Month: June 2019


What Was The First Meme?

What Was The First Meme?

Memes – there’re everywhere nowadays, and it does seem a bit like they’ve always been here. It’s hard to work out when they first really took hold of the internet, but actually, they predate the internet by a long way! There’s a bit of debate about which one was the absolute first meme, but the […]

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The Gender Pay Gap And Peak Age Correlation

According to a salary analysis conducted by PayScale.com, the age at which women earn the most money doesn’t peak at the end of a steadily increasing line, running from the beginning of their working lives until their retirement. Instead, the peak rate of pay for a woman is at age 39! Even if there are […]

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Classics With A Modern Message

Classics With A Modern Message

There’s a kind of prestige about reading classic novels. They’re usually well worth reading too, but some of them don’t date well. They had very relevant messages at the time, but less so today. However, there are some which are good stories with storylines that can teach us something about our lives even to this […]

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