27 August 2008 18:37

On the shelf

Humph... went into Reigate this afternoon and popped into newsagents More, in the middle of the High Street, only to find Surrey Life relegated to the top shelf. Now I know we went out on a bit of a limb this month, putting Keira on the cover rather
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26 August 2008 09:29

Surrey's Olympic heroes

So, the Team GB press conference was held here in Surrey at the Runnymede Hotel. The management there must have been over the moon, watching their foyer beamed out across the nation. Actually, it's quite appropriate that the event was held
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22 August 2008 09:22

All a bit Monty Python

Yesterday, I found myself in the bizarre situation of having to walk into the office sporting a giant Mexican moustache. Contrary to appearances, I hadn't completely lost the plot (that happened ages ago) but was merely the innocent victim
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20 August 2008 12:38

Back to work

Well, after all my predictions of doom and gloom, we were blessed with absolutely beautiful weather at the V festival in Chelmsford. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the one in Stafford, where, alas, our senior designer Donna James spent
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14 August 2008 18:33

Piccadilly Circus

It has to be said, the Surrey Life office is not normally what you'd call the nervecentre of Archant, but it's been like Piccadilly Circus in here today. Everyone from production manager Andrew Woollacott to publisher Robyn
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13 August 2008 18:12

Blogging breather

Apologies for the slack blogging over the last few days, due to the usual deadline chaos. I've said it before and I'll say it again, no matter how organised you are (and you should see my multi-coloured Excel spreadsheets), you can
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09 August 2008 12:13

The MD and, er, Jerry Maguire

Just popped into the office to finish off one or two things before the final onslaught of deadline day. As ever, it's wonderfully peaceful at the weekend - no e-mails, no phone calls, no interruptions - if it was always like this, I swear we'd get the
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07 August 2008 09:39

Deadline approaches

Sorry, intended to post an entry before I left last night, but after yesterday's proofing extravaganza, I had practically turned into a zombie. If the truth to be told, not feeling much less zombie-like today actually, but sales
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05 August 2008 18:40

Big decision...

We're just wrestling with a rather tricky decision at the moment. It concerns our cover shot for September... Now, as regular readers will know, we usually tend to favour an iconic Surrey building and lots (and lots) of blue sky - but this issue is a
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01 August 2008 20:44

TGI Friday...

It's been non-stop today at Surrey Life towers, with almost an entire day of editorial meetings (albeit some of them held over the road at the Panther). The upshot is that we've made very little headway again with the September issue,
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31 July 2008 19:53

A lovely letter

Feeling a bit uninspired this week, in terms of what to write about on the blog, so apologies if the entries are even duller than normal. To be honest, there's so much work to do on the September issue that we've all just got our heads down
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30 July 2008 19:16

Room with a view

I've written before about the view from our office window, looking out towards Reigate Hill, and I have to say it looks particularly lovely at this moment bathed in the evening sunlight. In fact, whenever I glance up at the hill, which
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29 July 2008 12:38

Absolutely crackers

Honestly, this place just gets weirder... It all started last night when I picked up the phone and someone asked if they could place an order. Ah, excellent - a reader calling up about our excellent new subscriptions offer (a tantalisingly
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28 July 2008 18:56

If you can't stand the heat...

Phew! It feels like a sauna in the Surrey Life office today - quite literally - as the walls and ceiling are all covered with slats of wood. I keep half expecting to hear the sizzle of steam as someone in the corner sloshes big
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25 July 2008 09:39

Feedback

Just received the most wonderful letter from a reader that almost brought a tear to my eye. It was all about how much she enjoyed the August editon of the magazine and was looking forward to trying the teashops, visiting the Watts Gallery etc.
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