Earlier today, a colleague asked if "moister" is a word. I was suffering from Monday-morning brain at the time, so turned to my trusty...

In a bid to combat my very sedentary job, I decided to purchase a Fitbit a couple of months ago. I didn't invest in an über-fancy one; it...

Today, I have taken another step towards the big 3-0 and decided it was time to make 3 pretty important changes: 1. Get a proper email...

As mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I have been attending a series of webinars led by Andrew Morris, entitled "The Holistic...

I was in Paris a few weeks ago for a girly weekend with a good friend of mine. We are both linguists and enjoyed several translations...

I am currently attending a series of 12 webinars called "The Holistic Translator" that are being led by Andrew Morris. The webinars are...

Interpreting and translation are two closely related linguistic disciplines. Yet, they are rarely performed by the same people. The...

Unkeyboardinated (adj.) When you cannot type without constantly mistyping. How very apt today.

While at the ITI Conference in April, I spotted a talk on the little-known software "Infix". This miraculous little tool is able to...

As part of National Careers Week, a local secondary school had organised a speed-dating-style event and invited me to take part through...

As part of my volunteer work for Inspiring the Future, I was recently invited to attend a careers event at a local sixth form college to...

Many of my tutees are in the midst of their exams, and struggling to cope with the pressure and stress under which they are putting...

Have no fear, I've not suddenly become anti-translation over night! Just a little bit of fun for a Friday afternoon :-) Written and...

Continuing my theme from last week's blog post, I want to talk about another charity initiative that I have become involved in over the...

I'm not the world's most consistent Twitter user, mainly using it to follow my beloved Surrey Storm when they are on the road playing...

As much as the bad spelling grates, I had to share a lovely comment from one of my students. It was my first week back teaching after...

I'm currently on the train home from the ITI conference in Newcastle and I thought it was probably high time I wrote my next blog. This...

Thank you for visiting my new website! I will be regularly posting blog posts about all sorts of things, not necessarily...