With modern language changing by the day and teenagers adding to our ‘trendy’ vocabulary by the day, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) definitions have had to speed up the rate at which it is revised in order to keep up with the rate at which language is changing.
With only four letters of the alphabet [...]
With Hanson’s French office well and truly open, its time to appreciate the cultural delights that France has to offer. Or not, according to French singer Sebastian Tellier. The Eurovision hopeful has until now opted to sing his patriotic number in English, much to the uproar of, not only his French fans, but even the [...]
We’re always hearing about how blogging, Facebook and the internet in general can land you in trouble. It was recently revealed that Proctors at Oxford University have fined graduating students more than £10,000 for post exam celebrations, by collecting photographic evidence from their Facebook profiles. Oxford’s student union called it an in intrusion into student [...]
More gems of news about the government have come our way this week. Apparently, Whitehall mandarins are now being offered classes on how to improve their dress sense and personal grooming – all at the bargain price of £970 - and funded by taxpayers, which is always nice to hear. Amongst other things, the civil [...]
We all do it and we all know it is done. But apparently gossiping is making us care more about what other people think and leading us to become caring, generous people.
According to experiments carried out by Queens University in Belfast, people who knew that their actions were going to be discussed would act [...]
A few weeks ago we heard that experts were working on creating a robot that can learn, think and talk. The ‘iCub’ can crawl, see and hear and the next step is to teach it English. Now we’re reading about a new restaurant in Germany that has replaced its waiters with technology. Diners use touch-screen [...]
If you find yourself stressed from putting in all those hours in the office, then we have the solution - housework! According to the Scottish Health Survey based on information from 20,000 people, 20 minutes of some kind of physical activity once a week is effective in lowering anxiety. Activities like hoovering, gardening and cleaning [...]
Another warning, fellow bloggers. A man has recently had to pay £119,000 in compensation after anonymously posting offensive comments online about a housing group and its chief exec, which included false allegations of sexual misconduct and corruption. The defence called it a “malicious, unpleasant and relentless campaign of libel and harassment” that the rival [...]
What would you do if you were faced with this situation? You’re the PR for British Airways. There’s a press briefing about the chaos at Heathrow’s new Terminal 5 in which the director of operations refuses to take questions. Subsequently you are faced with a barrage of journalists after some answers. If you opted for [...]
Meeting too early in the morning? Not awake yet? Meeting too late in the afternoon when you’re ready to go home? If you want to make the biggest impact start your meeting at 10am, but deliver your main message at 11am.
According to Prof Lawrence Smith, of Leeds University’s institute of Psychological Science we are [...]
