A tale lurks beyond the shattered remains of a pink porcelain piggybank. At an age resplendent with felt tip drawings pinned to the fridge, an age where Father Christmas still exists, little Abella had become an avid saver. Obsessed with filling ‘Le Porc’ she had developed a knack for spotting…

Have you heard about those new corduroy pillows? They’re making headlines. (C’monnn…..) Jokes are powerful. They unite us, creating humorous memories and anecdotes we can treasure for a lifetime. The dictionary definition of a joke is surprisingly broad; “Something that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story…

Think back to a time when you were intently curious about a fellow human being. Take a moment. Reflect and remind yourself of why. See if you can imagine how your curiosity came across. How do you think others see you when you’re curious? Most of us think our curious…

Think back to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Buried among all the politics that surrounded this particular war was the question of preparedness. Many admitted that we didn’t know what to expect as we entered that scenario. …

On 30th June 2016, a week after the referendum vote, Deborah headed out to the bank on her lunch break. As she waited to cross the road, a young woman passed her. In an exchange that lasted less than ten seconds, she was spat at and verbally abused for ‘ruining…

Hacking. The pastime of ‘LulzSec’ and ‘Anonymous’. Computer-oriented. Lines, lines, lines of code. Dark rooms with multiple screens. And people with little in the way of social skills. Anyone who has seen films like Jurassic Park and James Bond will have this view of cybercrime. But the truth is more…

It’s only a month on, and the election of Emmanuel Macron is still being celebrated in France and around Europe. Le Front National have been repelled again. …

Imagine a world where people constantly pontificate about how great you are- behind your back, of course. They cheer you on and set up your success. It helps take pressure off you. After all, how can you lose when the world around you wants you to win? Welcome to the…