For one reason – which is why it doesn’t qualify for this site – I had to live pause the TV last night so that Claire and I could watch The Apprentice together. I paused the TV when the Hippo ident was showing. The exact point at which I paused is...

Twitter:  Fun?  Yes.  Useful?  Yes.  A culture-changing behemoth that will fundamentally alter all human existence?  Yes.  Here are seven reasons why.1.  Opinion.  Twitter is a hotbed of instant opinion and, thanks to the medium, our ability to express...

The 7 Reasons sofa tour of the USA takes another break this week as we head back to Blighty. Desperately in need of tea (Jon) and coffee (Marc) we have parked up in Manchester. By pure coincidence this also happens to be the home of perennial 7 Reasons guest writer,...

1.  Discernment. Now I know that I’m generalising here about monkeys.  I know that there are many different types of monkey and that they’re all very different to each other.  But if you put a barbary ape and a baboon in front of me, I wouldn’t be able to...

Today sees us hand over the reins of 7 Reasons to guest writer, Bri McIntosh. All compliments can still be sent to us. We’ll pass them on. No, seriously, we will. But then again you are probably a fan of joy, so we suggest you visit his blog here and and follow...

1. It’s All In The Name. Half the people commenting on this story don’t even know who Tiger Woods is. I have lost count of the number of times I have seen his name written Tiger Wood or Tiger Wood’s. There are two things that really annoy me in...