Seeing as the world survived 2012 unscathed, that pesky Apocalypse never actually rearing its ugly head, it’s time to emerge bleary eyed from the nuclear bunker and start planning your social life for the year ahead. It’s just as well the Mayans got their prediction so spectacularly wrong because 2013 promises to be a very tasty on both the cultural… read more »

If you sign-up to a Ladbrokes Sportsbook account through Quidco before 2nd December you’ll not only earn yourself £25 cashback (T&Cs apply) you’ll also be thrown into the hat for a chance to win a pair of tickets for the January Premier League clash between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. To celebrate this mouth-watering giveaway Quidblog runs through five… read more »

The festive period is upon us yet again as retailers go all out to urge consumers to spend money at their stores as opposed to just buying everything on Amazon instead. Waitrose have claimed an early prize for Smuggest Advert of the Year, roping in Heston Blumenthal and Delia Smith to proclaim “We didn’t spend money on a fancy Christmas… read more »

October 31 is around the corner, and unimaginative people the world over are dusting down their knock-off Heath-Ledger-Joker costumes to wear to Halloween parties. We’re deep into what entertainment industry marketing folk insist on calling ‘horror season’ although it turns out this year’s cinematic horror offerings are a woeful clutch of remakes, sequels and video game adaptations. It makes the… read more »

After a two week hangover the party has started again in London. The Olympians provided the warm-up (as Channel 4 would have you believe) and now it’s the turn of the Paralympians to wow the capital’s crowds with their athletic prowess. While many of the Paralympic events follow a similar format to those undertaken by their able-bodied peers, several of… read more »

If you’re not one of the reported 3.6 million Brits who are heading off on holiday for this Bank Holiday weekend you may well be pontificating about what to do over the course of the next three days. Despite the weather forecast not looking great, there’s no reason to sit indoors twiddling your thumbs and feeling lonely; up and down… read more »

Pretty much the only time you catch the average man in the pub chatting about fashion is when his beloved football club have released a monstrous new replica kit. There’s usually panic and disgust in the air, followed by pouting resignation and then a trip to the club shop to buy it anyway… This year, aside from a couple of… read more »

If you didn’t get a chance to visit Quidco’s ‘Cashback Boutique’ in London a couple of weeks ago, then never fear, we’ve a further chance for members to win a big cash prize while celebrating the relaunch of the Quidco app. In association with giffgaff we’re giving 5 lucky Quidco members the chance to win £1,000 cash each. If that… read more »

OK, so we lured you in with that title, but we should probably clarify exactly what we mean by the ‘best’. In this case we’re talking the cheesiest, most heartstring pulling, (and in some cases) outright weird, montage-tastic Olympic-related video commercials that we could find on YouTube. And by ‘all time’ we mean, in the last 40 years or so.… read more »

The 2012 Wimbledon Championships are in full swing down in SW19 which means one thing is certain – we Brits are hoping for the best from Andy Murray, but preparing for the worst. After three successive semi-final defeats for the Scot, not to mention the years of disappointment during the Tim Henman era, you’d think our expectations would dampen…but they… read more »