Category Archives: Everyone

21/05/2012 · 22:01

Can you really do it in 9 days?

Review – 9 Days to Feel Fantastic by John Whiteman

How to create happiness from the inside out

As a born sceptic, as soon as I see anything that promises to change my life, my financial position or my well-being, I reach for a large quantity of salt. We are currently awash with this stuff which is probably why the human race seems to be in a permanent state of flux.

John Whiteman, creator of The Way, was new to me and certainly his ‘Way’ was a complete mystery. Maybe I was feeling melancholy at the time, or the idea of creating internal happiness made me look at his current offering, 9 Days to Feel Fantastic, (published by Hay House) in more detail. What a pleasant surprise.

Download the full text here Review – 9 Days to Feel Fantastic

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15/05/2012 · 14:54

The turning point for libel laws?

The Defamation Bill, announced in last week’s Queen’s Speech, has been published. Click here for coverage – http://www.libelreform.org/news/524-libel-reform-is-in-the-queens-speech

The Libel Reform Campaign, consisting of nearly 100 organisations and 60,000 individuals, has been calling for this since December 2009. Now the work begins to examine whether the reforms will do away with the bullying effects of the current laws. The campaign continues to fight for:

  • a public interest defence so people can defend themselves unless the claimant can show they have been malicious or reckless;
  • a strong test of harm that strikes out claims unless the claimant can demonstrate serious and substantial harm and they have a real prospect of vindication;
  • a restriction on corporations’ ability to use the libel laws to silence criticism;
  • provisions for online hosts and intermediaries, who are not authors nor traditional publishers.

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24/04/2012 · 12:39

A Wet World Book Night

Despite every attempt by the rain to keep me indoors, I managed my quota of free books given to equally bedraggled non-readers. It’s interesting how many people don’t read books – magazines, particularly football related, seem to have a big following.  Those I spoke to, who only read mags, appeared to look on book-reading as something akin to the black arts or faintly dubious pursuit!

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