https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/hot-and-spicy-noodles-10-minutes/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:47:15+00:00Hot and Spicy Noodles – 10 minutescooking, cookery, hot and spicy, spicy noodles, easy food, comfort food, 10 minute food, one pot food, one pot mealhttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/social-media-or-social-marketing-4.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/the-fag-and-the-foodie/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:47:15+00:00The Fag and the Foodieinspirational, smoking, healthy living, fresh start, Travel, food, cooking, foodie, cookery, easy food, recipes, easy cookinghttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_0598-1.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/lets-turn-off-the-internet/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:47:14+00:00Let’s Turn Off the InternetPolitics, hate speech, forums, right wing, left wing, conservatives, tories, british politicshttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/design-16.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/how-to-write-in-3-easy-apps/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:47:14+00:00How to Write in 3 easy Appswriting, apps, write a book, help for writers, how to write, mind maps, tips for writers, the best apps, the most useful writing apps, how apps can help, help for writing, apps for authorshttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/design-7.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/you-stopped-smoking-youre-awesome/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:47:14+00:00You stopped smoking? You’re Awesome!smoking, not smoking, benefits for not smoking, negatives of smoking, how to be awesomehttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/design-9.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/finding-my-pink-the-lipstick-quest/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:47:14+00:00Finding My Pink – The Lipstick Questmake-up, lipstick, beauty, pink, cheap, budget, affordable beautyhttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/social-media-or-social-marketing-5-e1520795003945.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/lets-go-to-war/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:47:14+00:00Lets Go to WarPolitics, Russian spy, Sergei Skripal, Teresa May, British Government, War, Spy, Spies, Russiahttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/design-11.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/1201/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:47:14+00:00Going Veggie? should I?Politics, lifestyle, food, cooking, vegetarian, morals, vegan, meat, animal welfare, halalhttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/design-13.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/to-be-to-do-to-be-to-i-dont-know/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:47:14+00:00To Be To Do To Be To I Don’t Knowselfie, new start, inspirational, healthy living, addiction, self, discoveryhttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/design-18.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/take-back-control/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:47:13+00:00Take Back Controlinspiration, healthy living, cooking, control, life change, getting healthy, spendthrift, resolution, big changehttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/design-24.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/pat-on-the-back/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:47:13+00:00Pat on the backcongratulations, milestones, 50 blogs, bloggerhttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_0572.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/musings/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:45:48+00:00Musings:musings, addiction, life, understandinghttps://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/social-media-or-social-marketing-part-one/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:45:47+00:00Social Media or Social Marketing – Part Onesocial media, Work, facebook, marketing, selling, snapchat, misconceptions, misunderstandingshttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/84.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/social-media-or-social-marketing-part-two/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:45:47+00:00Social Media or Social Marketing – Part Twosocial media, Work, facebook, marketing, instagram, monetise, social aspecthttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/95.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/musing/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:45:47+00:00Musing:inspiration, life lessonhttps://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/working-title/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:45:46+00:00Working TitleTravel, travel photos, best places to gohttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_01861-e1518479612765.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/blame-the-cat/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:45:46+00:00Blame the Catinspiration, fresh start, Travel, travel photos, ideas for writinghttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_2565.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/quick-reference-for-myself/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:45:46+00:00Quick Reference for Myself.inspiration, Travel, love lifehttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_0378.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/tempted/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:45:46+00:00Temptedsmoking, temptation, Morocco, Marrakechhttps://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/friday/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:45:46+00:00Friday rooftop thinkingnew start, inspiration, Travel, Morocco, Marrakech, life goalshttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_1427.jpg?w=113https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/do-you-speak-food/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:45:46+00:00Do you speak food?inspiration, food, shared experience, women, cooking, community, communicationhttps://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/wifi-down-is-this-the-end-of-life-as-we-know-it/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:45:45+00:00Wifi down – is this the end of life as we know it?rant, social media, Travel, internet addiction, life without phones, mobile phones, modern lifehttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_0574-1.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/finding-my-inner-foodie/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:45:45+00:00Finding My Inner Foodieinspiration, food, cooking, foodie, cookeryhttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/foodie.