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TalkTalk Tales: And the winner is…

The entries have been judged - but who did Bernard Cribbins crown the UK's best amateur storyteller?

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s Family Concerts

I’m really excited about our final two family concerts of the year here at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic: Pirates and Big Bear’s Band . I think what’s unique about these events is seeing adults and children enjoying LIVE music together, many for the first time. The atmosphere is great as over 1000 children and their [...]

Reading bedtime stories from a parent’s perspective

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. [...]

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 [...]

Bernard Cribbins backs hunt for Britain’s best storyteller

Memories of bedtime stories are one of those things that people hold dear to them. Whether it’s the Famous Five series or The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, we’ve all got our favourites. But it turns out that reading aloud to our kids is in peril. We’ve done some research into bedtime stories and found [...]

Giving you more for less with our new taxi campaign

At TalkTalk we believe that no one gives you more for less – and today we’re launching a new advertising campaign to highlight that fact. As part of the campaign we’re running ads on the sides of hundreds of taxis in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh. We’re also trialing free MiFi – or mobile WiFi hotspots [...]

We’re giving away 24 Spotify Premium accounts, with TalkTalk Pro

To celebrate TalkTalk Pro, our broadband service with unlimited downloads, we’ve decided to give away 24 Spotify Premium accounts worth £120 each, every day.

Bored of Christmas? Sing Our Petition instead!

Christmas has come and gone. You’re sick of turkey sandwiches and you’re bored of the telly.

So why not get your creative juices flowing by entering our Sing Our Petition competition, campaigning against the government’s misguided “three strikes” proposals?

Get voting – just one week to go!

There’s just one week to go until votes close for the TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards. We’ve had a fantastic response so far, with more than 20,000 votes from people all over the UK.

Digital Heroes – deadline extended

Entries for our Digital Heroes Awards have been flowing in since the end of July and to balance the competition we're calling for more entries particularly from Scotland, Northern Ireland and East Anglia.