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.
Beat blue monday
19 January 2015 by Catherine Holdsworth in Current events, Lifestyle
As if Monday isn’t bad enough, today is Blue Monday; supposedly the worst day of the year. Christmas seems like forever ago, you’ve already broken your resolution not to drink and temperatures in the UK have dipped below zero. What could be worse? Well actually, there are lots of things that are worse, like losing …
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Dry January
13 January 2015 by Catherine Holdsworth in Lifestyle, Spirits distilled, Wine and spirits
Many people this time of the year are choosing to observe ‘dry January’ in a bid to detox their bodies from all the Christmas overindulgence. We’re almost half way through the month now and many of you may be rethinking a whole 31 days without alcohol. Rather than going cold turkey and risk crying in …
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Football: tax the expensive players to get more suspense
7 January 2015 by Catherine Holdsworth in Business and finance, Current events, Football Business
(Translation of an article that appeared in the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant.) Introduce a levy on players and football is fun again. Football is getting less exciting. In many leagues and tournaments competitive balance is decreasing. For instance, only few clubs still have a chance to win the Champions League, and Ajax is no longer …
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Codebreaking our future
23 December 2014 by Catherine Holdsworth in Book publishing, Codebreaking our future
Michael Lee’s new video, ‘Finding Future X in Cape Town,’ discusses his book, Codebreaking out future and the impacts of time and casuality on the future. Perhaps your 2015 resolution will be to break the code of the future… Watch the video here
The rise of the ghost (writers)
10 December 2014 by Catherine Holdsworth in Book publishing, Current events, Entertainment
So it has emerged that YouTube phenomenon Zoe Sugg (Zoella to her fans) did not in fact write her book, Girl Online herself. She had help from a ghost writer and the Penguin editorial team. We had bets on in the Infinite Ideas office as to whether she had employed a ghost writer and some of …
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Spirits distilled by Mark Ridgwell
8 December 2014 by Catherine Holdsworth in Spirits distilled, Wine and spirits
So you think you know about spirits, do you? Well did you know this: In the 17th century the Governor of Moscow trained a large bear to serve pepper vodka to his guests. If any guest refused their drink, the bear removed their clothes. During the 30-years’ war of the 17th century, the British witnessed Dutch soldiers knocking back shots of …
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