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PR executive Katy Campbell realised after moving to London in 2012 that she going through a quarter-life crisis. She packed up her belongings and set off to sort out her life, and find out what happiness meant to her. Follow her story here http://quarterlifetravels.com/

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My London

(4) Comments | Posted April 21, 2013 | 7:00 PM

Now that I'm leaving the Big Smoke I guess this would be the best time to reflect on the last year, here is my London.

I don't know if I can say that will be sad to leave London in June. It's been one of the most interesting 10 months...

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The Quarter-Life Crisis

(1) Comments | Posted April 10, 2013 | 7:00 PM

I have a great job in PR. I live in a nice house in North London. My friends are the best a girl could ask for. My love life never has a dull moment. And according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network I live in an Alpha ++...

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Reclaiming the C**t

(73) Comments | Posted January 22, 2013 | 6:00 PM

That has to be my favourite phrase, taken from The Vagina Monologues, it not only makes me laugh, but also rings true. 2013 is the year to reclaim the cunt. Hi, my name is Katy, and I'm a feminist. Before I go on I'd like to clear up a few...

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Time for an Earl Grey

(1) Comments | Posted January 6, 2013 | 6:00 PM

I love a good statistic. I'm always the first one at a party to remind everyone that a British office worker drinks an average of four cups of tea a day, or that 48% of men cry in the cinema, and my new favourite one, that 91% of people who...

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Are You There God? It's Me, PR...

(121) Comments | Posted November 21, 2012 | 6:00 PM

Over the last few weeks it's been a struggle for me to pick up the morning papers, as the headlines have been pretty dire. I refuse to glance at my fellow commuters' Metro or City AM for fear that my mood will have depleted by the time I make it...

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Did PR Cost Mitt the Vote?

(6) Comments | Posted November 7, 2012 | 8:30 AM

"Tomorrow we begin a new tomorrow." We sure do Mitt, we sure do. President Barack Obama was last night reelected to lead America for another four years. But why, when the election was so close, did Mitt Romney not win? Was it his PR that cost him the...

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The Dos and Don'ts for All PRs

(3) Comments | Posted July 29, 2012 | 7:00 PM

No matter where you are in the PR game of life, there are certain 'Dos and Don'ts' that don't get old. Some of them may seem pretty obvious, but sometimes it's the ones that should be apparent that people forget.

In the big bad world of public relations, it's...

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Everything You Do or Say is Public Relations

(1) Comments | Posted July 20, 2012 | 3:25 AM

When people ask me what I do, sometimes I think it would be easier to tell them 'Well actually, I'm an astrophysicist.' Telling people you work in PR usually gets one of the following reactions:

  • Oh, so you do what Samantha does in Sex and the City?
  • Is it kind...
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