I’ve succumbed to seasonal fever… not to the point of looking forward to Christmas, or anything like that, but maltpress.co.uk has been updated to reflect the season. Of course, it’s going to be a little while before the fairy-lights go up in Maltpress HQ, what with me being a grumpy old scrooge who’s not a […]

Last night was the East Anglian CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations) PRIDE awards – which I went along to, and at which the project I was there with (Running the Gauntlet) won two gongs. A gold and a silver. My role in the project was as an internal consultant – providing advice and support […]

Arrrgh… I’ve just been for my first ever jog. I’ve learnt some things: Fencing doesn’t keep me as fit as I thought. I run like an idiot. It’s not actually as cold as I thought and a fleece might not have been a good idea. I’m a wimp. That’s right – 0.75 miles nearly killed […]

As long as I’ve been writing professionally – for over six years now – I’ve been aware of the need to write for people who don’t necessarily have English as a first language. Whether it’s writing for an international intranet for a pharmaceutical company or for a regional website recently in the news for initiatives […]

You may have noticed (if you’re a regular reader) that the blog’s had a major re-design. And that my spelling’s getting a lot better. Two innovations I’m quite pleased with are responsible for these things: Blogger Beta is the new version of the Blogger software – and it’s really quite good. It’s almost as flexible […]

I’m finding this out more and more lately. It’s the little things which you never think about until, like me, you suddenly have lots and lots of time. The big things – like regular pay, sick leave, having people around you, IT support – I never took those for granted. I was always grateful for […]

Well, well, well. What an interesting day. Got the MG back. Long story. Deeply unhappy about it, but you live and learn. Top tip from today: don’t sell a car on eBay, and never sell to someone who’s not viewed it first.

It’s been a difficult couple of days, to be honest. Some hellos and some goodbyes: Hello – to the new version of Blogger. I’ll be sorting the template out tomorrow, and taking advantage of the new-found ability to tag posts with keywords – and to generate feeds for each keyword, which is going to make […]

Yesterday I didn’t have masses to do, which was a little dull. I did a lot of ironing, and while I did it I listened to a bit of Bowie. Which got me thinking about the film Velvet Goldmine, which I saw one snowy day in the first year at university, at the Taliesin cinema […]

Things seem to be picking up a little – I have some work to do, which makes a very nice change and will be keeping me out of trouble (and should start to pay the bills as well, which is the most important thing). I’m certainly starting to settle in to the somewhat different pace […]