Monthly Archives: April 2012

BlueLightCamp: Weekend Camping Pt1

Mark Braggins is back for Week 18 with the first part of his promised coverage of the very interesting BlueLightCamp. He includes a really useful collection of links to other accounts, recordings and collations – and (for those that like

Tagged with: , , , ,
Posted in communicating, communities, digital technology, emergency planning, emergency services, fire service, police, public sector, social media, working practices

‘appen it’s reet

Phil Jewitt talks in and about Yorkshire dialect for his Week 18 post, and warns about the possibility of different meanings. ‘appen it’s reet by Phil Jewitt.

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in communicating, languages

Great infographic on grammar mistakes

Janet Harkin gets Week 18 of Weekly Blog Club off to a bright and breezy start by sharing a very useful infographic on common grammar mistakes. The Weekly Blog Club writers certainly do not need it themselves but might find

Tagged with: ,
Posted in blogging, communicating, training

Number patterns, wombling and truth

Week 17 was a light week for contributions to Weekly Blog Club but they are all a great read. You will have more time to read, appreciate and respond to most or all of the 9 posts, which cover a

Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, cake/caek, childcare, communicating, communities, customer service, democracy, digital technology, education, emergency planning, family, food, local government, media, natural environment, public relations, public sector, social media, storytelling, websites, working practices

Screen time: welcoming Vera

Ross Wigham has written about the ITV television detective series Vera for his Week 17 post or, rather, he has written about the backdrop to most of it: Northumberland’s fabulous landscapes and seascapes. He also reveals that the series’ location

Tagged with: , , , , , , ,
Posted in communicating, film/video, local government, media, natural environment, public relations, public sector, storytelling, television, working practices

Eco-light night spectaculars

As happens quite often, a conversation on Twitter prompted this Week 17 post for Weekly Blog Club. Do put forward some more ideas for environmentally-friendly big public spectacles for night or dark days that could replace the big beacons and

Tagged with: , , , ,
Posted in communities, culture, natural environment

Wild Food Wombling

Diane Sims has contributed to Week 17 of Weekly Blog Club through the Growing Newsome blog, and shares their experience of learning about foraging for wild food (with revelations that some very surprising plants are edible). Wild Food Wombling by Diane Sims.

Tagged with: ,
Posted in charitable trusts, communities, education, food, health, public spaces

The first rule of weeklyblogclub…

Lesley Thomson has written a splendid exhortation to join Weekly Blog Club for her Week 17 post. She explains why and how she started blogging as a writer member of the club, and why she finds it useful. The first

Posted in blogging, communicating, setting goals, social media, working practices

Interlude Poetique Politique

Irena Souroup has written about the candidates for the French presidency for Week 17 of Weekly Blog Club. Unusually, her comments on them are in the form of a poem. Interlude Poetique Politique by Irena Souroup.

Tagged with:
Posted in poetry, politics, public sector

47 not out

Phil Jewitt writes engagingly about his favourite number, having a birthday, time passing, and blogging goals for Week 17 (Phil, we now expect  an amazing post from you for Week 47!). Cake is also mentioned (not sure who mentions cake

Posted in cake/caek
Categories