Spoiled and rotten (no, not my teeth)
Because I freelance, I spend a lot of time in other people’s offices. A more recent job took me to a lovely, friendly and small startup office in central London. Such nice people, and a really good internet connection. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with them so far – long may our business relationship continue. […]
I’m sorry, I love you, Pure & Weary
I have a confession to make. Over the Valentine’s weekend, the lovely Pure & Weary sent me their latest YouTube video. I completely missed that email. I am a terrible person with a neglected inbox. This is my very public apology to these funny ladies, and your chance to see that video clip. I’m sorry […]
Twitter quitters
Stephen Fry’s quit Twitter again, after his joke at the Baftas about a friend’s outfit backfired horribly. Jenny Beavan won a Bafta – good for her! – but Stephen’s ‘bag lady’ jibe was a step too far for other tweeters. On the one hand, yes they are friends and I’m sure she knows he wasn’t […]
Don’t be my Valentine. Seriously, don’t.
Oh, hey, Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us! Enforced love and commercialism that’s second only to Christmas. Yay. You may think I hate Valentine’s Day. It’s not quite like that, I promise. I’m just the type who doesn’t think we need a designated day of the year to tell others we love them. And that […]
All because the lady loves a PR stunt
Okay, so Cadbury recently brought back the Milk Tray Man for a new generation of chocolate-loving women. And men who are so inclined. True to form, the Milk Tray Man is indeed a man. Are we going to cry ‘sexism!’? Nope. Not this time. Because this isn’t (entirely) about gender. This is about chocolate sales […]
Priming girls for inevitable disappointment
A quarter of young people think that a woman shouldn’t be Prime Minister. Just sit for a second and take that in. Yes, folks, we’re in dubious research territory here. Mobile network O2 went to the trouble of surveying more than 2,000 children aged 4 to 18 on gender roles and careers. They were asked […]
