The Infinite Ideas blog
We write on a variety of subjects and often post exclusive ideas by our bestselling authors. We publish a diverse list and our blog reflects this so if you don’t find a post that interests you today check back later in the week and you’ll probably find something that takes your fancy. Happy reading.
Would you get sent to Mars?
18 February 2015 by Catherine Holdsworth in Business and finance, Current events
We’ve all had jobs we’d rather forget, whether it be working in a rowdy bar cleaning up vomit from the toilets or spending your days in a call centre and getting abuse thrown at you for your whole shift. But these are run-of-the-mill jobs (for most of us) that we have to do so that …
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Valentine’s Day, Game of Thrones style
13 February 2015 by Catherine Holdsworth in Entertainment, Game of Thrones on Business, Lifestyle
If you were not inspired by our last blog when planning your Valentine weekend, how about doing something more fantastical, magical and indulgent? Over the next few days, a pop-up restaurant in London is hosting a Game of Thrones themed feast with opulent dishes inspired by the hit TV show. Diners can eat like King Joffrey …
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50 shades of great sex
11 February 2015 by Catherine Holdsworth in Entertainment, Lifestyle
There are only two days to go until the most anticipated film of the year is released in the cinemas. While many people have been protesting the release of 50 Shades of Grey, claiming it promotes domestic violence, others have booked up their tickets months in advance (that’s delayed gratification for you!) One can’t help but …
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The Intelligence Race
9 February 2015 by Catherine Holdsworth in Codebreaking our future
By Michael Lee, author of Codebreaking our Future One of the occupational hazards of being a futurist is worrying about things long before they happen. One aspect of the future that worries me a lot is how ill-prepared we are for coping with the continued acceleration of the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the …
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Harper Lee: breathing life into a classic
4 February 2015 by Catherine Holdsworth in Book publishing, Classic Wine Library
If you haven’t read Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird then what have you been doing all these years? If there ever was a ‘modern classic’ then this is it. Set in Alabama and focussing on the childhood Jem and Scout Finch, the children of local lawyer Atticus, the reader is shown the absurdity of racism …
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Goodbye page 3, goodbye to ‘harmless fun’?
21 January 2015 by Catherine Holdsworth in Current events, The Diversity Dashboard
If rumours are to be believed, this is the final week that The Sun are featuring topless models on page three. This can be seen as a huge victory for the No More Page 3 campaign, whose message is that ‘boobs aren’t news’. Being a media company, we cannot quite understand the need for so many …
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