The job I didn’t get

Posted by on Feb 27, 2008 in updates | 14 comments I was reading the latest story yesterday from the Campaign to  Protect Rural England and it reminded me of how I once applied for a job as their regional press officer, but didn’t get it. It was a part-time job which paid peanuts. The interview involved writing a test press release and being grilled by three officers who had travelled from London to Cambridgeshire. After having my two...
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Did the earth move for you last night?

Posted by on Feb 27, 2008 in updates | 19 comments Am I alone in having slept through last night’s earthquake, along with my two sons, while my husband who stayed over in Colchester was woken with an almighty jolt and a shaking bed, and my sister in Wisbech felt the tremors too, her wardrobe door flung open and everything around her shook and shuddered? I was blissfully unaware of this chaos on my doorstep, said to be the biggest...
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Do you txt + drv?

Posted by on Feb 27, 2008 in updates | 12 comments I was really surprised when I read the findings of a Facebook study conducted by the RAC Foundation on how almost half of Britain’s morotists txt + drv at the same time. I’ve written the results in a press release for them which is published today and realise that I must be included in that figure, that I leave my mobile switched on when driving and will check any messages that ping...
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