by Amber | Sat 11 Nov 2017 | Culture
This week at The Word Gym we’ve been exploring the ways that food and advertising have been shaped by social media platform Instagram. Instagram is available to anyone with access to the internet. It currently has more than 800 million users. That’s quite...
by Amber | Wed 16 Aug 2017 | Culture
As I mentioned in my previous post, I spent a lot of time in Slovakia this summer. This was mostly because it’s a wonderful training venue, with mild weather and suitably inexpensive living conditions. It was also because Slovakia is renowned for its development work...
by Amber | Wed 26 Jul 2017 | Culture
Canoe slalom is often described as a ‘lifestyle sport’. It’s a slightly absurd term, because at an elite level all sports are a ‘lifestyle’. Decisions are made based on what is best for training, whether that means sleeping in the middle...
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