Timetravelling after work to Christmas Past

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Linzi Clark

With baubles, fir trees and tinstle popping up in offices across the capital, the festive frolics have arrived. But if you’ve ever wondered about the origins of Christmas trees, puddings and stockings, all is revealed at the Geffrye Museum’s fascinating Christmas Past exhibition. From 17^th century parlours to cutting-edge warehouse conversions, Christmas Past traces the homes, decor, food and rituals that have shaped Christmas over the last four hundred years.

Victorian farmyard toys at the Christmas Past exhibition at the Geffyre Museum

Christmas Past at the Geffrye Museum

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Win tickets to the Adventure Travel Show 2016

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Linzi Clark

Win tickets to the Adventure Travel Show. With a whole new year of annual leave adventures on the horizon, it’s time to start planning those dream trips of 2016. Whether it’s roaming the jungles of Borneo or chasing migrating wildebeest across the Serengeti, the Adventure Travel Show 2016 is your one-stop-shop for travel inspiration. To help you do more with your annual leave next year, we’re giving away three pairs of tickets to the show.

Adventure Travel Show 2016

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5 body language secrets to career success

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Linzi Clark

It takes one tenth of a second to form an opinion of someone yet 90% of us have no idea of how we come across to others. This startling fact was revealed during an evening workshop run by RADA Communications Skills Trainer, Lisa Akesson, as part of LinkedIn’s Skills For Tomorrow campaign. Could negative body language be hampering your quest for career success? Check out these secret techniques now.

5 body language secrets to career success

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Trek and tour: 5 city breaks offering mountain escapes

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Linzi Clark

With annual leave disappearing like snow off a dyke, it’s important to cram as much as we can into the our precious holiday entitlement. If like me, you love the buzz of the city and the solitude of the great outdoors – why not enjoy both by seeking city breaks that offer mountain escapes. I’ve hand-picked five radically different destinations where you can spend the day clambering up mountains and be back in time for evening cocktails.

Alhambra Palace

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30,000 cups of tea: A British office worker’s life laid bare

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Linzi Clark

One office romance, 30,000 cups of tea and 705 minor disagreements,
(some of which undoubtedly are about the tea round); mark the passage of
the average British office worker’s 47 years of active service. These findings
are part of a brand new study commissioned by The Association of
Accounting Technicians which provides a fascinating snapshot of how we
work now.

Snapshot of office life

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The future of office life revealed

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Linzi Clark

Over the last twenty years, working life has changed out of all recognition and with it our expectations of how, where and when we work. As technology continues to advance at a frightening pace, how will offices operate in the future? Perhaps they’ll cease to exist altogether as we all revert to pyjama-clad recluses working from home on a permanent basis. A new report from Sodexo gives us a hint of what’s in store now and in the future.

Office life

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Exploring alternative states of mind after work

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Linzi Clark

“Do not enter if you feel unwell.” “Search for the walls when you want to get out.” screamed the warnings plastered outside the Wellcome Trust’s latest exhibition States of Mind by Ann Veronica Janssens. A post-work tipple to calm the nerves appeared to be out of the question too. Joining the long queue snaking round the mysterious pink-shrouded room, I braced myself for a disorientating state of altered consciousness on an otherwise mundane Thursday after work.

States of Mind, Ann Veronica Janssens

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5 secret ways to fit in exercise at work

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Linzi Clark

No time to exercise? Weight piling on? As the British long hours culture sees us spending increasing hours at our desk, all too often, our gym membership becomes a fleeting phantom of our former good intentions. With siting declared to be the new smoking, it’s time to inject a little movement into the daily routine with these quick and easy ways to exercise at work – some of which can even be done sitting at your desk.

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Lunch break sanctuary under Ai Wei Wei’s Tree

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Linzi Clark

Following my last forays to Sculpture in the City and Covent Garden’s mass balloon invasion, I was intrigued to hear that trees had taken root overnight in the Royal Academy’s majestic Annenburg Courtyard. Providing much needed solace in the traffic clogged chaos of Piccadilly, Ai Weiwei’s Tree also offers the perfect lunch break sanctuary away from the stress of the working day. Intrigued, I slipped away from my desk to go and explore.

Ai Weiwei Tree

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Climbing Mount Toubkal: Atlas Mountain Challenge

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Linzi Clark

After six months of training, I finally set off on my Atlas Mountain trek last week in a state of excitement and trepidation. Would all the hard work pay off? How would I cope with altitude sickness, the trots or a combination of both? And most importantly, would I make it to the summit of the mighty Mount Toubkal? All is revealed…….

Atlas Mountains skyline

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