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Are You Being Bullied At Work?
It’s an undisputed fact that bullying stops after secondary school. It’s only demonstrated when a group of your peers corner you in a toilet and shout in your face, or push you around. Right? Wrong. I’ve been doing a lot of research into bullying recently. I’m a pastoral coordinator in a secondary school, and bullying (or anti-bullying) has been my little project over the past few months. Despite research into bullying being child and school focused, I realised that actually, it’s applicable to adult life too; we are all able to be victims of bullying as an adult too. Unfortunately, bullying is not a crime. However harassment is, and if…
24 Hours in the Isle of Wight
Walking down the steps from our apartment on a cool October morning, I breathed in the fresh sea air. It had been years since I’d stepped foot on the Isle of Wight, but that weekend, I had Dan to thank…
25 Things That Make Me Smile
Even though the days are getting short and wet, there are still a load of reasons to be cheerful. Hayley from ThriceUponADream shared 25 things that make her smile here and challenged me to do the same. So, without further…
What Brits Really Think About Halloween
It’s that time of year again – the nights get long, the weather gets cold and wet, the leaves start to fall, and the shops can’t decide if they’re promoting Halloween or Christmas. Welcome to October in the UK. Halloween…
Eat: Oriental Pan Asian, Chafford Hundred
You probably recognise Chafford Hundred as the train station for Intu Lakeside. For most visitors to the small Essex town, they arrive, cross the bridge to the shopping centre, and return to the platform with handfuls of bags. Some visitors…
Visit: Cotswold Wildlife Park
During the summer holidays, Dan and I spent a couple of days in the Cotswolds to round off our holiday to Pembrokeshire National Park. We picked the sleepy village of Stow on the Wold as our base, and picked a…
Healthy Living – September 2019
In comparison to my other posts, this one is a little different. Health and fitness has never really been on my radar, but now that I’m getting old, I realise that I need to take a little more care of…
Live Football: Why You Should Watch A Match This Season
Live football matches (or soccer for you American readers) have been a huge part of my whole life. My Arsenal FC supporting dad was a semi-professional footballer in his heyday, and is now an assistant manager of a National League…
Personalised Socks: The Pawfect Present
AD As September rolls in, it becomes birthday season in my family. Over the next six months, I have to organise gifts for seven birthdays and Christmas. Let me tell you, it’s an exhausting job. Each year, I find it…
Stay: Stag at Stow
Independent review of Stag at Stow pub and hotel in Stow on the Wold, in the Cotswolds.
Carter’s Yard Talking Phonics Flashcards
AD| Toddlers these days are pretty IT literate. However, there is a genuine concern that an excess of screen time in children under two can directly affect speech development. Carter's Yard's Talking Phonics Flashcards combine technology and education.
