Research suggests that the age-old ritual of the bedtime story is in danger of becoming extinct.
It’s usually attributed to a combination of factors: tired parents, kids who watch TV in their bedrooms, and the tendency to allow kids to wind down in front of Iggle Piggle rather than immersed in the pages of a book.
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Celebrating Safer Internet Day with our customers
On 8th February our customers came out in their forces to help us celebrate Safer Internet Day at our Customer Experience Centre in London’s Soho.
To mark the day, we hosted a series of online security master classes looking at everything from protecting yourself from viruses through to the importance of talking openly and sensibly with [...]
We all love paying less!
Last week Ofcom revealed that, on average, customers today are paying more than 50% less for their broadband than they did in 2005. This is great news for our customers and it’s due to something called Local Loop Unbundling, which means that companies like us are able to install equipment into local telephone exchanges that [...]
Is 3D printing the next great technological disruption?
Hollywood sees 3D as the future of film. But the most revolutionary developments in 3D technology aren’t taking place in the multiplex; they’re happening in the printing industry.
3D printers work in a similar manner to their inkjet cousins. However instead of using ink cartridges, they print in materials like plastic, clay, steel, glass and even [...]
And the nation’s favourite bedtime story is…
TalkTalk Tales, our search for the country’s best amateur storyteller, seems to have sparked a national debate about parents reading to their kids – are we doing it enough, and just why is it so good for your children?
Children’s authors Julia Donaldson, who wrote The Gruffalo, and Charlie Higson, who writes stories about the young [...]