International Day of Happiness 2017: Six things you probably never knew about being happy March 19, 2017 It's time to wish everyone a, er, happy International Day of Happiness. Yep, there really is a day for everything, and 20 March just happens to be when the United Nations asks everyone to consider the wellbeing and happiness of the world – and it even has possibly the least happy person on board. The big angry bird [...]
No playing around: Monopoly bins the thimble, wheelbarrow and boot tokens for the new T-rex, penguin and rubber duck March 18, 2017 Remember the Monopoly days of the boot, thimble and wheelbarrow? Well those days are no longer, as the three unloved tokens have got the boot from the latest edition of the board and are being replaced by a Tyrannosaurus rex, a penguin and a rubber duck which will be available in new editions from August. Say [...]
Former chancellor George Osborne has been appointed editor of London daily the Evening Standard – Twitter reacts March 17, 2017 George Osborne has announced yet another new job, and Twitter has gone a bit nuts… The former chancellor has just been appointed Editor of the Evening Standard and it's fair to say the news came as a surprise to basically everyone. I am literally dumbfounded. Trying to imagine Osbo drumming up page leads. "Don't we need a nib [...]
Circassia share price flies on news of Astrazeneca partnership March 17, 2017 Shares in Neil Woodford-backed pharmaceuticals firm Circassia rocketed over 30 per cent this morning after the firm announced a $50m (£40.4m) investment from Astrazeneca. Circassia will buy the rights to two of Astrazeneca's pulmonary disease drugs in a deal that values the products at as much as $230m. The FTSE 100 giant will receive $50m of shares in its fellow [...]
Demeter Fragrance Library has launched a cat perfume called Kitten Fur to remind you of your favourite feline friend March 17, 2017 Demeter Fragrance Library, a New York-based perfume company, has just released their best scent yet: kittens. The Kitten Fur formula was 15 years in the making and the company has said it “has captured the olfactory essence of the warmth and comfort of that purrfect spot, just behind a kitten's neck.” Read more: Alibaba's recruiting [...]
Evergreen Jermain Defoe earns England recall three and half years after his last cap as Gareth Southgate trials Nathan Redmond and James Ward-Prowse March 16, 2017 England manager Gareth Southgate has praised Jermain Defoe’s enduring effectiveness after recalling the evergreen Sunderland striker for next week’s fixtures against Germany and Lithuania. Defoe, 34, is in line for a first cap since November 2013 after his 14 Premier League goals for the struggling Black Cats earned him the nod over the rusty Wayne [...]
Sunderland 0, Manchester City 2: I don’t want to see a team of mine defending a two-goal lead, fumes Pep Guardiola March 5, 2017 Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola slammed his side for sitting back and defending a two-goal lead despite cantering to a routine victory over bottom of the table Sunderland. In-form Sergio Aguero swelled his goal tally for the season by netting his fifth in three matches in the opening period as Leroy Sane settled matters shortly [...]
YouTube’s double standards in banning PewDiePie February 20, 2017 If you've ever wondered what on earth a PewDiePie is, you’re not alone. He’s a man, Felix Kjellberg, who reviews video games online. In the YouTube world, he’s as famous as James Corden, as influential as Nick Robinson, and as we found out last week, as funny as Jim Davidson. “Very rich Swedish man pays [...]
Psychology in marketing: It’s time to get emotional February 10, 2017 To succeed at marketing you need to understand people. And to understand people, you need to know what makes them tick. In an age when ad blocking is on the rise and trust at a premium, understanding psychology has never been more important in marketing. Whenever I talk about the art of persuasion in [...]
Forget about demure, pink or sparkly – this year’s women’s watch mood is fiercer than a Beyoncé half-time show February 6, 2017 Move over Princess Grace, forget the “twinset-and pearls” brigade; the new watchmaker’s muse is strong, forthright and possibly wearing shoulder pads. Think Melanie Griffith’s Tess McGill in Working Girl and you’re most of the way there. It seems, finally, that the “shrink pink” treatment of existing men’s watches – with a liberal sprinkling of diamonds [...]