things. This includes the way we think about money. Since lockdown many of us are a lot clearer on what we’re doing (or not doing) and where our money is going.

June 6, 2020

Let’s turn to welding and Jeff Goldblum

When it comes to marketing your business, narrowing the focus down so you only attract a niche audience is seen as risky. This is understandable. It’s all very well trying to engage with an ‘ideal’ client, but what if that puts off others?

May 29, 2020

Actually, it’s just better to be honest

Want to know something? I was about as good a manager as Villanelle in episode 2, series 3, of Killing Eve. I wasn’t suited to management. This is partly why I went it alone in the end – I wanted to move up in the world, but I had nowhere to go, so I had to invent my own job.