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Where Guy Fawkes once failed in 1605…

By David Kightley | 4th November 2022 |

Around 100,000 people will have bought advance tickets to line the South Bank of the River Thames in London to watch the annual firework display on New Year’s Eve reports our guest author David Kightley. Like everything else lately prices have gone up by 50%. 417 years ago Guy Fawkes and fellow conspirators plotted to…

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Going green is easier said than done…

By David Kightley | 27th September 2022 |

It’s no secret that green is our favourite colour as visitors to our studio will testify. DSD has promised to plant five trees for every new client in 2022 and beyond. In this post our guest author, David Kightley, delves a bit deeper into the wider issues of going green. DSD’s twin Pantone colours have…

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Fifty Shades of Gold!

By David Kightley | 4th February 2021 |

There might be a question mark for the second year running over many of our favourite live televised events. In this final post of the Fifty Shades theme our guest author, David Kightley, goes in search of simply anybody who has gone for gold in their chosen fields…     In the gardening world, Carol…

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Did you know…that Essex is the birthplace of mapping and forerunner of OS?

By David Kightley | 29th November 2019 |

Visitors approaching the outskirts of Chelmsford, possibly on their way to DSD with the help of Satnav or Google Maps, will be familiar with the proud proclamation on the welcome signs: City of Chelmsford – Birthplace of Radio. In this post, our guest author, David Kightley, reveals that what they probably don’t know is that…

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