Beer Tours: Cheltenham

Brewdog, Unit 3, The Brewery Quarter, Henrietta Street, Cheltenham GL50 4FA Cheltenham Motor Club, Upper Park Street, Cheltenham GL52 6SA DEYA Brewing Company, 33/34, Lansdown Industrial Estate, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham, GL51 8PL Favourite Beers, 5 Hewlett Road, Cheltenham, GL52 6BB Jolly Brewmaster, 39 Painswick Road, Cheltenham GL50 2EZ Planet Caravan, 25 Bath Street, Cheltenham GL50ContinueContinue reading “Beer Tours: Cheltenham”

YATM Game Nite at Lighthouse, Poole

(L-R) John Jocham, me, TV’s Jake Moore and Zelda de Hollander Thanks once again to everyone who joined us for the 2nd You Are The Media GAME NITE! Despite the competitive nature of the event, it was such a lovely atmosphere and just what we needed at the end of a tough month in theContinueContinue reading “YATM Game Nite at Lighthouse, Poole”

The inconvenience of opinion

I grew up without satellite or cable. The limitation of terrestrial TV inspired some odd viewing choices. Perhaps none as strange as the BBC’s viewer opinion show Points of View.  For some context, I’ve looked into the dates.  I can remember watching Anne Robinson present the show. According to the ever reliable source Wikipedia, Anne presented PointsContinueContinue reading “The inconvenience of opinion”

Schaeftember Fest

This week I attended two days of events hosted by You Are The Media, featuring visiting marketing author from the US, Mark Schaefer Mark has written nine books and is currently working on his tenth, which we were given an extensive preview of during each of his talks.  But this wasn’t just a guest lecture. This was more ofContinueContinue reading “Schaeftember Fest”

Train Station: Reading ’09

I’ll confess to not having yet seen Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99, the Netflix documentary series that has inspired this article, but I’m familiar with the festival’s uncomfortable place in music history.  I’ve also never been to a Woodstock event, the furthest from home I’ve travelled for a music festival was Groezrock in Belgium. I did howeverContinueContinue reading “Train Station: Reading ’09”

The good, the bad and the YATM

It was fun guest hosting You Are The Media ‘Good Bad’ today. Thank you to everyone who joined us and an extra high five for Jackie, Ryan, Jonathan, Ella and Mark for sharing the ups and downs from their week.  I’m now passing the button onto Gus Bhandal who will be hosting this week’s session,ContinueContinue reading “The good, the bad and the YATM”

The tasty chaos of pizza marketing

In a previous article I wrote about finding alternatives to Amazon. As a result of reading it one of my LinkedIn connections DID buy something she’d usually order from Amazon elsewhere.  Does this make me an influencer, or an activist? I’m going to see if I can get lightning to strike twice and influence you all to want pizza forContinueContinue reading “The tasty chaos of pizza marketing”

Binley Mega Chippy: Big catch or small fry?

I’d like to think I’m not becoming too cantankerous as my generation sails further out towards irrelevance island. I tried to approach NFTs with an open mind in my previous article.  If there’s one thing that’s always irked me though it’s hysteria surrounding new trends. This isn’t a modern phenomenon, it’s timeless. The giddy height ofContinueContinue reading “Binley Mega Chippy: Big catch or small fry?”