Ben

As lovers of the written word, we here at Work PR are avid readers. However, that does not necessarily mean we all read books. Some of us prefer to read online blogs and ebooks, while others, like me, enjoy comic books and graphic novels – perhaps not surprising for a graphic designer. Which begs the…

Growing up in the age of technology, there are many things in life that we take for granted. Simple, little things that we just do automatically and don’t think about. In computing, the most common of these is keyboard shortcuts. Most people know Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V (or Cmd + C and…

As technology advances, the world becomes ever more dependent on the digital revolutions that make our lives easier and more efficient. With letters, card games and theatre having turned into emails, video games and television, we are obsessed with staring at screens. You’re even reading this blog on a screen – unless you’ve printed it…

The 8th day of Christmas presents the singer with maids a-milking. Nowadays there’s not much call for milk maids, as technology has improved the efficiency and cost of milking cows. So in that spirit, I’ve written a short story about a young milkmaid that falls in love. I call it… There’s Something About Dairy It…

On the 2nd day of Christmas, my true love sent to me two turtle doves. Sadly, I didn’t get them until 17th January thanks to DPD’s terrible delivery service, but while I was waiting, I wrote this little poem to explain how the winged wonders got their peculiar name. Turtle doves are not so called…

Emojis have come a long way since the emoticon days of : ) with each new wave of emojis becoming increasingly detailed and niche. We’ve gone from a challenge of creatively trying to express emotions using punctuation to spending ages trying to decide what colour hair our little face-palming woman should have. As a PR agency, it…

As it’s World Book Day and we’re all avid readers, we thought we’d share some of our favourite literary characters. Dave Perhaps underrated because Hollywood didn’t come knocking, Terry Pratchett remains my favourite author, displaying a sense of humour that works as well for younger readers as it does for adults. Whilst his novels roam…

Working in a PR agency with deadlines and schedules, time is very important to what we do. In our office, we have recently adopted a new time zone – Walsh time. Allow me to explain. Earlier this week, our new designer, Alistair Walsh, was uploading another of his design masterpieces to send to one of…