Data as a storytelling opportunity 2560 1708 Candela Farroni
  • Candela Farroni

Data as a storytelling opportunity

I’ve noticed a phenomenon both in trade press and mainstream media: it’s become increasingly common to read bylines signed by so-and-so, Data Journalist. Over the past decade and a half, publications worldwide have set up…

Talking about autism is complicated – World Autism Awareness Week 1920 1280 Damian Beeley
  • Damian Beeley

Talking about autism is complicated – World Autism Awareness Week

If modern politics and the culture wars have taught us anything it’s that words and the way we talk about things really matter. Talking about autism is complicated. We are using a catch-all term to…

UK and US election countdown – edition 2 1920 1280 Haggie Partners
  • Haggie Partners

UK and US election countdown – edition 2

More than half of the world’s population, some four billion people, are participating in elections in 40 countries this year. Haggie Partners will be regularly tracking the key battleground issues in two of these contests:…

Sad and a bit grumpy 1920 1280 Caroline Klein
  • Caroline Klein

Sad and a bit grumpy

I was taken aback by how sad I was to read the news that the Body Shop has called in administrators. Without wishing to generalise too much, I suspect many women of a similar age…

The year of the dragon 2000 1333 Caroline Klein
  • Caroline Klein

The year of the dragon

Officially beginning with the Chinese Lunar New Year on 10th February, 2024 is the year of the dragon. Unlike in the West, where stories typically feature terrifying monsters who eat children, terrorise villages and have…

Election clouds battle of ideas 1920 1280 Ben Abbotts
  • Ben Abbotts

Election clouds battle of ideas

This isn’t the year for you if you are an election-phobe. More than half of the world’s population, some four billion people, are participating in elections in 40 countries this year with the US, Russia,…

From Christmastime weariness to marathon readiness 1920 1280 Gavin Warren
  • Gavin Warren

From Christmastime weariness to marathon readiness

During Twixmas, my home underwent a transformation into a battleground of board games and toys as my two small children happily explored their new presents. In the midst of all the festive chaos, I found…

The legacy of the Christmas tree 1920 1280 Gavin Warren
  • Gavin Warren

The legacy of the Christmas tree

On 5 December our office Christmas tree arrived: green and healthy with an infectious lease of festive life. Our tree’s entrance brought excitement that Christmas was just around the corner. Albeit a little compact and…

Sex education 1920 1282 Damian Beeley
  • Damian Beeley

Sex education

The only guidance I ever received on affairs of sex, was a copy of Manwatching by Desmond Morris left on my bedside table, and the insistence from my three elder brothers that I should ask…

World Mental Health Day 10 October 2023 1920 1281 Gavin Warren
  • Gavin Warren

World Mental Health Day 10 October 2023

The World Health Organisation has set the theme this year as ‘Mental health is a universal human right‘. What does this mean to you? As we reflect on our lifetime if we are honest there…

What would Professor Steve Peters say? 1920 1280 Gavin Warren
  • Gavin Warren

What would Professor Steve Peters say?

My go-to literature for the aeroplane and sun-lounger tends to be true crime and thrillers.  In the evenings and when commuting I lean towards anything from the Victorian era or self-development.  I have a keen…

“So Tim, have you had any experience in financial communications?” 1920 1280 Haggie Partners
  • Haggie Partners

“So Tim, have you had any experience in financial communications?”

It was the question I was dreading. I was halfway through a video call with the wonderful Emma Brian, the Haggie Partners HR manager, and somehow I thought I had managed to avoid making a…

Start Typing