Last week I was fortunate enough to attend a business talk by Duncan Bannatyne at the Cheltenham Literature Festival with @Holpols. A stoic persona coupled with a reserved approach to the admiration shown in the crowd immediately set Duncan Bannatyne apart from other successful businessmen who I have heard before. By his own words he referred to himself as an ‘accidental millionaire’, it was clearly... 

Blogging is a muscle which requires exercise. Yet no matter how dedicated you may be with travelling to the gym each week you may sometime go through a patch of absence. During these times it is easy to become lazy, to fall into a day to day routine which skips your once heavy physical activity. Unfortunately this has happened to me on the blogging side of my life. Shamefully it has almost been 1... 

I signed up to Twitter October 2008 at around 9am in the morning. At the time I was running a blog going by the name of “A Superfluous Ramble” which mostly discussed Philosophy and Atheism. Knowing that many fellow bloggers were using Twitter as a promotional tool I signed up to it. In a couple of weeks I was shocked to have around 800 followers. Every day since October 2008 I have tweeted. The... 

Inspiration comes in many forms. As part of my blogging in 2011 I shall be covering one of my heroes each month. This month I look at Stephen Fry. Stephen Fry - iTunes Festival 2009 Think of this article has my public declaration of love. I cannot imagine what life would be like without having an influence so creative, humorous, intelligent or charming. With fear I have left Stephen Fry to my second... 

You do start to question how deep an addiction can worm its way into your personality when withdrawal causes you to become a person you despise. Smoking for me started as a love affair and has continued to be a relationship I regret. Quite cliché isn’t it? Most smokers regret their transition from the nice smells, to the tobacco smells. Nicotine understands me very well. It is has been in my system... 

I really do. Paul Bowler is a straight talking man. I should know. At the University of Gloucestershire last year I attend an ‘Open Forum’ where the University’s relationship with Stagecoach was discussed. He made intelligent points but I must confess caused outrage. Whilst he may understand finances he was far separated from the emotional aspects involved with comforting students and staff.... 

People rarely stare. They just walk on. Occasionally there will be a purpose for haste but for the most part it is the denial of affirmation that a man will wander head high. If you stand straight, look ahead and walk with vigour then the gentleman may decide not to bother you. Although it is with optimism that I assume people even notice in the first place. Most have become so used to walking past... 

The UK’s biggest and most popular Jazz Festival, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, official begins tomorrow evening and will run until the 3rd May. Jazz Town 87.7FM is the event’s official radio station and will cover exclusive interviews with acts, up-to-date news from the festival and reviews. For Cheltenham Jazz Festival I will be running my own show on Jazz Town 87.7FM on Sunday 2nd May and Monday... 

Aren Grimshaw delves into the community building and engagement aspects of social media. Highlighting on his own experience of how the Cornish business community use social networks to get around the challenges of difficult geographical areas. Looking at the principles behind Social Media Café/Tuttle clubs and how they bring different parts of the community together. The #AddMe Conference was arranged... 

Cheltenham’s social media conference, the #AddMe conference, will play host to some of the country’s most prominent social media speakers. The conference has been set up by me as part of my role as CIPR Student Representative for the University of Gloucestershire. Open to students and businesses alike the #AddMe Conference aims to tackle the key questions of how to create, manage and utilise relationships... 

I have been naughty and published this article 2 days ahead of the main promotional period. Tickets are set to fly so if you want to come I highly recommend to jump the gun before the University starts promoting. Tickets can be purchased here. For the last couple of months it has been in the making. On a few occasions I thought it would never happen… but now it is official! Wednesday 10th... 

‘Cheltenham Literature Festival’ by Michael White was originally written for and can be found in vol.10, Issue 2, of Space Newspaper. Cheltenham Literature Festival has been one of the highlights of my year. This year, by accident, the events I attended tackled the effects humans are having on nature. Mark Carwardine and Stephen Fry spoke at Cheltenham Racecourse about their documentary...