by Nadine Dereza | Jul 17, 2015 | Tips and Ideas
Taking care of the planet is a bit like any good habit: you diligently recycle the papers and sort out the plastics, but once in a while, you’re working late, it’s bin day tomorrow… and those black bags are opaque, aren’t they? Most of us try to do the right thing,...
by Nadine Dereza | Jun 20, 2015 | Tips and Ideas
It isn’t every day that we let the blog slide into cinema review mode, but last weekend, myself and the popcorn addicts of the PS Programmes team took in a British movie called Pride. During the film, the fundraisers find themselves at the sharp end of a smear...
by Nadine Dereza | Jun 6, 2015 | Tips and Ideas
It’s been a rough few months for Thomas Cook, but not as rough as it’s been on the parents of Christi and Bobby Shepherd, the two children killed my carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty heater in their hotel bedroom. In the face of human tragedy, it...
by Nadine Dereza | May 18, 2015 | Tips and Ideas
So the votes have been cast, the results have come in, and Britain is slowly finding out what a majority Conservative government is going to mean for the next five years. Gone are the LibDems (a soft-hearted check on the political rudder or an ineffectual nuisance,...
by Nadine Dereza | Apr 30, 2015 | Tips and Ideas
Soothsayers and oracles knew that the hazard of prediction was that if you live long enough, you’ll find out how wrong you were – so better to couch the future in metaphor and symbol. And if you’ve ever read or seen Macbeth, you’ll remember...
by Nadine Dereza | Apr 13, 2015 | Tips and Ideas
With the General Election in the UK on the horizon, here are things to look for from the candidates who will be appearing soon (too soon; and possibly, for too long) on the media outlet of your choice as they vie for your vote. The problem with blanket coverage, is...