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/861/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:43:18+00:00addicted to the phone, didn't see your message, Just Saying (Gossip)https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/864/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:43:18+00:00What makes a leaderdavid cameron, nigel farage, boris johnson, jeremy corbyn, leaders resign, leaders stand firm, what makes a leader, when the going gets tough, jeremy corbyn resignhttps://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/remember-2/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:43:17+00:00Just Saying!annoy the shit out of you, annoying people, acceptance, accept what you canhttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2-2.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/is-britain-getting-more-dangerous-or-how-to-make-money-from-fear/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:43:17+00:00Is Britain Getting More Dangerous? Or How to Make Money From Fear.jeremy corbyn, making money from fear, the media, princess diana died 20 years ago, paris bombings, twitter announces the news, leadership contest, Theresa May, Failed coup in Turkey, Rupert Murdoch Media, Sky News, We are being manipulated, David Bowiehttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/4.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/866/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:43:17+00:00Is this the Destruction of the Labour Partyjeremy corbyn, destruction of the labour party, jeremy corbyn supporters, facebook groups, brexit results, divided nation, wisdom and experience, labour maps resigned, destroy the labour party, angela eaglehttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/destruction-of-the-labour-party.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/anti-corbyn-plots-the-myth-of-the-un-electable-left/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:43:17+00:00Anti-Corbyn plots & the myth of the un-electable lefthttps://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/time-to-go-ms-may/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:43:17+00:00Time to go Ms Mayhttps://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/if-you-want-to-feel-old-dont-do-this/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:43:17+00:00If you don’t want to feel old, don’t do this.concerts, old age, pop, rock, depression, dad dancinghttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/concert.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/make-up-vloggers/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:43:16+00:00Make Up Vloggerscelebrities, C list, no talent, make-up, vlogginghttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/she-wolves-4.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/first-week-of-not-smoking/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:43:16+00:00First week of Not Smokingnew start, smoking, healthy living, addiction, fresh start, lifestylehttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/she-wolves-2.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/still-not-smoking-three-weeks-in/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:43:16+00:00Still Not Smoking – Three Weeks Innew start, inspirational, smoking, healthy living, addiction, successhttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/design.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/officially-a-non-smoker-just-the-regrets-to-deal-with-now/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:43:16+00:00Officially a Non Smoker – Just the Regrets to Deal with Now.inspiration, giving up smoking, regrets, healthy life, smoking, vaping, resolutions, healthy livinghttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_0348-1.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/menopause-they-never-told-me/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:42:47+00:00The Menopause – they never told me it would be like this!puberty, pregnancy, sex, hot flushes, perimenopause, what they don't tell you, menopause symptoms, learning curve in lifehttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/12.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/first-blog-post/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:42:46+00:00The First Stepsnew start, first steps, inspirational, the most important stephttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/the-most-important-step-of-all-is-the-first-step-blake-mycoskie.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/selfies-and-glasses/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:42:46+00:00Selfies and Glassesselfie, glasses, certain age, rant, age and magnifying mirrors, packaging small print, how to take a selfie with glasseshttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/32.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/selfies-seriously-why/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:42:46+00:00Selfies? Seriously why?selfie, validation, social media problems, facebook, being ignored, being superficial, why take selfies, taking selfies is a problemhttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/selfie-glass.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/im-not-invisible/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:42:46+00:00I am not invisible – Look!rant, invisible in a world of visible., a certain age, older women, young managers, chopped liver, not being seen, why can't you see me, I am visible, don't ignore mehttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_37321.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/qualifications-why-do-they-matter-so-much/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:42:46+00:00Qualifications – Why do they matter so much?qualifications, graduates, degree, judged on qualifications, who needs qualificationshttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/41.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/draft-wasting-time-online/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:42:45+00:00How Facebook costs 2 weeks holiday!social media, wasting time online, facebook, unproductive, Facebook costs 2 weeks holiday, how to be productivehttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1-hour-of.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/draft-qualifications-why-do-they-matter-so-much-part-2/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:42:45+00:00Qualifications -Why do they matter so much? Part 2masters degree, qualifications, cvs, graduates, judgemental society, educationhttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/51.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/hate-seeping-into-britain/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:42:45+00:00Hate seeping into Britainracism, david cameron, nigel farage, homosexuals and queers, celebrity haters, nazis and jews, inciting hatred, hatred today, inciting racism, katie hopkins incites hatehttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/24.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/hilary-benn-your-timing-sucks/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:42:44+00:00Hilary Benn your timing sucks.david cameron, hilary benn, eu referendum, your timing sucks, immigration, sick of career politicians, sick to the back teeth, boris johnson, mendacious lies, Politics, jeremy corbyn, labour coup, #eurosceptics and ukiphttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/main-hilary-benn.