While other shows such as X Factor struggle to maintain ratings, ITV’s I’m a Celebrity is having no such problems. Indeed, despite being on our televisions virtually every night – and for at least an hour to boot – viewers continue to tune in. And, while you might not have always heard of all the ‘celebrities’…
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Tamera Foster, one of the contestants on X Factor, is undoubtedly already feeling ‘famous’. After all, she is appearing on TV every week in the competition and in numerous articles in newspapers and magazines. So is she now famous? And how many articles will it take before Tamera Foster truly becomes a household name? There…
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‘Venomous Spider outbreak shuts school’ screams the headline on the Sky News story. This story – along with a graphic photo of the false widow spider and a rather blurry picture of one of them apparently hanging upside down in a tangled web – was deemed serious enough by Sky News for it to send…
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Recently two authors came to Featureworld to enquire about gaining publicity for their books. One had written a self-help book and had ideas of writing a column for a national newspaper giving advice. The other had written a book ‘to rival Fifty Shades of Grey‘ except that it was far more ‘hardcore’ and indeed the sex…
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Madeleine McCann might have disappeared six years ago but that doesn’t stop any development in this puzzling case becoming front page news – or millions of viewers tuning into a BBC Crimewatch to see a reconstruction of that night when she went missing. If you asked me to do a photofit of the owner at…
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Every so often Featureworld receives an email from someone who would like to write a regular column for a national newspaper or magazine. How hard can it be, they reason. After all, they are used to regularly blogging and might even regularly write for their local paper. The truth is being a columnist for a…
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Drug mules Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid could end up serving just a few years in prison – or even less – if the courts in Peru accept their guilty pleas. So could it be true for these girls that if so, they could return to the UK as celebrities, sell their stories for huge…
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There’s been a lot of publicity recently about the dangers of sugar in our everyday diets. Recently one doctor ruled it as addictive as a drug and certainly manufacturers have been gradually increasing the amounts in ordinary foods – so a ‘healthy’ yoghurt can now contain more than a chocolate bar. When it comes to…
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“All publicity is good publicity” goes the saying. Actually we don’t agree – after all, if you run a restaurant and everyone goes down with food poisoning, that isn’t going to do your business any good. But it is also true that what can seem ‘bad’ publicity can be the making of you. Take Miley…
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If you are a published author of a fiction or non-fiction book, we would love to hear from you! We are currently searching for authors who’ve written a book to promote in national newspapers, magazines and on national television. Whether you’re a traditionally published author or you’ve gone the self-publishing route, we know that getting…
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