Lights! Camera! Action! – Take 2

I am loving this. Not only do you get to work with a great production team but I am also learning some great things about TV as a whole and having to adapt my behaviour/approach for this environment.
My co presenter and I have developed a great rapport on this programme, even though there was on [...]

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Lights! Camera! Action! – Take 1

Ok so some of you know I am currently filming for a TV show for Channel 4.
That’s all I can give you for now about it.
…however I can say it was a great experience to be in front of the camera.
I felt so at home.
I flew from Luton to Aberdeenshire on Tuesday night and spent [...]

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The Apprentice

Ok so the new apprentice has started. We all now it’s going to be a mixture of TV personalities more than real business, but heck I still cant pull myself away from it. So there I am and who comes onto the screen but Jadene. Wifey calls me and says, have you seen who is [...]

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Speak Up Speak Out

On the weekend I attended an open day for Speakers Bank.
Part of the Speakers Trust charity, Speakers Bank has trained thousands of people and is the UK`s fastest growing trainer provider in the public speaking and communication fields. The focus being on teaching groups in the community, education and public services.
What struck me was the [...]

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Word of the Day: Fecundity

noun
1. the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
2. the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
I don’t know why but I just love the sound of this word!!

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Abolition Memorial??!!

So people want to make a big fuss about William Wilberforce. Why?
Others want to gloriously commemorate of 200 years since the passing of a bill. Why?
The African holocaust was a major factor in the establishment of The New World. Tell me why I would want to celebrate this day, when many of the major abolitionists [...]

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Someone Shut Bono Up!

Ok here goes.
I haven’t written something controversial for a while so let’s get going.
Why is everyone falling over themselves for this man?
Fawning over him?
Bequeathing a living sainthood on him?
Is it because he is really effecting change or is it once again the West’s obsession with celebrity?
First off the bat let me start with giving credit [...]

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The Written Word

I have been scolded by my nearest and dearest.
As a communicator of the spoken and written word, I have been called to task.
Speaking. My tone, inflexions, pace and grammar are all on point.
Writing. My spelling and grammar leave a lot to be desired.
I take this reprimanding like a man.
I will be back to fight another [...]

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MyBnk| Who is Lily Lapenna?

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Lily Lapenna the founder of MyBnk.
MyBnk is a social enterprise whose aim is to increase financial literacy and to develop young people’s enterprise skills by giving them a hands-on experience of organizing, running and using a real bank with real money.
How does it work: MyBnk [...]

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Our Youth: Don’t Give Up!

There has been much coverage on the increasing amount of violence amongst youth in the inner cities in the UK. Much has been written on the fifteen or so young black youth who have lost their lives through knife violence in the London area. Today I read a report about a street fight in London [...]

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