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/on-our-way-to-hell-in-a-handcart/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:42:44+00:00On our way to hell in a handcartjeremy corbyn, cabinet reshuffle, cameron resigning, house of commons, sterling dropped to all time low, racist crime, biased reporting, blame jeremy corbynhttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/untitled-1-copy-4.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/the-hounding-of-jeremy-corbyn/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:42:44+00:00The Hounding of Jeremy Corbynhounding jeremy corbyn, the chilcot report, alistair campbell, the bbc, media lies, jeremy corbyn headlines, tony blair to stand trial for war crimes, labour coup, dark forces, angela eagle and the iraq war, leadership challenge, homosexuality is curablehttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/jeremy-corbyn-headlines.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/shut-the-internet-down/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:35+00:00Shut the Internet Downsocial media, the media, Cambridge analytica, the internet, privacy, modern problems, the news, making money, money grabbinghttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/design-29.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/trolls-how-do-you-deal-with-them/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:35+00:00Trolls – How do you deal with them?social media, trolling, facebook, trolls, stalking, fake, fight backhttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/design-31.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/the-x-factor-cv/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:34+00:00The X Factor CVWork, x factor, modern life, cv, arrogance, interviews, how to get a jobhttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/22.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/breaking-up-with-my-devices/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:34+00:00Breaking Up With My Devicessocial media problems, social media, getting my life back, life balancehttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/design-2.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/sometimes-being-achieves-more-than-doing-2/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:33+00:00To Be a Be-er or a Do-erinspirational, inspirationhttps://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/remember-3/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:33+00:00Just Sayingtrolling, road rage, illiterate bastardshttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/3-2.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/taking-back-control-of-my-social-media/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:33+00:00Taking Back Control (of my social media)rant, new start, things to try, social media problems, social media, writing, wasting time online, facebook, the most important step, Facebook costs 2 weeks holiday, Politics, the media, addiction, fresh start, lifestyle, modern life, getting my life back, life balancehttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_2622.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/death-of-the-high-street-the-end-to-civilisation-as-we-know-it/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:33+00:00Death of the High Streetsocial media, Politics, lifestyle, modern life, the internet, the high street, business rates, parking charges, local council, local life, the end of civilisation, socialisation, dangershttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/design-3.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/a-reborn-vegetable/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:32+00:00A Reborn Vegetablefresh start, cooking, vegetarianism, new year new me, diverticulitushttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_1270.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/lockdown-diary-28th-april/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:32+00:00Lockdown Diary 28th Aprillife, lockdown, coronavirus, covid19, rethink, mental well beinghttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/social-media-or-social-marketing.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/lockdown_diary/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:32+00:00Lockdown Diary 30th AprilWork, the most important step, lifestyle, getting my life back, covid19https://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/lockdown-diary-04-05-20/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:32+00:00Lockdown Diary 04.05.20research, evernote, RoWrite, Making a plan, restart life, a new income stream, life after, finding my mojohttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/lockdown-diary-040420.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/lockdown-diary-may-05-2020/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:32+00:00Lockdown Diary May 05 2020Work, lockdown, covid19, evernote, RoWrite, unsettled, a new starthttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/05.05.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/lockdown-diary-may-07-2020/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:32+00:00Lockdown Diary May 07 2020procrastinate, self starter, do or be, flabby bellyhttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/may-7-20.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/lockdown-diary-may-08-2020-ve-day/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:31+00:00Lockdown Diary May 08 2020 / VE DayPolitics, VE Day, Government, Who Knows, Furlough, Planning, Being productive.https://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/lock-down-may-08-20.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/charley-speakes-in-lockdown-visually/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:31+00:00Charley Speakes in Lockdown visually ;-)doodly, autoplay, video loop, frustration endedhttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/front-cover-charley-in-lockdown.jpeg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/lockdown-diary-may-11-2020/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:36:31+00:00Lockdown Diary May 11 2020lockdown, doodly, autoplay, loop, life is good, new hope, video, YouTubehttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/may-11-lockdown.png?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/post-about-the-x-factor-generation/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:13:21+00:00The X Factor GenerationWork, x factor, deserve the best, office juniorhttps://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/lets-talk-menopause/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:13:21+00:00Let’s talk menopause – things to avoid and to tryhotflushes, naked or not, things to avoid, things to try, alleviate the symptoms of menopause, power surge, hotflashes, dealing with the menopause, how to get through the menopause, hot and sweatyhttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/8.jpg?w=150https://charleyspeakes.com/2026/04/10/menopause-what/Charley Speakesen2026-04-10T10:13:21+00:00Menopause – why don’t they ever tell you these things?downside, upside, menopause rant, modd swings, emotional rollercoaster, plummeting libido, vaginal dryness, lady garden, chin hairs, lady garden become sparsehttps://charleyspeakes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1-2.jpg?w=150