Sometimes it's not the grand gestures but the stolen moments of hidden love that can unearth a true Valentine. These are a few of our favourites and ones that would certainly melt our hearts… Bring the picnic indoors. Why wait for spring when you could lay out the blanket in your living room and have sandwiches by candlelight. Add a… read more »

The movie awards season is in full swing and Quidco are joining in the fun! We want our lovely members to emulate this year’s Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA winners by filming their own Quidco themed acceptance speech video. You have until 29 February to send us your entertaining 30 second clip, after which we’ll create a shortlist of the… read more »

When it comes to sourcing a quote which combines glorious wit, playful wordplay and an underlying heartfelt message, Oscar Wilde is the unrivalled king. It’s a pity he lived in a pre-Clinton Cards era – the man would have made a packet…well, so long as they kept him away from the Valentine’s Day merchandise. See, Wilde wasn’t much of a… read more »

What has a failed moon landing got to do with the arrival in the UK of internet video streaming service Netflix? Well the story goes that Reed Hastings, a computer engineer from California, was inspired to start the on-demand service after being charged late fees for failing to return a copy of Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 to his local video… read more »

It’s not often we take time out to pat ourselves on the back, but given the nature of the news it would be churlish not to take a moment to reflect on a great achievement. Last week at the annual Consumer Moneyfacts awards (an event which rivals the Oscars for glamour…the boys had to wear ties and everything) Quidco was… read more »

Feeling pretty smug about how you’ve managed to avoid coming down with the same debilitating flu that knocked you for six last year? Reckon you’ve managed to get away with it? It’s possible you may well have done. Congratulations! How about a hearty high-five and a pat on the back? Yes? OK then…Ooh, I tricked you. Not only do I… read more »

Martin Scorsese will this afternoon be rubbing his hands in delight after his 3D adventure yarn, Hugo, received 11 Oscar nominations at this afternoon’s 2012 Academy Award announcement. The drama, which focuses on the story of a young boy who lives in a Parisian railway station leads the charge ahead of French romantic-comedy The Artist which has been given ten… read more »

If you opened your wardrobe this morning to be confronted by a pile of shapeless t-shirts, distressed looking jeans you’ve not worn in years, jumpers with holes in, loud Hawaiian shirts missing buttons and a jacket sporting stains from that night out with the boys, then it may be time - in the immortal words of Dizzy Rascal - to… read more »

She may have died in 1986, but it appears Wallis Simpson still hasn’t found respite from her controversial legacy. Having sparked a constitutional crisis in 1936, after King Edward VIII abdicated the British throne in order to marry her, you’d have thought the American socialite’s ability to split public opinion would have peaked. What Simpson probably never banked on was… read more »

“I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick.” It takes a special man to bring the Internet to a standstill, but who can begrudge Muhammad Ali the wave of tributes,… read more »