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Turning an Idea Into a Children's Story

Malcolm Cossons | Posted 18.03.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Dot-to-Dot, Literature, Storytelling, Kid's Books, Gift Ideas, Children's Books, Books, UK-Culture, UK Culture, Culture, UK Entertainment News
Malcolm Cossons

I'm not entirely sure where the idea for my forthcoming children's book Dot to Dot came from. Sadly, there is no bolt of lightning moment that I can define as when inspiration arrived.

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International Aid - It's the Wrong Frame

Jonathan Caleb-Landy | Posted 13.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: UK Impact, International Aid, World, Development, UK News, Communications, Storytelling, UK Politics News
Jonathan Caleb-Landy

The recent furore over the British international aid budget exposes a failure by the government and aid giving agencies to communicate the good work that they undertake in the developing world.

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Social Media Story

Ehsan Khodarahmi | Posted 29.01.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: Branding, Storytelling, Social Business, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Media, UK Tech News
Ehsan Khodarahmi

Social Media has been around forever, just in many different formats. Since biblical times we have seen examples of the "power to connect and engage" with each other, in the same way this is displayed through social media.

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EP Review: Autistic Pieces - Autistic Pieces EP

Kamran Assadi | Posted 31.01.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Interrogating Depression, South Africa, Speed Camera Shy, Raymond Antrobus, Spoken Word, Storytelling, One Night at Zula Bar in Cape Town, Alex Patten, Music, Ep, Poetry, Autistic Pieces, This Town in This Dream, Video, UK Entertainment News
Kamran Assadi

When it comes to poetry and music combining together, it either turns out to be a great exploration resulting in a beautiful sound or just something y...

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Look to the Future But Never Forget to Remember the Past

Ana Tzarev | Posted 12.01.2013 | Home
Read More: Art, Twitter, Remembrance, Veterans Day, Tradition, Storytelling, Future, Facebook, Armistice Day, Remembrance Day, Home News
Ana Tzarev

This month, Europe remembers its fallen soldiers lost during a century and a half of terrible conflict. Not long ago, the millions who watched the remembrance ceremony at the Cenotaph in London saw for the last time veterans of the First World War, their numbers dwindling and faces receding into history

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TV Was Made for Made In Chelsea!

Daisy Buchanan | Posted 12.12.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Storytelling, Reality TV, Fashion, Made in Chelsea, Teens, Tv, UK Entertainment News
Daisy Buchanan

If you're looking for adolescent role models, SW3 is a pretty good place to start your search. Admittedly, it's that bit easier to get a job at a hedge fund when your Dad is or knows a hedge fund manager - but the cast are all career minded.

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The Joy of Horror - A Response to Charlotte Skeoch

Jon Spira | Posted 06.11.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Cautionary Tales, Storytelling, Ukfilm, Films, Horror Films, Film Genres, Fright Fest, UK Entertainment News
Jon Spira

I don't like horror films. I don't like being scared. I don't like gore. I don't like dismemberment. I don't like sadism. I don't like torture. I don't ever find violence funny. I don't like any of that stuff, but that's my personal taste and does not warrant a dismissal of the genre in any way.

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Just Think of a Wonderful Thought...

Nancy Kanter | Posted 22.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Airplanes, Storytelling, Travel, Doc Mcstuffins, Disney Junior, UK News
Nancy Kanter

After spending a frantic week travelling transatlantic for work, I was ready for the long flight back to the States. I had been in Europe meeting various press and mummy bloggers, and I left exhilarated by all the fantastic people I met, but also somewhat exhausted. The long haul flight was just what I needed - 12 hours to myself to read, reflect and just plain relax.

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Inspired by Iceland, Part 3

Rupert Murray | Posted 11.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: UK Inspiration, Storytelling, UK-Inspiration, Iceland, Inspiration, UK Travel, Inspired by Iceland, UK Lifestyle News
Rupert Murray

Here it's de rigeur to get semi naked with total strangers and discuss politics or the weather. As Jon neatly puts it; you have pubs and we have hot baths. Everyone stripped off and we were warmed by the heat from the center of the earth. Then off to the party.

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A Well Told Story

David and Christopher Mikkelsen | Posted 08.05.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Refugee Camps, Well Told Story, Refugees United, Mobile Phone Family Tracing, Online Family Tracing, Refugee Education, Storytelling, Family Tracing, Technology, Refugees, UK Impact, UK Tech News
David and Christopher Mikkelsen

While technology takes center stage in the world of Refugees United and our mission to reconnect separated refugee families, it is but an enabler.

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Selfridges Launches Own Library To Celebrate The Power Of Words

MyDaily | Posted 13.03.2012 | UK Style
Read More: In-the-Know, Its Nice That, Storytelling, Words Words Words, Selfridges, Library, Reading, Books, Words, UK Style News

On 12 January (i.e. NOW) famous department store Selfridges is launching Words Words Words - a celebration of all things library, book and word....

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Computer Game Storytelling And The Man Who Wants To Do Good

John Fleming | Posted 20.02.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Creativity, Internet, Literacy, Author, Writing, Books, Storytelling, Game, Computer, UK Tech News
John Fleming

Recently, BBC Radio 4's Today programme had a strange report on 'Bibliotherapy' and the psychologically-positive healing power of reading books. It so...

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How to Write Someone's Biography or Your Own Autobiography

John Fleming | Posted 22.02.2012 | Home
Read More: Creativity, Storytelling, Psychology, Technique, Autobiography, Writing, Biography, Home News
John Fleming

Earlier this month, I wrote in the Huffington Post about being on a Storywarp panel which discussed the techniques and nature of storytelling, of tel...

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Telling Tales: Brand Experience and the Thrill of the Overture

Robert Urquhart | Posted 10.02.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Digital Media, Advertising, Environment, Design, Branding, Storytelling, Technology, Silicon Valley, UK Tech News
Robert Urquhart

Once upon a time, not that long ago, there lived a great number of creative agencies that believed that the art of story telling could assist their cl...

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Using Storytelling to Conquer Children's Fears

Rachel McClary | Posted 09.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Storytelling, Children's Fears, Fear of the Dark, UK News
Rachel McClary

Both of my children have been upset by irrational fears this evening. For my three-year-old it began on Bonfire night. We didn't attend a fireworks di...

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What has Been the Impact of Digital on the Art of Storytelling?

Krane Jeffery | Posted 08.01.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: UK Business, Man Men, Commercials, Advertising, Adverts, Digital Advertising, UK Tech, Storytelling, Narration, Yahoo, Internet Week, UK Tech News
Krane Jeffery

The digital age has contributed to shorter attention spans, more consumer control, freedom and choice, as well as an industry reliant on data and technology. How has this impacted the art of storytelling? And does it matter?

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