Letting Go: Why Hedge Fund Manager Jenny Dawson Swapped Luxury For Chutney
It takes a lot to give up a career in finance: holidays, lush apartments, expensive cocktails all go out of the window. But for Jenny Dawson, swapping a lifestyle of luxury to a more modest one was a...
View ArticleDealing With the Unexpected Side Effects of Secondary Breast Cancer
I thought I knew everything that could happen to me on this cancer journey. After all I'm on my seventh chemotherapy now, had radiotherapy twice, probably every scan currently available in this...
View ArticleSixteen Easy Ways to Annoy Pregnant Women
Spring is here. Newborn lambs are licked clean by their mothers, daffodils line grass verges and sticky dazed chicks hatch from fragile eggs... I'm going to be popping out my third baby, any day! It's...
View ArticleSweet Tooth Ruining Your Diet? How I Kicked the Sugar Habit
Some say sugar can be as addictive as heroin. I'm not sure I'd go quite that far. I haven't heard of anyone robbing their families blind or ending up destitute to fund a Haribo habit. But, as I'm sure...
View ArticleThe Little Girl That Nobody Wanted
Dear Tayla, I'm so sorry, little sister. I'm so sorry you were the little girl that nobody wanted. You deserved so much more. Tayla in kindergarten. She has already been in and out of the foster system...
View ArticleWomen Who Eat On Tubes: Backlash Begins Against 'Bullying' Facebook Group
So, it turns out surreptitiously photographing women eating on the London Underground is something of a "misunderstood art", one might say. The Facebook group Women Who Eat On Tubes (WWEOT) insists...
View ArticleWomen Who Eat on Tubes Is Not Art, It's Not Harmless and It's Not Okay
If watching Channel 4's Secret Eaters has taught me anything, it's that women have some similar patterns to eating food. What sticks out most is guilt. I may be reading too much into it, but the...
View ArticlePoor Dental Hygiene Can Give You Cancer, Experts Warn
If you use mouthwash as part of a general flossing and brushing routine, you're fine. However, if you are part of the contingent that uses mouthwash as a substitute for brushing your teeth and/or you...
View ArticleShould We Put Poor Two Year Olds in School?
This week the Chief Inspector of Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw caused a furore when he proposed that all poor two year olds would be better served in schools. It was a shame that he missed this...
View ArticleConscious Uncoupling, Exposed
Recently a celebrity couple, uncoupled. Consciously. The media was aflutter with questions about what it all meant. In England, the questions were peppered with cynicism; "Conscious uncoupling sounds a...
View ArticleDad Videobombs His Daughter While She Sings 'Let It Go' From Frozen (VIDEO)
Typical dad. He just can't resist stealing the limelight, can he? SEE ALSO: Two Little Girls Sing 'Let It Go' Adorably, Hilariously Woman Sings 'Let It Go' While Her Dog Watches (Via Viral Viral Videos)
View ArticleDating A Work Colleague: 6 Tips On Keeping Your Relationship AND Your Job
Dating a co-worker is not for the faint of heart, but despite the emotional upheaval and professional risks, it's becoming the workplace norm. Research released by Vault.com earlier this year suggests...
View ArticleTattoo Nightmares: Having 'Destroy' Inked Above Her Private Parts Ruined...
What tattoo could be so bad that it would drive you to call off your engagement? Lyndzee claims her tattoo 'ruined her life' when her fiancee found out the real story behind her ink just above her...
View ArticleWoman With Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder Orgasms Up To 50 Times A Day -...
Amanda Gryce can orgasm uncontrollably up to 50 times a day, and although it might sound funny or enviable for some women, for the 24-year-old, it has driven her to despair. SEE ALSO: A Three-Hour...
View Article10 Cool Pictures From Instagram That Sum Up Why We Love Easter
Easter is just around the corner and ahead of all the inevitable Eeyore-like predictions of rain and motorway jams, we figured it was time for some bright and colourful and fussy fuzzy Easter...
View Article28 Dogs Who Are Winning At Life
Our celebration of National Pet Month continues with this: a picture, video and GIF collection of 28 pooches who have got it nailed... SEE ALSO: 20 Reasons Why We Love Our Pets Don't forget: you can...
View ArticleThe Greatest News on Earth
Scientific evidence has shown that neurons (brain cells) can rewire and change patterns throughout your lifetime as a result of your experiences and how you think about them. So your thoughts affect...
View Article10 Things Not to Say to a News Editor About Being an Older Mother
The media led furore around older mothers, rumbles on. Tabloid headlines inferring that the rise in mothers over the age of 50 having babies was responsible for excessive pressure across the health...
View ArticleWhy Is Mental Health So Low on University Agendas?
Depression is something that I've struggled with for the majority of my life, but I only really became aware of it a few years ago. Before then, I just put my feelings and behaviour down to being...
View ArticleAre You an X Offender? How Many Kisses Do We Need on a Text Message?
There are so many social minefields these days, and endless faux pas just waiting to happen, it is surprising we bother going out at all, or ever communicate with anyone. If it weren't for our thick...
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