Life & Style

2 July 2012

Having a family is priority for women

Women are reverting back to priorities of previous generations and putting family life first, according to a new report.  Onken’s Real Report, which looks at the emotional intelligence of the modern ...
26 June 2012

Festival survival tips

Festivals are a great way to enoy the summer with your friends and the music you love.  But, a lot of festival goers have a tendency to think 'anything goes' though, ...
4 June 2012

10 photography tips to make this summer holiday last forever

Despite the bleak economic outlook and reports of belts tightening around the country, recent research has found that Brits won’t be giving up their summer holidays any time soon. Instead, we ...
26 May 2012

The death of the handshake

The quintessentially British handshake is in decline with nearly half of Brits choosing an alternative form of greeting, with 16 per cent preferring a continental approach with a kiss and ...
22 May 2012

Olympic legends compete to be the fastest across London

Sally Gunnell, 400m hurdles Olympic gold medallist, and Chris Boardman, Olympic cycling gold medal winner and world record holder, have challenged each other to find the easiest and quickest route ...
15 May 2012

You Blocked Me On Facebook, Now You Are Going To Die

If you aren’t keen on the social networking online thing, you are seen as slightly weird. But is social networking actually needed in the modern age? Facebook has over 750 million ...
10 May 2012

The UK's Bucket Lists

The desire to get married is sliding down British women’s to-do list but having a family remains a high priority, according to a research. The poll,by Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, examined ...
8 May 2012

Phone etiquette tips Will.I.Am should be following

Will.i.am has come under fire in recent weeks for Tweeting during the live shows of The Voice. On Saturday's show he was caughting typing on his Blackberry 16 times and it's ...
27 April 2012

How to throw the ultimate street party

Ahead of the summer party season the London 2012 Shop has everything you need to host your own street celebration – whether it’s for the Diamond Jubilee, the start of ...
9 April 2012

Tips for planning a party

Liz Taylor has planned parties for half of the cast of Coronation Street, Gary Neville and Eamonn Holmes, she knows what she's talking about. Here she shares her top tips ...
6 April 2012

Sparkle this summer

For many women a sunny day is enough to make life good, but what else makes you feel alive? The old adage of ‘it’s the simple things in life’ may be ...
2 April 2012

Love, Honour and EBAY - Millions wasted on wedding gifts

New research reveals that wedding guests in the UK spend more than £4billion every year on wedding gifts but a staggering £118 million is wasted on unwanted presents. More than half ...
15 March 2012

How to make mum feel like one in a million

Mother's Day is just around the corner, it's actually this coming Sunday March 18, and we all know that she deserves to be spoilt rotten and pampered.  If you want to ...
26 January 2012

Tips for a successful hen party

A wedding is a joyous time filled with love and adoration - but with it comes a lot of stress for all of those involved. Your role may be big or ...
2 January 2012

Model to Watch: Hailey Clauson

The 16 year old American model has already been compared to Karlie Kloss for her poise and maturity and was tipped by models.com as one of the Top 10 Newcomers ...

26 December 2011

How to bag a bargain

1. Get there earlyIf there is something that you have been lusting after for months, you need to get to the shops early if you want to ensure you get ...

21 July 2011

Online shopping on the rise

We can no longer call shopping a form of exercise. Even though, try as we might, claim that it comes under our 30 minutes of physical activity each day. The ...

11 July 2011

Wedding gift guide that will delight

Already this year we've had the weddings of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - otherwise known as Catherine Middleton and Prince William - Kate Moss and Jamie Hince, Abbey ...
4 July 2011

Lydia Bright encourages us to try something new

Lydia Bright is one of the star's of the ITV hit programme The Only Way is Essex, but now she's swapping TV cameras for sharks, spiders and snakes. The blonde ...
21 June 2011

What type of shopper are you?

What sort of shopper are you? I can imagine you sitting there thinking that there isn't really a 'type' of shopper - you just go and buy things and that's ...
14 June 2011

Tony Awards: Best and Wost dressed in brief

As one might expect from the red carpet, there were plenty of fashion flights and fails at Sunday night's Tony Awards. The night saw plenty of sterling efforts and most looked ...

13 June 2011

Father's day gift guide

Father's Day is fast approaching and chances are you're still trying to decide on a gift. You could go for the classic, boxers and Lynx set - which is something ...
6 June 2011

Save money with a little paper

We're all doing what we can to save a little money these days and cutting coupons is now becoming a favourite activity for us all - well the digital alternative ...
17 May 2011

What's right with animal testing?

An animal dies in laboratories every three seconds due to the unnecessary testing cosmetics on animal’s. Official estimates for animal experiments globally are around 100 million experiments each year.  Testing ...