Last week I had the pleasure of meeting the inventor of the aptly named ‘Scrudle’, a cross between a scoop, scraper and a lader.

Margaret O'Callaghan

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After getting into X factor last year, I have been watching this years episodes with some degree of excitement. The auditions are hilariously entertaining and the finals rather inspiring. However, after last week’s episode where my favourite Lucie Jones got X’d I am now questioning the credibility of the show.
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Last night saw the unveiling of Peugeot’s innovative new concept, the BB1 at The Hospital Club in London.

With its BB1 concept, Peugeot has created a totally new solution to the current and future needs of urban mobility. The BB1 concept is the first ever full electric vehicle that can seat up to four adults in a space of just 2.5m.

Peugeot BB1

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In the 90′s, physical fitness began to redefine itself — both demographically and topically. The new exploding genre of potentially less strenuous, or otherwise user-friendly equipment included steppers, recumbent bikes, light hand-weights were all introduced.

By the turn of the Millennium, the megatrend of physical fitness had lost its 1970′s innocence. Many of the spartan gyms of that era were replaced by lavish fitness palaces. Read the rest of this entry »

I was shocked to read this morning about the albatross chicks on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific. The photos, taken by American Photography Chris Jordan, depict the nesting babies who are fed bellies-full of plastic by their unaware parents.

On this diet of human trash, every year tens of thousands of albatross chicks die on Midway from starvation, toxicity, and choking. These images depict the actual stomach contents of baby birds in one of the world’s most remote marine sanctuaries, more than 2000 miles from the nearest continent.

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Last Wednesday I was out for a dinner with a good friend in the idyllic town of Marlow. Not really know for its culinary excellence but if truth be told there are some fine establishments along the high street. Taking the current economic climate into account and being a Wednesday night we did not think to book a table. On our heads be it! All three of our preferred dinner destinations were fully booked, apart from Marlow Bar & Grill, but that would involve sitting in a line of couples.

So this leads me the question: Recession? What recession? Apple has just revealed that its ad budget for 2009 was half-a-billion dollars & The Daily Mail reported last week on the opening of a new John Lewis store with over a thousand eager shoppers queuing round the corner. Read the rest of this entry »

Whilst finishing up my PR antics of the week, a rather amusing email popped into my inbox. Someone clearly has far to much time on their hands… rather amusing though! Read the rest of this entry »

Competition Winner John McManus will travel to AC Milan and Real Madrid to report online for UK’s top newspaper

A Masters student at Oxford University is set to spend the next four weeks in the company of some of the biggest clubs in world football, after winning a sports writer competition sponsored by bwin, the leading online gaming provider and shirt sponsor of AC Milan and Real Madrid, in association with The Independent newspaper.

24 year-old John McManus of Leicester was announced as the winner of the much-coveted prize and will travel across the continent reporting on the independent.co.uk news site from some of the biggest events in European sport.

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Marco Pierre White last night crowned the UK’s Best Bartender – at the Final of World Class UK 2009 – the Oscar’s of the bartending world. Held at the exclusive Kent House in London’s Knightsbridge, four bartenders have dazzled the judges by showcasing exceptional mixology skills to make the final four and are currently battling it out for the ultimate title.

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This morning London’s commuters were reeling from a ‘rude’ wake-up call as 308 naked figures joined in the morning rush hour. With only scarves to cover up their modesty, the convoy raised more than a few eyebrows, baring all across the city.

On first inspection, much of London’s commuters could have been excused for thinking a public exposure offence could have been in order but for the extremely minute –yet hugely important detail – their fellow commuters were wearing specially made ‘emperor’s new clothes’ which gave the impression the commuters were naked.

The nudes were out in force to celebrate the launch of Peugeot’s new 308CC cabriolet showcasing the ‘naked’ ambition behind the new car launch and bringing to life the Peugeot 308CC’s advanced new ‘Airwave Heating System’ technology.
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