Dingbats, Wingdings, Calligraphy and Typography

A Dingbat has a number of meanings such as a typographical symbol (type setting glyph) or ornament and/or someone who's eccentric or empty headed. First appeared somewhere around the early 1900's. In the digital age seemingly under valued and under used together with the once revered and admired art of calligraphy.

British Gas still ruining people's lives

British Gas continue to ruin people's lives with inaccurate reporting to CRA's (Credit Reference Agencies). Why haven't these corporate maggots been barred from reporting on the evidence of overwhelming personal/consumer trauma. Why does The Ministry of Justice not intervene? Therein lies the answer!!

Poetry and Art

Your Pets

Is the Veterinary profession taking advantage of our love of animals? Fat Cats are turning your local vet in to a CASH COW. Practice administrators are under no regulation except trading standards.

Movies, Music and Books

Ever spent an eternity scrolling through the Netflix Menu only to realise you could have watched a movie. From Evergreen to cult movies and everything in between.

OH Humble Parish Council

Parish councils escaped the remit of The Localism Act 2011 and 10 years further on bullies and old white farts still proliferate. Successive Tory governments have failed miserably by not publishing consultation results from 2015 (extending local government remit). Further a draft public service ombudsman bill In 2016 (inclusive all parish councils) was drafted but never put before parliament and now, asides from the cost, not fit for purpose. A government briefing paper (04827) in February 2019 again highlighted need for reform, yet still nothing has been done.

Sports & Outdoor activities

Health & Wellness

Diet & Nutrition

Not Fit For Purpose

Who regulates the regulators? The tortuous quagmire of the ombudsman. Dimly lit satellites manned by Space Cadets. The Energy Ombudsman, The Legal Ombudsman, The Property Ombudsman, The SRA, The OPG, The FOS, The FCA, The IOPC. Is there any way back from the abyss.

The Freelance Hair & Beauty Federation (FHBF) Forum

The Freelance Hair & Beauty Federation (FHBF) is the industry's only official representative body for the freelance operator. Membership gives you specialist insurance, discounted stock and equipment, free technical advice, access to training and business courses and much more. The FHBF has a competitively priced insurance policy for its members with a simplified annual skin testing clause.

AMPNET

A feminist pop culture zine from London, UK. AMP offers a fascinatingly different approach to modern life. A truly inspirational and witty critique of modern culture