Last week, lovely Keris posted on Facebook about a bottle of perfume she’d received as a subscription gift and was gifting to anyone who wanted it. Keris explained, about the scent, ‘It’s just not me’. I liked that, the idea that she wouldn’t wear a scent because it didn’t ‘fit’ with who she was. The […]
It seems to me that using social media, and especially Twitter, has increased in urgency recently. Many writers are using it to send out links to their own books and see it merely as a promotional tool. They RT praise given to them, RT links and links, and even more links to their reviews. They […]
Exciting develops are at large in the gaming world. Last year’s ‘Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster‘ was a huge hit in this household, this year’s ‘Kinect Sesame Street TV’ isn’t a game, as such, but it’s still utterly special. Described as an innovative ‘new 2-way TV’ experience designed for Kinect (Xbox 360), ‘Kinect Sesame […]
So, somehow, the existence of LEGOLAND Discovery Centre in Manchester had passed me by. I have no idea how, considering we’ve been (big) Lego fans for years. But Littlest picked up a leaflet for LEGOLAND Discovery Centre in the supermarket last week and today we nipped on over. Easy access from the motorway, loads of […]
I fell in love with Liverpool many years ago. It is my prince, on a horse, like the Old Spice man but better. I think it saved me. The thing about Liverpool is that it is full of strays, it likes the underdog, it likes to mend the broken. It will rob you, it will […]
I am proposing a writing challenge. Are you a writer? Would you like to be a writer? Do you write flash fiction? Do you fancy seeing your work published? To celebrate the launch of Xbox Live TV, and its integration with YouTube, I am putting together a collection of flash fiction stories all inspired by […]
Here’s my view on what’s best for those younger gamers this Christmas: Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster (Xbox 360): I was lucky enough to chat with the developers about this game when I was at Gamescom last summer. They where quick to point out that they wanted a game that expressed the ‘cool’ of […]
It all started so innocently. G was looking at LoveFilm on the new Xbox dashboard. The family were sitting down to watch a film, a tin of Quality Street at the ready, and G was scrolling through LoveFilm’s collection of Christmas films. ‘Look,’ he said. ‘Jack Frost, best Christmas film ever.’ And that was it. […]
One year, I was little, my aunt bought me a pop-up ‘Hansel and Gretel’ book. It twisted around to a carousel shape and tied together with a pink ribbon. It was my most treasured possession and still is, being one of the few things I have from my childhood. I know that it was responsible […]
Build-A-Bear Workshop teams up with BBC Children in Need once again to give guests the opportunity to make their beary own Pudsey and Blush Bear. Following the success of last year’s campaign that sold over 11,500 bears, Pudsey and Blush Bear are back and now available at Build-A-Bear Workshop stores nationwide. “We are absolutely delighted […]