by Nadine Dereza | Jun 4, 2014 | Live Events, Presenting, Tips and Ideas
Speaking to a group of students, we were asked what qualities were necessary to be a writer. The library in which the event was taking place was intimidating: shelf after shelf of books from anthropology to Zoroastrianism, millions of minds contributing from antiquity...
by Nadine Dereza | May 26, 2014 | Live Events, Presenting, Tips and Ideas
So what do we in the media make of the significant gains UKIP have made in this week’s local and European elections. It’s a big achievement for a small party – and even more impressive when you look back through the recent UKIP appearances in the...
by Nadine Dereza | May 6, 2014 | Live Events, Presenting, Tips and Ideas
Whatever you think of Jeremy Clarkson and Russell Brand, a significant minority of young people think either of them would make a better Prime Minister than Nick Clegg, though it’s hard to imagine any of them getting the trains to run on time. They think, too,...
by Nadine Dereza | Apr 27, 2014 | Live Events, Presenting, Tips and Ideas
Sometimes, it’s hard to be a woman,’ sang Tammy Wynette, decades before The Spice Girls hinted that being a woman might be fun, too. And despite knowing that the next few months are going to see an awful lot of hard work as part of the organizing team of an awards...
by Nadine Dereza | Apr 20, 2014 | Live Events, Presenting, Tips and Ideas
Busy times at PS Programmes Towers: the contracts are signed, the editors are furiously blue-pencilling adjectives, and the inky-sleeved printers are awaiting the first pages of copy to be sent down for typesetting. We are writing a book. ‘We’ is crucial....
by Nadine Dereza | Mar 28, 2014 | Live Events, Presenting, Tips and Ideas
It’s, um, like, y’know? Every eye is on you, the microphone is live, and the stage lights are so bright, you can’t see beyond the first line of the audience. But you can see the floor manager twirling their finger in the little circle that the world...
