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make your bed book
With so much trash and junk floating around in this space we call the internet, it is a rarity these days to stumble upon anything which strikes a chord. But sometimes, if we look hard enough, hidden amongst the trolls, the cat videos and the relentless memes which flood our feeds, we’ll find something that...
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Throughout July I have posted a series of business thoughts that comment on the world today. Obliquely political I have posited a view linking business and women’s empowerment and observed the responses on social media. There have been four themes with one underlying message, that of friendship.  Despite her FLOTUS tenure regretfully coming to an...
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If you’re looking for a film that is not only uplifting and feel good, but will also inspire you to rise up against adversity and achieve something great, then make sure you see the newly released Hidden Figures. The big screen adaption of Margot Lee Shetterly’s sensational true story of the same name tells the tale of an...
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It had taken me about two days to understand the grid of Manhattan: its Streets, Avenues, Upper, Lower, East and West and how they intersect. I had gotten lost too many times. Finally, I could visualise the Island and navigate my way around it with some success. I began to appreciate why a yellow cab...
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Jackie November 22nd 1963, Dallas Fort Worth, Texas. Jackie Kennedy just 34 years old accompanied her husband President John F. Kennedy, on what would be the final day of his life. Assassinated in cold blood he was brutally murdered in a case that would never be brought to justice; it was a day that shook...
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the giving keys
“It’s our responsibility as humans to take care of each other. It’s our duty as humans to care for people when we are weak and broken.” – Caitlyn Crosby, Founder The Giving Keys was born from a simple idea; find something that gives you strength and when it has healed you, pass it on to someone...
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meghan markle
Aspiring princesses everywhere might just have to put their royal dreams to bed as Prince Harry is now officially off the market. Harry is said to be ‘besotted’ with Meghan Markle, a 35-year-old actress hailing from LA, who is best known for her role as Rachel Zane in the hit US TV drama Suits. News of...
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halloween
Halloween, or All Hallows Eve, as it was once called, will soon be upon us and over the years, since it first made its modern day debut in the UK, it has come to pass that this is one holiday that seems to divide camps. Strictly speaking there are those who will be revelling in...
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I’ve never believed in God as such, but when I was younger and felt that my life was awful I used to blame an unseen higher force for all my woes. It was easier to have something to aim all my anger at, to assign every misfortune, mistake and problem to a person or being...
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Growing up as a part of the creative community, I often wondered why so many people refuse to accept different genres of art and prefer to stick to the classics. Being a lover of pop art, abstracts and surrealism, I was amazed at other people’s ignorance of modern artistic brilliance. It is traditionally thought that...
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