Sir David Attenborough: celebrating 95 years on Earth

Happy 95th Birthday,
Sir David Attenborough

Tomorrow, 8 May, is Sir David Attenborough’s 95th birthday and, to celebrate the special occasion, I have put together ten fascinating facts about this incredible individual who has managed to reach and inspire hundreds of thousands of people across the world during his time on Earth.

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Remembrance Day: The animals that went to war

Approximately 65 million people from around the world fought in the First World War. But did you know that more than 16 million animals had also served by the time the war came to an end on the 11 November 1918?

“For your tomorrow,
We gave our today.”

Kohima epitaph
By John Maxwell Edmonds

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Smashing social media… algorithms and all!

Socialmedia_SMSpouses_freelance_writerThis year, I completed a highly sought after social media course called #SMSpouses – a training programme specifically for spouses and partners of British serving personnel. After being selected to be part of the second cohort, I embarked on the 12-week journey not knowing that it would spark a love of creating content and managing social media campaigns on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.

During the three-month course, I both expanded on and learnt how to:

  • Create effective and engaging social media campaigns;
  • Design social media adverts;
  • Understand algorithms and analyse engagement statistics;
  • Capture high-quality images;
  • Apply graphic design techniques to make eye-catching visual content;
  • Create professionally edited videos using a smartphone.

If you are a British military spouse or partner and want to find out more, click here.

Logo used with permission.

My World Penguin Day article is now live on Forces.net

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Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com

Today is World Penguin Day and, what with being a (very) soon-to-be military wife, I have gotten involved with Forces Network – where the latest news on the UK Armed Forces and from the wider military world can be found Continue reading “My World Penguin Day article is now live on Forces.net”