Kindness teddy bears are ready to be deployed to many children and young people this Christmas; each bear will be wearing the Kindness Wave hearts designed by the 13-year-old sister and 7-year-old daughter of children’s rights campaigner Laura Beveridge…
The booming sound from a big cinema screen. The whirr from a chunky VHS tape. The sweet silence from a shiny sleek DVD. Those sounds signified the way kids from my era could watch films. From larger-than-life cinematic experiences with a room full of kids kicking at the seats in front of them in uncontainable…
Grown-ups come in all shapes and sizes, and the best ones truly are one of a kind. They can teach you things better than any teacher ever will. They believe in you, even when you say something outrageous like the sky is green. I’m sure we each have a treasure trove of stories about our own special grown-ups…
When I was 14, my Mum bought me the entire series of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ on video for Christmas. We watched the show together, consuming several episodes a week, and in just over 2 years we got through all 7 seasons of ‘Buffy’ and the 5 seasons of its spin-off ‘Angel’…
Nothing good generally comes from an automated rejection email, which often concludes with the classic line ‘thank you for your time’. But outside of the large amounts of ice cream you may consume to get over a rejection like this, one good thing can sometimes be an idea.
It is often the simplest concepts that most successfully capture the public’s imagination and so is the case with Wordle. It is hard to pinpoint exactly what makes this game so captivating; its simplicity, its regularity, the ability to share your results with friends…