One month to go to the deadline for our international writing competition, Detritus.

As a small business you would think that social media would be a key marketing and community-building tool, and while it is there are still many things we’ve been exploring doing in those fields that do not rely on the big platforms we are all told to.

This week we're looking at how it feels to revisit published work after ten years, and plucking up the courage to face the cringe factor when looking back over your previous work.

Talking to an advertising copywriter friend years ago, I always remember he told me that the news media aim to complicate things. He’s one of those people who sometimes seems like a prophet and at other times you’re not sure, and I knew that this assertion went against the popular wisdom of the time.