Music Festivals; the new platform for self-expression

There’s nothing quite like watching your favourite artist perform live. The excitement of buying your ticket, the buzz as you wait for them to walk on stage, the absolute captivation as you watch memorised and of course the incredible…

All publicity is good publicity… really?

We’ve heard the saying “all publicity is good publicity” and on the surface, I can see how this makes sense. If people are talking about you, you’re undoubtedly front of mind. My Marketing tutors and lecturers call this ‘brand awareness’ and there’s no doubt…

What Time Is It?

6pm, on a weekday.

I’ve come back from uni, I turn on my TV and settle in for some cartoons to clear my head. I know I can rely on cartoons for entertainment 90% of the time, and rarely does it dawn on me that at my age I should have already gotten over them. I know I’m…

A Double Shot of Netflix — There’s a New Way to Binge

Blame it on Pheideippedes. As only legend could possibly have it, in 490BC the Greek messenger ran the entire distance from Marathon to Athens (around 240km) with nary a toilet break to announce the defeat of the Persian Empire to his…

The misconception of Tinder

So there’s a new game in the app store, correction, a new dating platform available to singles of all ages in the app store. When you think about the dating life, phrases such as ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ and ‘honesty is the basis of a relationship’ are often thrown…

Living at work

As a full time student, I think that we all have an image as to what our “real life” job once we graduate will look like. For me it was always, land a job in Public Relations. Then get up daily, get dressed, drive (or catch a bus), work in an office, go to the gym and have Friday afternoon work…

Leaders of the blogging pack

When Jessica Stein started a blog after travelling around Europe to share her adventures and photographs, she had no idea that her blog would launch her style to the online world at such a rapid pace. “I started getting readers and hits and it turned from being a hobby into…

Show Us Your Shame Show

Everyone has at least one — a television show that you love to watch, but would die of shame if anyone found out you did. Your “shame show”. So, I decided to question why we are so ashamed to admit we watch such shows religiously, in secret and denial. Does our choice of television…

Societies Bureaucratic Sugar Daddy