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There’s no doubting that negotiation is important across the board: assigning the household chores, coaxing a toddler, pitching a workplace promotion, renewing your internet provider, the evening’s Netflix choice, buying a property, trying to wangle a best offer on eBay… it goes on and on. However, negotiation is often overlooked or simply misunderstood as a […]

Did you know that being sent the goat emoji is actually a compliment? I have been reading an article on miscommunication across the generations and had to Google the opening reference. The dawning realisation that I’m creeping up the age brackets. So anyway, the goat emoji. It means you’re super talented, the ‘Greatest Of All […]

Are you an adherent of Marie Kondo? A keen lover of decluttering? Does an empty work surface bring you incomprehensible joy? Then maybe it’s time to apply these principles to your technological life. Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology was released early last year by Computer Science professor, Cal Newport. Greatly condensed, the premise […]

As part of the recent launch of his £50m Earthshot Prize, Prince William chatted with Columbian superstar, Shakira, over video call. The singer had joined the prize council for the “green Nobel award” which will fund 50 innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing environmental concerns. You’d imagine that the successful singer’s two young […]

Junk mail was always something of an annoyance. Its short life spanning the journey from the letterbox to the recycling bin.  Maybe I’ve been too harsh. Apparently 2020 saw somewhat of a renaissance for direct mail. You may never have thought it, but it seems that the pandemic has boosted our engagement with the advertising […]

Are you the type of person whose home is littered with hand-written notes to self? Reminders stuck to the fridge. Multiple notebooks bought at different times for different things. Let’s not even think about the to-do lists on our smartphones. Would you love to bring the scattered pieces of your brain altogether in one place? […]

Although Lily Cole has been, for many, a household name throughout her modelling career, it was only fairly recently that I heard her talking passionately about climate change and the environment on a podcast. What was interesting about her approach was that she was looking to come at climate change from a place of optimism. She […]

“Will your child be earning money or stars?” Oh gosh, I don’t know. Is she too young to be thinking in terms of actual pounds? Dollar signs in the eyes for every sock that’s picked up and returned to its rightful place? Stars are a lot friendlier. Stars are kind, helpful, considerate… not driven by […]

Beavers are back, and they’re saving our ecosystems. If you headed down to Exmoor today, you’d be one of the first to see a beaver dam on this site in more than 400 years. Beavers were hunted to extinction in the UK in the 16th century, valued for their meat, fur and scent glands. Their successful reintroduction […]