How long do you spend writing the titles of your web content? Do you spend longer on the text than you do on the heading? Similarly, how much time do you spend on the subject line of an email? When I ask these questions in masterclasses, I get met with…

Here in the village where I live, we are in the midst of celebrations for Her Majesty The Queen to mark her Platinum Jubilee. Her Maj became Queen before I was born, and probably that’s true for you too. She has done the same job for more years than I…

Writing a reflective essay for university or college is a common requirement. Indeed, university lecturers are increasingly using reflective essays as a means of assessment. That’s because done properly, a reflective essay is an excellent way of demonstrating the extent of your learning and understanding. Keep a journal The first step in writing…

Racist abuse online is not new. It has been happening for decades. In the past couple of days, racist abuse has hit the headlines following vile online attacks against three England footballers, Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka. …

The words you use in your everyday language show whether you are looking forwards to your future or constantly wanting to go back to your past. — Sometimes you hear something on the TV news, and you can’t help yourself saying, “you are joking…!” That happened to me the other day when I heard the newsreader say that there were plans to open the UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years. Now, forgive me, but I…

The UK vaccination programme is clearly a world-beater. Here we have the highest proportion of the population immunised against COVID-19. It is an impressive achievement given that the calculations were that it would take at least a year to vaccinate all adults. …

Yesterday I had a meeting at lunchtime, so I had to take a late lunch. As I sat in the kitchen munching on my sardines, I switched on the TV. The “hard news” of the lunchtime bulletin gets replaced with softer stories early in the afternoon. …

Here is how to make those resolutions stick — Here we are, at the start of 2021 and within days the resolutions people have made will be ditched. Research shows that most New Year Resolutions never make it beyond 14th January. However, people make New Year Resolutions because they want to change. They want to lose weight, give up…

On Friday morning I was listening to a radio phone-in when the presenter said, “Please, no more calls about a Brexit deal…!” He then went on to say “We have no way of knowing what will or won’t be decided. …