I make complicated subjects in the fields of finance, media, marketing, technology, business and politics, easy to understand. I also focus on travel, interiors, design and lifestyle.
The Best Way to Experience Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon, England, With Your Kids
Feel free to debate, but aside from religious figures, surely the English playwright William Shakespeare is the most famous person ever to have walked this earth. His works feature on the curriculums of schools across the globe and his plays are acted out everywhere from tiny village halls to Hollywood. And what better way to introduce your children to the Bard than to take them to his birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, a historic town about two hours by car or train from central London?
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Kicking and Streaming
OTT providers have been streaming live content for years now, but more often than not, the experience has been – frankly – bad.
With audiences increasingly expecting live streaming quality to match the highest live broadcast quality, there is growing pressure on OTT providers to deliver. Live OTT content is known for buffering, latency and system crashes. Will it ever literally get up to speed?
From a picture quality perspective, it is highly likely that the quality of OTT video is already as...
GSK’s digital guru Elliot Antrobus-Holder goes public on his career-boosting NED role at the University of Surrey and helping save TUI from Thomas Cook’s fate
Elliot Antrobus-Holder explains why his corporate experience is so valuable to the higher education sector and how being involved in university governance is widening his horizons.
Elliot Antrobus-Holder, is Vice President Global Head of Digital Channels and Analytics at GSK and he’s just taken on a NED and Trustee role at the University of Surrey. His previous job titles include: Global Head of Digital Product at TUI, Group Digital Director at Barclays and Head of Digital at HSBC. Elliot has...
I was interviewed in my role as editor of Ready for Brexit, on how Brexit impacts business from 22 mins in | Ep 151 | Indus News
Watch Waqar Rizvi conferring with a panel of experts on recent International events in the SCOPE.
Topics:
1. UK: Resolution on Kashmir
2. Report on Kashmir Situation
3. Brexit
Guests:
* Shaista Aziz - Journalist (Oxford, UK)
* Syed Nadeemul Hasan – Kashmiri (Delhi)
* Khalid Ahmed Chaudry - Human Rights Activist (Holland)
* Dr. Benjamin Martill - Researcher (London)
* Tom Arms – Foreign affairs Expert (London)
* Filippa Chatzistavrou – IR Expert (Athens)
* Anna Tobin – Political Analyst (Londo...
What to show Millennials and Generation Z if you want more engagement
The 18-25 Generation Z and 26 -35 Millennials age groups pose interesting challenges for content providers. The Grabyo Global Video Trends Report 2019, which surveyed nearly 10,000 people across all ages and incomes from France, the USA, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and Australia in March 2019, throws up thought-provoking data on their viewing habits, including those relating to social video.
Modern makeover
A feature of a house makeover in Bath, England, which I styled and wrote.
Palestinian Engineers Set For Huge Pay Outs Once Sale Of Israeli Tech Firm Completes
Once U.S.-based chip maker NVIDIA completes its $6.9 billion acquisition of Israeli tech company Mellanox in the next few months, Palestinian engineers contracted to work for Mellanox as reported by Reuters are set to share a $3.5 million payout.
With a shortage of engineers in Israel, the growing pool of talented Palestinian engineers is well placed to fill any gaps in Israel's burgeoning tech sector and Israeli firms are offering stock options to demonstrate to potential Palestinian contrac...
Lines of sight
The demise of broadcast TV has been predicted for years as audiences increasingly choose to watch content online and on-demand. It’s not dead yet though. In fact, broadcast businesses across Europe are very much live and kicking.
The word live is key here. Live TV remains the USP of broadcasters. They have the legacy infrastructure that ensures that they can transmit live programming to the greatest footprint in the highest quality, something that the OTT world is not yet coming close to. Wha...
Real home: a stylish renovated apartment with Malaysian influences
Whether you're looking for inspiration to tackle your own renovation project or simply want to see what can be achieved when renovating a period apartment, you're sure to love Michelle and Ross's Malaysian inspired space.
Once you've finished looking through their gorgeous first home together, make sure to check out more of our real home renovations. From restored period properties to contemporary self builds, there's something to suit every taste. Read our guide on renovating a house, too, f...
Spotlight: The Roll-Out of 5G
As a technology expert, I contributed to this podcast:
In this episode, we set out to understand more about the roll-out of 5G technologies, both in the UK and globally. Some experts believe 5G will usher in the Fourth Industrial Revolution-- a movement Forbes says will generate close to 1$ trillion in economic value by 2025.
For consumers, 5G is promising lightning-fast speeds, up to 100 times faster than 4G, incredibly low latency, which could make the dream of driverless cars a reality, and capacity to carry massive numbers of connections simu...
A home shoot that I styled and wrote the copy for
I styled this home shoot for the photographer to shoot. Interviewed the homeowner and wrote up the accompanying copy and captions
Wake-Up Call: Lie in at your peril
Could rising at dawn make your more alert, energetic and focused for the rest of the day? Anna Tobin takes a look at this new wake-up call.
Before the advent of the electric light, our internal body clock – scientifically known as the circadian rhythm and area of our brains that responds to light – was set by the sun and the moon; we rose at dawn and went to bed at nightfall.
The advent of rolling TV and the Internet, emails pinging at all hours and twenty-four hour supermarkets, and even gym...
Special delivery
You might not want to dwell on it too much, but when the time is right your baby, or babies, have to come out somehow! If you approach your imminent labour with excitement and, if possible, a relaxed attitude, then your body will be better prepared to deliver your baby, whichever route it ends up taking out of there. Anna Tobin outlines the options available
NATURAL BIRTH
Giving birth without any medical intervention is right for some mums, but not for others. So don’t feel guilty if you can’...
CEO Action urges more U.S. CEOs to further their commitment to upping diversity
Lobby group CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion marked its second anniversary yesterday by urging U.S. CEOs to adopt a new pledge to engage boards of directors and equivalent governing bodies in the development and evaluation of inclusion and diversity strategies.
CEO Action members have already committed to focusing on cultivating workplaces that support open dialogue on complex, and sometimes difficult, conversations about diversity and inclusion. And, they have agreed to implement unconsc...
The 13 best things to do in Mauritius
There is so much to do on the tiny Indian Ocean island of Mauritius you’ll have to make time for your sun lounger
Conjure up a tropical island in your mind’s eye: icing-sugar-fine golden sands, bookended by azure waters and palm-tree-sprinkled land. Mauritius is all of this, but it has bonus dimensions: it is packed full of fantastic places to see and incredible activities to experience and it’s a foodie’s paradise. If you really want to experience the unique vibe, landscape and culture of th...