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La Grande Rentrée – Somewhere Back in Time
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Having spent the final few weeks in my beloved Brussels panicking over la grande rentrée back to the UK and delaying my actual return again… and again… I have just reached the end of my 3rd week back here, and as always, things are never as bad...
A woman is like a teabag -you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water
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Exactly a year ago today, I arrived in Brussels, apprehensive, hesitant but most of all excited about beginning an internship for one of the world’s largest communications agencies. It is true to say that in the early days I had officially landed i...
Fight or flight? Great Britain’s rocky relationship with the EU.
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When starting this blog I promised myself I would do my best to avoid ranting about the state of British politics, but David Cameron, Big D, Chameleon on bike (whatever nickname we want to go for) you just keep getting it so frightfully wrong. I am...
The power of lipstick, killer heels and the perfect pencil skirt
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That was a deliberately detrimental quote. It was used to demonstrate that in today’s working world, your gender still matters. 13.7%. This is the percentage, in 2012, of female board members in the largest companies listed in the EU. I’ve always...
Could travel abroad help build a sense of European Identity?
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Today I read an article in Debating Europe, about whether travelling abroad makes you feel more like an EU citizen or not. The first thought that sprung to mind was that I definitely used the ‘I am an EU citizen’ jargon in the Etterbeek commune w...
Digitally Divided
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On Tuesday 15 May, Twitter reached its 10million milestone in the UK. Talk of the social media is now unavoidable, so what is differentiating those who are active online, and those who aren’t? The digital divide used to refer to differences in acce...
Episode 2: Serious Business
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Under the title ‘Is Facebook bad for your mental health’ is written in bold, ‘It can cause eating disorders’. Wow. I am completely taken aback when I read this. Are we such an image-obsessed nation that a social networking site could provoke...
Episode 1: Confessions of a Facebook-aholic
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Facebook addiction is right up there with other dangerous addictions such as alcohol and tobacco. Believe it, it’s true. Researchers at the University of Chicago have discovered that giving up Facebook and Twitter, may actually be more difficult th...
The Malady of Facebook: Pre-Diagnosis
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Welcome to ‘The Malady of Facebook’. Over the next three blog posts, I am going to debate the idea that Facebook could be bad for our health. Why? I have read too many articles that suggest so. As a result of this, and upon the realisation that i...
Lost in Translation on Place de Lux
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I have become increasingly used to the ‘grin and nod’ since I have moved to Brussels. Although I have to admit that I am becoming increasingly convincing when I tell someone that I understand them. This often sums up large parts of the cl...
Is Twitter really 6 years old…?
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Wow… apparently so. As I read this article on one of my favourite websites for my daily dose of the ‘digital scoop’, (Mashable.com in case you’re interested) I notice a Facebook symbol accompanying the title ‘Happy 6th Birthday Twitter’ w...
Can Interviewers Insist on 'Shoulder Surfing' Your Facebook Page?
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Reblogged from Moneyland: Privacy advocates say that, for now, it is legal for a prospective employer, during a job interview, to insist that you log into your Facebook page and then click through your “friends only” posts, photos and m...
