What are the two biggest purchases you’re ever likely to make in your life? Well unless you’re  a billionaire (in which case a Gulfsteam Jet and a  150 foot yacht probably came to mind) you most likely thought of a house and a car. With so much money at stake, and the re-purchase cycle being a relatively long one, you’d think the marketing in the property and automotive fields would be faultless. But it isn’t – far from it. And one of the crucial areas they slip up is in the use of language. Let me give you a couple of examples… Continue reading →

I’m not entirely sure that my blood pressure will take much more. The protracted battle of my football team to avoid relegation is bad enough, but the regular outpourings of bilge (and I use the term in a caring way)  from Mr Miliband is taking things to a whole new level. Continue reading →

Quick…what comes to mind when  you hear the word ‘archery’? Chances are that one of two images came to mind  – either something related to Robin Hood, or someone standing in a field with a complicated-looking bow, slowly and methodically firing arrows at a static target. Unless you’ve seen it before, I doubt you were thinking about Lars Andersen. Continue reading →

What did you think when you read the words “how the other half lives”? What did you expect?  Did you expect to read about the wealthy or the poor? Your answer will probably says a lot about where you see your own position in the hierarchy. Wherever your thoughts led you though,  you’re likely to be surprised by the reality. Continue reading →

Labour MP, Chris Bryant, got into an argument he probably wasn’t expecting this week when he wrote in the Guardian that it wasn’t acceptable that the arts are dominated by the likes of Eddie Redmayne, James Blunt “and their ilk”. This was a reference to the fact that both had the benefit of a public school education, a fact that Bryant felt gave them an unfair advantage over other people with the same aspirations. James Blunt took exception to Chris Bryants comments and replied via an open letter. Here’s what he said: Continue reading →