In the UK we live in very uncertain times. Our government is in disarray with little or no direction and the constant threat of Brexit being a no-deal, or in fact whether we leave at all, and an opposition political party that doesn’t have a clue, leaves the rest of us scratching our heads in…
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Well It’s About Time Jeremy Kyle Was Taken Off The Air
Read moreYesterday I heard the news that the Jeremy Kyle Show has been taken off the air. To be brutally honest this is not before time. I have watched episodes of the show and on most occasions somewhere in the show I feel uncomfortable with the way guests are treated by the host, Jeremy Kyle. His…
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The Smart Way To Handle Your TV Entertainment
Read moreIt hasn’t taken a very long time for televisions to develop to what you have access to today. Starting out as comparatively basic machines, early examples of TVs couldn’t even manage colour signals, and this is a far cry from the sort of options people go for today. When you have a nice screen, though,…
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Is The Smart Phone Really Killing Conversation: I Don’t Think So
Read moreWe are constantly hearing how the smart phone and technology in general are killing the art of conversation in the family home or in fact in our general lives. This got me thinking is it really that different to 30 years ago before the internet had been invented to the degree of where it’s at…
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Introducing Children to Technology with the Alba Range from Argos (Ad)
Read moreI am in partnership with Argos to talk about the new Alba range of tablets/televisions/mobiles. Introducing technology such as smart phones and tablets to children is a pretty daunting task for many parents. Trying to find the right balance to ensure that your child is the right age to understand the technology being handed to…
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OK! Let’s Move On From CBeebies Your 5 Years Old
Read moreFor five very long years CBeebies is permanently on in our home during the waking hours of our wonderful five year old twin girls. When oh when will this end, please tell me it will be soon I can’t take any more of the Twirlywoos, Bing and Postman Pat. No, wait I actually look forward…
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I Have Been a Lazy Daddy
Read moreWe live in the ever increasing technological super highway world, and I have been a bad daddy to my four year old twins, R and M. Over the last four weeks I have had a health scare. In fact I have been to the doctors this year more times than I have in my entire…
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Dracula, Escape the Castle!
Read moreHalloween is almost upon us! The girls school is having a ‘fairies and scares’ party soon and my wife will be making spooky halloween cupcakes! Of course Halloween isn’t just for the kids that why I’m excited to tell you all ‘Dracula, Escape the Castle’. Hosted by renowned TV present, Brendan Moar, the series is based…
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Top five tech gadgets I would love to have.
Read moreWith the advance and speed of technology I was recently thinking about what would be my top five tech gadgets that I would love to own. I love my technology and that’s probably why friends and family tend to opt for tech related gifts for me, for birthdays and Christmases. Here are my top 5…
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Highlights when your a parent to 4 year old twins
Read moreWe are parents of four year old twins and in all honest truth we get no help from family, which unfortunately doesn’t allow my wife and I any time to go out together. I was thinking what are the highlights of our lives and do we yearn for more from our time. It would be…
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Too much or too little television. What’s right?
Read moreI am going to start by saying that in our home the TV goes on at about 7am and doesn’t go off until we go to bed at night. Unless of course we go out. Right or wrong? That’s the way it is in our home. I grew up with no restrictions on how much…
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Tips for choosing a new TV
Read moreMy wife and I have had our current TV for around 10 years. It’s served us well over the years aside from the odd occasion when the channels have all disappeared for no reason! It was easy to fix though with some simply re-tuning so we never really saw the need to buy a new…
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