Government funding cuts to the arts have prompted a group of writers to launch an online travel writing contest – www.thetravelwritingcontest.com. The competition will provide writers of both fiction and non-fiction with a new outlet to be published – as well as the chance to win £100! Two travel writers have agreed to be judges [...]
The emotional impact of discovering that you have herpes or HIV can, for some people, outweigh the physical health issues one has to deal with. Many people have found out that they have herpes from a partner or former partner who has not been open about their health condition, and the sense of betrayal can [...]
Marketing and communications professionals are having to quickly rethink their attitudes towards the 50 plus demographic – a group that is using the Internet frequently and with enthusiasm. Not too long ago marketing agencies maintained that people 50 and older were hesitant about using the web. Campaigns targeted towards this age group invested heavily [...]
A fascination with the successful TV show Mad Men has led a group of writers to launch an ad copywriting contest. Mad Men is a US drama set in the 1960s focusing on the lives of people who work for an advertising agency on Madison Avenue, New York. The show took the US and [...]
Online dating has firmly established its place in our culture. It is everywhere – advertised on billboards, busses, in magazines and, of course, online. It’s talked about at work, on Facebook and in the pub. Gone are the days when dating websites carried a stigma or when people believed they were only used by the [...]
Planning a trip to Canada that includes many destinations raises the question of how best to navigate this vast country. The most obvious and most popular choices are flying and driving. Westjet and Air Canada are the major players for internal flights, but the disadvantage is that they can appear expensive – especially to European travellers used to inexpensive short-haul flights.
