10% discount offer: use code FUEL10 Unlike most specs wearers, I need mine infrequently, mainly for driving and that’s rare seeing as I don’t need to own a car anymore. However, I did need my eyes tested, and as I love my (barely used) frames, I took advantage of this free review opportunity to [...]
I am in Norway to test drive this heat pad. OK I didn’t come to Norway especially but it’s colder here so the perfect place to try out this hand warming gadget. I love the way it kicks off; I have to bend a metal disc inside the pad which triggers the heating element [...]
Being as I’m rarely without a laptop and a coffee, I’ve always wanted to try this! The cup warmer is light and easy to transport and provided you have a free USB port on your laptop, you’re good to go. The plate heats up very quickly and a standard size mug fits nicely. It certainly [...]
The contraceptive pill came out in 1960s but only became available to single women in 1974 and that, as we all know, heralded a revolution. It’s regularly heralded as the best invention of the 20thcentury and I for one cannot argue that it changed everything. (Although washing machine, microwave, mobile phone, the internet – are all up [...]
Regular readers may have noticed I’d disappeared and not posted the usual 3-4 times per week in the last month or so. The reason is I’ve been doing a large project for new in town Yelp. Yelp is a review website, born in San Francisco, now everywhere. They wanted to get Yelp Birmingham off the ground [...]
Posted by guest writer In the world of live musicals, Scrooge, The Musical is a treat for the senses. This stunning production is all the more spectacular because of its venue, the magnificent London Palladium Theatre. Based on the Charles Dickens’ play, A Christmas Carol, this award-winning musical, with [...]
As published by Enterprise Nation. What I love about Twitter (and some tips for good tweeting) Freelance writer and Enterprise Nation community member Rickie Josen has previously told us about her love of networking through MeetUp and Jelly. She’s also a regular contributor to our Twitter-based daily #Watercoolermoment. Here’s why Rickie thinks Twitter is such [...]
Back to leaning to crochet this month. I’ve found it much more difficult than I imagined. It certainly seems harder than the knitting I recall from early school days. I did this in class, the last one of four Close Knit sessions, where everyone involved sits together to crochet or knit with tutors on hand. [...]
In March 2012, I crotched for the very first time! Until this time I had no idea what was involved but I produced this over a couple of classes with Cow. In April, I got the little dinky sewing machine a few weeks back to good use. I made a garland for the Crafty Coffee event I [...]
I wrote this piece for my dear friend Hannah’s blog to commemorate its 5th birthday. Hannah gave me a topic:passions. The first question I asked myself when Hannah kindly invited me to write a guest post is I have so many passions; which do I write about? Everyone knows my love of writing, music, travel, [...]
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