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Have you ever cancelled plans for a night in?

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In a survey earlier this year it was found that 36% of Britons would admit to cancelling their plans last minute so they could have a night in. With the nights drawing in and temperatures dropping, the temptation is high. …

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Guest post: Five Days Of Style with the Online Stylist

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After taking redundancy from a 15 year career in finance, busy mum Amanda Start turned her focus to fashion for the 40-plus and started up The Online Stylist, a blog packed with practical advice and fashion inspiration. We asked her …

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Tips For Short Story Writing

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We asked London Writers’ Club co-founder Kirsty McLachlan, a literary agent with twenty years publishing experience, for her top tips when it comes to writing short stories. 1. Location – remember to fix your short story firmly in a place. …

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25 Ways to Wear a Scarf

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Everybody seems to be talking about this video and we think it’s pretty cool too…

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e-magazines

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My husband very kindly bought me an iPad for Christmas last year. I told him I didn’t want one or need one, but it turned out I was wrong about the first and probably wrong about the second – and …

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Hot Yoga

Hot-Yoga

I think the recent good weather has awakened in me the frightening realisation that I might have to show off my body on a beach in the not too distant future. Not wanting to scare the fish – and mindful …

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Back To The Future

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If you want to feel old, then all I need do is tell you that last year was the 25th anniversary of the release of the Michael J Fox classic film Back to the Future. (If you don’t remember as …

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40 Winks

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We sponsored the Most Glamorous Nightie award at a special St Patrick’s Day Bedtime Stories at 40 Winks last night. And Catherine from our office was there to present the award (a £200 hush voucher) to the wearer of a …

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Becky Shaw

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Among our unkept New Year’s Resolutions every year is one to make more of the city in which we live – to go to more plays, concerts, shows etc., to visit places we have never been, to experience things we …

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State Of Play

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Amazon have got a clear-out sale until the end of the weekend – and there are some amazing bargains among the books, DVDs etc. on the site. But if you only buy one thing, then it should be State Of …

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