our clients
Finance & Business
Banks, building societies, insurance companies, tech firms and management consultants
Travel
Destination guides, hotels, city guides, road trips and wildlife safaris, from Almaty to Zimbabwe
charities
Educational website content and awareness resources for children and young people
Education & Health
Parent & child, classroom resources, assemblies, web content and competitions for Key Stages 1, 2, 3 and 4
So, What does arabic to zoology do?
We write web content that’s original, interesting and shareable. We tell a cracking story and throw in fascinating facts along the way – all impeccably researched (not Wikipedia), and bang on brief.
We craft articles, blogs, opinion pieces, travel destination guides, educational resources, interactive scientific web content, galleries, quizzes and competitions too.
We’ve got a good eye for picture research to complement your commission, if you have an account with Getty Images we can rummage in.
We can also audit existing websites, advise on content and supply new or missing material to get your message and information across concisely, with a minimum of fuss.
Our turnaround is fast, and we can respond to agile briefs. We've never missed a deadline, although we love it if you bring us in at the beginning of your project and give us the time it deserves.
Finance, travel, lifestyle, science and education are our specialities
We can tackle most subjects. If we don't know about it, we can soon find out.
Corporate training and educational videos written from real-life experience for authenticity
Research is at the core of what we do, and we sometimes do specific research for other specialists. We've been known to tackle Einstein and beekeeping on the same day
Meet our team
Ruth D’Alessandro
Paul D’Alessandro
Astor the border collie
Ruth also writes about natural history
Ruth's blog
What is business storytelling?
And how do you do it? Storytelling itself is nothing new – humans have created narratives since we first began daubing red earth hand prints on cave walls. We all love listening to a story: it engages our emotional intelligence and helps us understand complex issues. Business storytelling is big right now. Businesses realise that Read more about What is business storytelling?[…]
Call The Sergeant sample chapter
One of these days, I’ll finish my novel. It will be about the experiences of my mother, who was the first woman detective sergeant in the Berkshire Constabulary during the 1950s. I’ve got a lot more chapters to write, but this is just a taster of my fiction writing. “Got a good one for Read more about Call The Sergeant sample chapter[…]
Restoration love story
I have a photo of my mum with my eldest daughter Sophia. It was taken on one of the last (relatively) warm October days in 2003 when they both fell asleep in her garden: Mum on her rickety B&Q bench, Sophia in her pushchair. What I didn’t realise was that it was to be one of the last photos of Read more about Restoration love story[…]
Hello To Berlin Day Two
It’s not often I come to write a blog article and can’t find adequate words. Hence the reason this next one in the Berlin series – our visit to Sachsenhausen concentration camp – has taken so long, and it’s mainly pictures. On the second day in Berlin we took the S-Bahn train 45 minutes north of Read more about Hello To Berlin Day Two[…]
Hello To Berlin Day One
A museum nerd, a foodie and two fashion-conscious teens hit the streets of Berlin. How did this historic city manage to maintain D’Alessandro family harmony for a whole three days? We’ve been to a fair few European capitals now – Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, Brussels… Berlin wasn’t particularly on the radar before our youngest started taking German Read more about Hello To Berlin Day One[…]
Badger, fox, or… dog skull?
No matter how much of a country person you are, it’s always a bit of a surprise when you come across a skull. And sometimes more so when you find out what it’s from. In the rural Surrey Hills where I walk the dog there are plenty of opportunities for stumbling across animal bones, particularly within Read more about Badger, fox, or… dog skull?[…]
British scientists create sustainable Omega 3
Omega 3s – polyunsaturated fats found in oily fish, nuts, seeds and green vegetables – are well-known for their benefits to human cardiovascular and general health. Naturally, Omega 3s are found in marine microalgae, eaten by tiny fish and crustaceans. Omega 3s move up the food chain by bioaccumulation: building up in the tissues of Read more about British scientists create sustainable Omega 3[…]