Category: General

Strictly no dancing?

24-Oct-08 14:05

A recent story on the BBC highlighted that Dr Peter Lovatt, a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire, is asking men to classify their dancing style as part of his research into whether there is a connection between how men dance, how attractive women find them.

This makes interesting reading for me personally, as my hubby to be has, let's just say a very ‘unique' dance style, and I'm contemplating how the first dance at our wedding is going to pan out. Always sure to draw a crowd when he hits the dance floor, his legs seem to be doing their own thing (I pity the person who is within a meter of that stray leg) and as for the top half of his body... well I think that's listening to completely different track entirely! Now if I had the coordination of a two year old trying to master roller-skates before they've even learnt to walk I'd probably avoid venturing onto the dance floor.

With the ever popular ‘Strictly Come Dancing' craze sweeping the nation, dancing itself has become incredibly popular over the last few years. In fact, we've even launched a team sweepstake on this year's ‘strictly line-up' my money is on Lisa Snowdon.

I'll be interested in seeing the results of this research and to see if any tips from Len Goodman have paid off for the male population that are regularly hitting the dance floors of our pubs and clubs - watch this space...

Rachel

Give the Sat Nav a break

03-Sep-08 12:16

Sat Navs consistently get bad press with reports of people being led down private roads with dead ends, clogging up narrow country lanes and generally being a distraction to drivers. More recently they are being blamed for causing a decline or lack of interest in map reading skills. Last Friday reports were splashed all over the nationals including the Telegraph which suggested that due to the rising use of satellite navigation systems, people no longer notice landmarks or points of interest as they drive straight past them and are also less likely to be able to recognise symbols on an ordinance survey map.

Blaming Sat Navs for Britain's lack of map reading skills, I feel, is misguided. I agree that it is becoming a more popular form of road navigation than road atlases but in its defence - who wants the driving distraction of flicking through the pages of a road atlas every time they need to check their route? If these reports are to be believed and they actually are contributing to a lack of knowledge or understanding of what ordinance survey symbols mean, one has to question whether many people paid much attention to the symbols on a road map to start with. More likely, we were simply trying to get from A to B?

I believe that people use different forms of navigation in different situations; for instance people who are hiking enthusiasts will always use and understand traditional maps and, people visiting a town or city that they have never been to before, may use traditional paper maps to create a visual recognition of an area.

Personally, I couldn't live without my Sat Nav. It has helped me get to meetings on time and find new places I have never been to before. It is also a source of safety and comfort especially when I am driving alone at night. But make no mistake - I still have my AA route planner in my car with me at all times, in case my Sat Nav leads me down that proverbial dead end!

Louise

PR darling... it’s all about who’s wearing what, don't you know?

20-Aug-08 12:06

As a team of fashion enthusiasts, it's not hard to understand why we are so excited about working with high fashion jewellery client www.blubangle.com. Picture the scene, if you will, it's Friday night, your bedroom looks like a bomb's hit it; you've tried on 24 different tops, five pairs of trousers and three pairs of shoes and have finally settled on...a dress. You know the scenario; no sooner have you decided on your outfit do you suddenly realise you don't have the right accessories to match it. Introducing Blu Bangle...

It works on a rental basis, you will remember something similar in the recent ‘Sex and the City' film where Jennifer Hudson's character borrowed and swapped designer handbags. It's the best idea ever! Blu Bangle does something similar by allowing you to borrow several pieces of jewellery at a time, (depending on your subscription level). You can keep an item for as long as you want to and then when you are done with it you can simply swap it for something else. The return postage is free every time so it really does mean you can afford to have all of the jewellery you want!

I was lucky enough to get a free trial of the service and I can't wait to wear my new 'hearts and daisies' bangle and scarlet red crystal ring to the Reading Festival this weekend! It's sure to glam-up my wellie boots and trilby combo!

Louise

Welcome to the Ascent PR blog!

20-Aug-08 12:06

We hope that our blog will give you a little insight into life at Ascent PR as well as some interesting and thought-provoking opinions, news and gossip from the team. We are a chatty and sociable bunch of people with lots of ideas and the blog gives us the perfect platform to share some of these....enjoy!

Natalie