Historically art and photography have remained remarkably distinct from one another. The use of the camera to capture images has been for the purposes of social documentation and personal prosperity, with emphasis on focus and framing. Alternatively art has appeared as paint on canvas to be admired for texture, line and colour. The new trend for Photo Canvas products to adorn the walls of homes and offices, cafes and bars blends the two disciplines together, but is it a successful union of creative talent or a fashionable phase that is destined to be a cliche in years to come?

Photographs in a frame have adorned walls in halls in many houses in a multitude of cultures.

Everyone is a photographic expert since the introduction of point and click auto focus cameras, and the digital revolution has improved the chances of taking a professional looking shot even by the most unsure of camera users. Now that the move from film to digital has been fully embraced and the cost of developing pictures have come down there seems to be a million times more photographs in a personal collection.

OK, I admit immediately that I am going to sound like some feminist lesbian, or Jo Brand, or both, neither of which is necessarily bad if you happen to belong to either of those two groups. Valentine's Day is fast approaching, and having just recently been ejected out of the love seat, I am properly dreading February the 14th. In an attempt to overcome the heartbreak, and to keep a stiff upper lip in the face of adversity, I am going to damn well check out the Valentine breaks available and treat myself like the princess I am on this romantic day of the year.

It may be a fairly recent phenomenon, but the industry of search engine optimisation has come fully to the forefront of marketing techniques in the last decade. As more homes include surfing the internet as part of their everyday lives, more businesses have opted to promote their products and services online too.

As the high street is feeling the pressure of an economic downturn, internet based marketing is announcing an increase in online traffic and sales are coming thick and fast for internet based businesses.

The country of Wales was once synonymous with coal mining and choirs, daffodils and St David's Day, but as times and economies change, so does the nature of a country's economy. Today when people think of Wales it conjures up images of stunning peaks and valleys and the Millennium Stadium. What has the effect of a change of direction had for people seeking employment in places such as Cardiff and Brecon? We go in search of Wales jobs to find out just what is on offer and why people choose this part of the United Kingdom to look for work.

On large scale building and engineering projects there is often a need to investigate the actual site that is to be developed in terms of its soil properties. This branch of civil engineering that deals with the investigation of subsurface conditions; finding out their physical and chemical properties, determining what risks there may be due to site conditions and monitoring earthwork and foundation construction accordingly is called geotechnical engineering.

Presentation is everything! It's a phrase that I heard somewhere a long time ago but one that I've never forgot. I can't remember the circumstances that I first heard the phrase, it could have been about something simple like combing my hair or something a bit more important like school work but I've had occasion to recall the phrase many times since for all manner of reasons from food preparation to interior design, and most recently for the design of business cards.

Sports stadiums, halls and venues have gone through a transformation in recent years. A combination of age, new legislation and changing fashions and trends has led to the redevelopment or even rebuilding of many venues across the country which in turn has open up a world of possibilities to people and areas that wouldn't have had such opportunities before.

They say that home is where the heart is, and as an interior design expert I understand that being able to design, decorate and furnish a house so that it is a home for a client is no walk in the park. Everyone has their own taste in home furnishings and wall colour, and despite an expert like myself telling a client that 'rattan is so in right now' until blue in the face, and there is very little that can overcome it.

With added pressure, year on year, to improve results and demonstrate that a company is performing to the best of its ability the demands of modern business can often seem unrelenting. Managers and workers alike are always looking for ways to improve systems and processes without having a detrimental effect on the smooth running of a business. Getting this balance right can often be the difference between success and failure.