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Breakfast time takes on another dimension with this wacky crowd. There are times when other people just pip you to the post and this was one of those. I was just planning my Wii Meditation game when I stumbled across this one. Oh well back to the drawing board.
Expand story >The village pantomime is an essential element of rural English life, and never more so than in Norfolk, where village theatre is alive and well. The Publicity Works is based in Colby, which is more of a hamlet than a village. You’d think that any place called ‘hamlet’ would have a thriving dramatic society, but not Colby. So our staff join in with nearby Aldborough, as stars of the Aldborough Players. This year the story was Hansel & Gretel. Wonderful...
Expand story >Bottle Coolers Offer Money Back From The Start Bottled drinks have taken off in a big way – they are fashionable and sexy, quick to serve and make an attractive back-bar display when stacked neatly in a well designed cooler. But bottle coolers use energy to keep their temperature low and so can significantly add to overall energy costs especially when multiple units are needed to cope with the requirements of a busy club, bar or restaurant.
Expand story >Good article by Roy Greenslade in Media Guardian today: Subeditors: another attempt to explain why they are becoming redundant. Media stories used to be a patchwork, with journalists assembling their stories from a variety of PR sources. Nowadays, as more journalism goes online, we find that a lot of our work ends up exactly as we wrote it. Frequently, publications will use our stories almost in full, uncut. That’s flattering, and I sometimes feel like a ‘surrogate journalist’. However, the...
Expand story >Just last week I discovered this film – Morris: A Life With Bells On. I’m sure it’s destined for big things but at the moment you can only see it if you are lucky enough to live in the west country or catch a clip on their website. http://www.morrismovie.com/ It’s one of those wonderful films that is quintessentially British. It’s a feature length comedy shot in the popular spoof documentary format and follows the fortunes of one Morris dancing team...
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