
Season’s Greetings Review
An extended family combined with Christmas chaos, creates comedy gold in Season's Greetings at the New Vic theatre thanks to genius Alan Ayckbourn.
As Christmas Eve gets underway finishing touches to the decorations at Neville (Matt Addis)…

Guest Blog Adam Gratton – Storytelling with your community
Adam Gratton, 40, is a freelance media consultant, journalist and podcaster who has worked in local community radio and Stoke-on-Trent Live, while supporting citywide community projects such as the Appetite Art programme.
Adam has also worked…

Guest Blog Jamie Summerfield – Taking music out of the Darkness and into the Light
Jamie Summerfield, 46, has been working in journalism and communications for 20 years and been an independent PR practitioner for five years. Music is Jamie's passion and he's been writing about it and creating his own since he was a teenager.…

Singing a tune during lockdown – Guest Blog Samantha Lloyd
Samantha Lloyd is 27, and lives in Stoke On Trent. Samantha has been singing professionally for 5 years and performs at all kinds of gigs from corporate Castle gigs (Peckforton Castle is one of her favourites so far), to Private Parties, Weddings,…

Keeping the family entertained during lockdown – Guest Blog Mel Osborne
Guest Blog by Mel Osborne, of Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent. Mel is a freelance writer and a Film, TV and Radio graduate from Staffordshire University. Mel lives with her husband, Simon and two children. Here the 44-year-old shares her fabulous…

How to become a Book Detective? – Guest Blog by Mel Sherratt
Mel Sherratt is the author of fourteen crime novels, all of which have become bestsellers. She works with publishers as well as self-publishing and has sold over 1.5 million books. She’s also written four books under the pen name of Marcie…

Working from Home with Children – Guest Blog by Claire Nicoll
What to expect when you’re working from home with children around - Guest blog by Claire Nicoll, from Work Best
Claire embraces and advocates for flexible working. She has worked from home since before home working was trendy! Having achieved…