Today, I’ve mostly been thinking about air fresheners. I just can’t stand the stinkin’ things. As time goes on, the Air Wicks of the world get more and more sophisticated. So now the adverts proudly display a plug-in air freshener with three different ‘fragrances’ that alternate every forty minutes. How much does your house have […]

Blimey, it is only gone and turned into December out there. As in, deck the halls, drink yourself into a coma, eat till your kidney’s implode, it’s bleedin Christmas in a few weeks. So approaches the festive season as a student, with minus in the bank account. As I’ve worked in the Charity sector for […]

Was listening to Radio One the other day. There was a competition, a radio phone in, with two contestants. The DJ, Sarah Cox, said, ‘Best of luck to you both.’ And I’ve been thinking about it ever since. It is something you hear quite a lot, on game shows, Pop Idol and IACGMOFH. But how […]

As part of this course we have been advised to read a wide variety of newspapers so we can gain a broad view of the media and get to grips with different styles of writing aimed at different audiences. So on Saturday, I sat in the Gyllyngvase Beach Café and read a day-old Daily Mail. […]

One of my classmates emailed me today, called me Snow (as my last name is white or equivalent) which set me thinking about nick names. I’ve never really had one. Jen Jen at one point at university (yuk) or The Jenster in Namibia – liked that. But do these count? A true nickname can’t just […]