What a start to 2023’s set of community days! And by that, I mean… it wasn’t that great.
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5 perfect handmade gifts to give this Christmas
Need inspiration on some gifts this festive season? Looking to go handmade and maybe save some money? Here are five perfect handmade gifts you can have a go at creating to give to friends and family this year!
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Looking for something to do this autumn? Why not head north to Ilkley’s annual Literature Fest!
Ian McMillan, Ruth Jones, Gyles Brandreth, Adrian Chiles, Gabby Logan and Melvyn Bragg amongst headliners at the 2022 Ilkley Literature Festival.
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I was going to start this blog post with how watching a relatively unknown LGBTQ+ film during Pride month seems to be my annual tradition… however, it turns out I missed out last year! Nether the less, I started in June 2020 with a review of ‘Handsome Devil‘, and now I am reviewing the Amazon Original ‘Uncle Frank’.
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Adventure week in Pokémon GO is officially over!
I’d like to do a nice little recap; I really want to start writing more on the games I enjoy playing and so I thought this is a great time to start.
So here’s a recap of my adventures on Sunday, June 12th!
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A key concept to successful marketing is to prove that you, or your product/service, provides a much needed solution to a common problem. But what happens when you have the solution, but there’s no immediate problem? You do what some of these brilliant minds do: you create the problem.
How many of these items did you know were the product of insanely innovative publicity and marketing?
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Whilst Christmas is not celebrated by everyone, most can appreciate the season so often synonymised with gift-giving.
But how can you gift responsibly this year? Read on to find out some of my favourite ways to be eco-conscious over the festive season 🎄
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For LGBTQ+ history month, I channeled my energy into writing an essay-turned-personal-essay-turned-blog-post on LGBTQ+ media throughout my childhood, and some thoughts on improving the appearance of LGBTQ+ portrayals in said media.
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Working in Digital PR means I often have a lot of ideas floating in my head that are just too bloggy for digital campaigns, and so I’ve decided to make an effort to turn some those ideas into blog posts.
So, here are some of my favourite video game characters and, based on their in-game story lines/characteristics, what I predict their professions would be in the real world! Salary predictions have been collected from glassdoor.co.uk, who calculated average earnings based on the information employees provide them.
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Hallowe’en this year will not be the same. I can’t see my partner, I can’t dress up and get drunk with friends, and I can’t even go out to the pub. Hopefully you’re in a better place than me and can do one of those, or maybe you can’t. And maybe, to top it all off, you can’t even take your little one on the prowl for some sweets through your town.
I’m hoping Hallowe’en 2021 will be a lot better. And what better way to look forward to it than with a nice count down? I have put together a list of 12 upcoming scary publications – one for each month until the next Hallowee’en! Genres included range from mystery to horror. I tried to focus on releases by UK Indie publishers, but eventually had to concede to across the pond publications.
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