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Are Men Pressured Into Promiscuity?
'Malaga Girl' has been one of the most talked about videos over the past couple of weeks. For those who haven't heard of it, in the two and a half minute clip you see a British woman performing a...
View ArticleSurgery Is Not the Answer to Obesity
Today the newspapers reported that suggestions are being put forward to offer more barbaric bariatric surgery to patients with type 2 diabetes, who have a BMI of 30 or over. Until now it has primarily...
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EMDA Finalists Announced for Toronto Mens Fashion Week
TOM* or Toronto Men's Fashion Week will have its debut this August in the Canadian city. TOM will host a number of homegrown and international menswear designers. Among them, the Emerging Menswear...
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How to Drink at a Festival
Never been to a festival? Or did you celebrate your 10th Glatso this year? BarChick has the best ways to get your booze on while still keeping it classy. It's all about the prep work, the ingredients...
View ArticleThrive - This Message Is Long Overdue
I got really excited last week when I read Arianna Huffington's new book Thrive. It was so wonderful to read a book from someone with such a prominent profile talking about this need for a shift in...
View ArticleBad News: The Sugar Cravings Around Your Period Are Actually Ageing You
It's said that many women eat a lot of sugar and junk in the run up to and during their period, and I'm no exception. Obviously I know that it's not great for my waistline or my blood sugar levels, but...
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Beyond the Football Stadiums: Host Cities Uncovered
Although England were kicked out disappointingly early, many of us have still been following the World Cup, which has dominated our television screens for the past month. While travel interest to...
View ArticleMan Asks What It's Like To Be A Woman, 10,000 Women Answer - The Results Are...
What happens when you ask the universe what it's like to be a woman? That's what one Reddit male user Tailguy49 posted, with the question: "What advice would you give me if I was to magically become a...
View ArticleRecipe of the Week: Fusilli With Prawns, Courgettes, Datterini Tomatoes,...
This is so quick to make and a really good way to use prawns. The courgettes become soft and almost creamy if you toss the pasta well. Use uncooked prawns becomes they have much more flavour than the...
View ArticleThree Things I've Learnt as an Ex-Cancer Patient
The best pieces of advice vary for me. The ones that I hear most frequently and forcefully are the ones I give myself the morning after a gin night out. I can no longer ignore the correlation between...
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Is organic food better for you? Nutrition, anti-oxidants and new research.
Most of us like to think that our assessment of the world and the decisions we make are based on evidence, rationality and logic. However, we are emotional beings, full of prejudice and ego, with the...
View ArticleThis Week I Ate... At the World's Greatest Pop-Up
I've mentioned this before, but there is a pub in Northamptonshire that, with a little help from me, every now and then becomes the greatest little pop-up in the universe. It's an ancient hostelry. The...
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Why I Don't Want Kids
With my upcoming nuptials around the corner, I'm fully anticipating on onslaught of questions having to do with procreating. Why is it that people always want to know the next step and can't simply...
View ArticleOne Judgement Fits All?
Recently I walked into my local swimming pool at 6.30am. Among the swimmers wiping sleep from their eyes, there was one woman racing up, down, up, down, up, barely raising her head for breath. What...
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Mindfulness and Compasssion Go Hand in Hand
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. -- Mohandas K. Gandhi My love for animals is what initially compelled me to write this blog, but...
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This Is Motherhood
It's the little things that get me. The crumbs of toast which seem to be forever smeared around the shoulders of my Tshirts. The constant game of trying to cram toys into boxes which are too small for...
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Breaking the Silence Surrounding Male Rape
In October of last year, when Hollyoaks announced the introduction of a male rape storyline, many commentators queried the decision. A number suggested the issue had been "done already", citing the...
View Article10 Reasons Why Hitchhiking Is Good
They say that hitching is out of date, out of style and dangerous. I think they're wrong and recently set out to prove it. I used to hitchhike a lot and recently I have been doing it again, and it's...
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Europe's Best National Days and Celebrations
Today is Bastille Day, France's national day commemorating the famous storming of the Bastille prison and the start of the French Revolution. Throughout France, le Quatorze Juillet is celebrated with...
View ArticleME success stories- is other's happiness a reason to get upset and abusive?
Last week the Daily Mail featured a letter written by Paul and Jennifer Tonks; it told the inspiring story of how Jennifer had been diagnosed with ME by a Professor in Nottingham and was so severely...
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