Thunderbirds are go: Penelope’s favourite travel apps

08.29.12 Posted in Blog by Penelope

Dear readers, I have some sad news to impart. Penelope is leaving Open Road for pastures new, in fact for pastures foreign. I am off to spend six months travelling through South East Asia; covering India (ah), Burma (oh?), Laos (hmm..), Cambodia (uh huh) and Vietnam (ah, lovely) before returning to these fair shores. In [...]


Cameron, Clegg, who next?

08.07.12 Posted in Blog by Penelope

So, this morning not only is Cameron’s leadership in question by ConHome. But now – according to the Guardian – Clegg should also now go ‘for the sake of the Lib Dems’… Anyone sense the dark hand of George Osborne?


Random sh*t from my desk…

07.25.12 Posted in Blog by Penelope

Friday is a big day at Open Road towers, and no – not because of the Olympics and all that – but because it is the day of our BIG DESK MOVE! No actual moving offices or anything like that, but a good mix round of everybody’s desks so we get to sit with new [...]


Fight! Fight! Fight!

07.12.12 Posted in Blog by Penelope

You saw the angry debate, now you can vote for who you think would win an actual physical fight between Ed Balls and Osborne on the rather wonderfully named Quantative Sneezing blog. It’s gotta be Balls, right? I don’t blame George for looking scared…


The weight loss game

01.06.12 Posted in Blog by Penelope

It’s that time of year; when we all struggle manfully back to work and squeeze back into clothes that don’t benefit from stretchy waistbands. It’s when the diet and fitness industry comes out in force – you can’t move for Groupon deals for bootcamps, gastric band hypnotherapy and personal training. The Open Road office is currently a seething mass [...]