http://www.26.org.uk 26 is here to inspire a greater love of words, in business and in life Tue, 15 May 2012 19:23:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/05/new-members-for-octobe/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/05/new-members-for-octobe/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 03:49:06 +0000 nick http://www.26.org.uk/?p=1596 Suzie Cunliffe (Suzie Cunliffe Words), Chris Davis, Jin Li Lim, Alan Morrow, Luke Nava, and Lucy Wight.]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/05/new-members-for-octobe/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/drip-drop-drip-little-april-showers/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/drip-drop-drip-little-april-showers/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:02:05 +0000 anna3897 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3745 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/drip-drop-drip-little-april-showers/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/other-worlds/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/other-worlds/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:57:05 +0000 anna3897 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3739 Cobwebs in corners, secret spaces, doors ajar. Stories waiting in the shadows. Leave the real world behind and step inside..... ...more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/other-worlds/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/words-that-sell/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/words-that-sell/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:21:44 +0000 anna3897 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3725 In Bournemouth on May 18th, top writers will shed light on the way businesses can profit from the language they use. ...more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/words-that-sell/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/blow-your-trumpets/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/blow-your-trumpets/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:02:39 +0000 anna3897 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3708 From favourite things to zombies to chickens this month in the trumpet blowing section. At least I think they're chickens... ...more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/blow-your-trumpets/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/recommends/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/recommends/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:38:42 +0000 anna3897 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3697 Lots of top recommends again this month - especially some wonderful and exciting websites. ...more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/recommends/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/3-ways-to-handle-working-from-home/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/3-ways-to-handle-working-from-home/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:29:23 +0000 anna3897 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3690 Sarah Farley offers three ways to overcome distractions and find your motivation when working from home. ...more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/3-ways-to-handle-working-from-home/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/aad-archive-dive-n-is-for/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/aad-archive-dive-n-is-for/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:28:43 +0000 anna3897 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3678 When I think of a D&AD award, I think of sensational design so simple it makes you wonder why you didn't think of it yourself. Copywriting so precise it screams the message loud and clear and advertising campaigns forever imprinted on the memory of a generation. So as I scrolled through the pages of the archive under the letter N, there seemed to be just one brand that embodied all those things. ...more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/aad-archive-dive-n-is-for/feed/ 1 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/dad-archive-dive-m-is-for/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/dad-archive-dive-m-is-for/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:14:07 +0000 anna3897 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3672 I remember a day when I returned from school to find Mum sat on the staircase, her arms wrapped tightly around the bottom banister post, sobbing. I think I was eight or nine years old. I sat down next to her, put my arms around her shaking shoulders, and asked why she was crying. And, proving how upset she truly was, she told me. ...more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/04/dad-archive-dive-m-is-for/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/wakey-wakey/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/wakey-wakey/#comments Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:06:21 +0000 elen298 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3622 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/wakey-wakey/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/in-conversation-with-charles-boyle-founder-of-cb-editions/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/in-conversation-with-charles-boyle-founder-of-cb-editions/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:40:39 +0000 elen298 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3538 Charles Boyle is the founder and 'one-man press' of CB editions, a small, eclectic imprint that was initially launched to give a home to books that nobody else would publish and has become a well-respected publisher of first-class tastes bringing us David Markson's 'This is Not a Novel' and Gert Hoffman's 'Lichtenberg and the Little Flower Girl'. Charles talks to Elen Lewis about the power of individual sentences ...more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/in-conversation-with-charles-boyle-founder-of-cb-editions/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/inspirations-grace-mccleen-author-of-the-land-of-decoration/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/inspirations-grace-mccleen-author-of-the-land-of-decoration/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:30:21 +0000 elen298 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3547 Grace McCleen is the author of The Land of Decoration, a much anticipated debut novel about a 10-year-old from a Christian sect who creates a miniature world in her bedroom in the Welsh valleys. Here she talks to Elen Lewis about what writing means to her ...more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/inspirations-grace-mccleen-author-of-the-land-of-decoration/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/three-ways-to-throw-yourself-into-a-personal-project/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/three-ways-to-throw-yourself-into-a-personal-project/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:20:47 +0000 elen298 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3558 Self-Pierson offers three tips for doing something big, crazy and challenging and not worrying about losing clients and work in the process. ...more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/three-ways-to-throw-yourself-into-a-personal-project/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/what-will-happen-to-your-inner-book/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/what-will-happen-to-your-inner-book/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:16:11 +0000 elen298 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3617 ...more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/what-will-happen-to-your-inner-book/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/free-word/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/free-word/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:15:27 +0000 elen298 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3619 ...more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/free-word/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/lets-tell-each-other-stories/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/lets-tell-each-other-stories/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:15:24 +0000 elen298 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3569 Once it was Oxford's main post office and telephone exchange. Now it's a dilapidated building. Soon it will become the Story Museum open to the public and celebrating the joy of storytelling. ...more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/lets-tell-each-other-stories/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/26-treasures-scotland-in-numbers/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/26-treasures-scotland-in-numbers/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:00:57 +0000 elen298 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3564 National Museums Scotland have provided us with some great statistics from the 26 Treasures Scotland exhibition. ...more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/26-treasures-scotland-in-numbers/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/march-recommendations/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/march-recommendations/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:44:49 +0000 elen298 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3527 Spring is here and we have a pick 'n' mix of recommendations for all you mad March hares, looking for distraction and inspiration. Jump into Geoff Dyer's 1980s bohemian wonderland in The Colour of Memory, have a giggle at Noises Off, and let your mind (and your pen) wander to Mark Radford's rolling beats on Rinse FM. ...more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/march-recommendations/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/spotlight-sara-sheridan/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/spotlight-sara-sheridan/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:00:38 +0000 elen298 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3561 In this month's profile of a 26 member we talk to bestselling novelist and the maestro behind Wordstock 2012, Sara Sheridan. Here, Sara reveals a love affair with Twitter, the story behind her new novel Brighton Belle and the importance of grabbing people's imagination ...more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/spotlight-sara-sheridan/feed/ 0 http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/trumpet-blowing-4/ http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/trumpet-blowing-4/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:00:02 +0000 elen298 http://www.26.org.uk/?p=3515 This month we bring you the gossip about Miranda Dickinson’s Last First Kiss, a flash slam at Albion Beatnik bookstore, and something interesting about exploding helicopters......more]]> http://www.26.org.uk/index.php/2012/03/trumpet-blowing-4/feed/ 0