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29 November 2019

Top tips for getting the best out of Black Friday

Black Friday is THE shopping day of the year to snap up the best deals ahead of Christmas, and shop that must have item you’ve been saving up for too. ...

29 November 2019

How to control your spending - even when the Black Friday deals are everywhere!

What’s your most regrettable purchase? For some, it’s the round of tequilas they really didn’t need on a night out, for others it’s an impulse buy in the supermarket (did ...

28 November 2019

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is Game of the Year material [REVIEW]

The past few years haven't been great when it comes to Star Wars video games. Star Wars Battlefront II especially was stung with controversy upon release, with developers forced to flip the script on ...
27 November 2019

Female First's exclusive interview with Rachel Brown-Finnis

Rachel Brown-Finnis has been a leader in the growth of women's football in England in recent years and the BT Sport pundit sat down with Female First for an exclusive ...
27 November 2019

Inspirational Women: Exclusive interview with Dr Sarah Price, Head of Locomotion

To kick off our inspirational women series, we spoke to Dr Sarah Price- Head of Locomotion at Shildon about her role within an industry that is traditionally viewed as a ...

27 November 2019

Seven festive figures who are just as fun as Santa Claus

One of the main fixtures of Christmas is, of course, Santa Claus. A jolly, portly, bearded man in red and white with nine reindeer travels the world in one night ...
27 November 2019

Racism, bigotry and privilege: A reflection on my past self and how I've worked to change

Last night (November 26th, 2019), I got into a spat on social media with YouTube personality, Keemstar. The content creator, 37, uploads videos to his channel all about drama between ...
26 November 2019

Brits are turning to craft hobbies to escape their busy lifestyles

42% of Brits are turning to craft hobbies to help them switch off from the hustle and bustle of our increasingly busy lifestyles.  A new survey from Tetra of 2,000 adults ...
26 November 2019

Nicola Wren: We all know the downsides of fame, so why do we still want it?

I am not famous. I should stress that straight away. So what gives me the right to think I have even a smidgeon of authority on the subject of fame? ...
26 November 2019

Fresh Perspective: Watching Martin Scorsese classic Taxi Driver for the first time...

Welcome back everyone! This is Fresh Perspective, where I’ll be reviewing films I’ve never seen before. I can passionately say that Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver (1976) was such an amazing ...

25 November 2019

Dean Ahmad discusses The Apprentice and reveals who he thinks had an "agenda"... [EXCLUSIVE]

We're 15 series deep into the UK's version of The Apprentice, headed by Lord Alan Sugar. With contestants fighting it out to go into business with the entrepreneur, the show has ...
25 November 2019

A week in the world of women's sport: Dina-Asher Smith scoops big gong

In our weekly feature on the ins and outs in women's sport, Dina-Asher Smith wins the big award at the 2019 Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year Awards while Kim ...

23 November 2019

Happy Doctor Who Day! Ranking the seven scariest monsters the Doctor's had to face...

Today (November 23rd, 2019) marks the 56th anniversary since Doctor Who started, all the way back in 1963! With a brand new trailer for the upcoming second series starring Jodie ...
22 November 2019

Nine greatest movie taglines of all time

The trailer is the go-to these days for enticing an audience into seeing a movie, but it hasn't always been this easy to watch the newest trailer releases. It used ...
22 November 2019

Film of the Week: Aliens

Aliens, the second instalment in the Alien franchise, is perhaps one of the best films ever made. With Sigourney Weaver in the best female lead of her time (and perhaps ...
22 November 2019

Top tech smartphones, speakers and tablets coming to the Black Friday 2019 sales

This is the absolute best time of the year for shoppers, even managing to out-do the much-loved January sales. The Black Friday shopping event has crossed the Atlantic to arrive ...

21 November 2019

It's Disney's world - we're just living in it

Everyone knows Disney. Everyone knows the classic films and the brilliant characters that came from the world-renowned company. Now it would seem that Disney have taken over the world - ...
21 November 2019

RuPaul's Drag Race UK finale: Baga Chipz, Divina De Campo and The Vivienne's best bits

The time has come for RuPaul to crown her first ever UK Drag Race Superstar, with the grand finale of RuPaul's Drag Race UK hitting the BBC iPlayer tonight (November 21st, 2019) ...
20 November 2019

Witching Hour: Five misconceptions about modern witches

If there's one thing that all witches can agree with, it's that we've all had our fair share of ignorant comments regarding our practice. There are a lot of misconceptions ...
20 November 2019

Transgender Day of Remembrance: Eight things you should know about trans people

It may feel that the world is getting more and more progressive when it comes to LGBTQ+ issues, but when you become a part of this community you start to ...
20 November 2019

Seven best anti-Christmas movies, for people who hate the festive spirit

Christmas isn't for anybody. There are plenty of people who hate hearing Mariah Carey's vocals blast out from the radio as soon as November comes around, and who cannot stand ...
20 November 2019

Seven reasons to give your Secret Santa a charitable gift this Christmas

-  A charitable gift has more meaning behind it – for example by buying an Action for Children t-shirt or jumper you will be giving a child a hot meal, ...
20 November 2019

Seven benefits of growing your own tropical forest

Global reforestation charity TreeSisters is calling women to take a stand for the tropical forests by joining their Grow Your Own Forest campaign, launching today, Wednesday 20 November. “Grow Your ...

19 November 2019

Women in male-dominated sectors

Since decades women are considered, according to evolution theory, as the weaker sex. Society made an impression on women just being proficient in managing a family but not at work. ...