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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

Becky-Shaw

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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Rocket Gardens

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Even before the world economy did a swallow dive off a very tall cliff, there was a growing (excuse the pun) movement towards real food – fresh, seasonal, locally produced, organic etc. Well, food doesn’t come fresher, more seasonal and …

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Tim Hall

Tim-hall

Before moving to the UK, I spent four and a half very happy years working in Hong Kong and – like so many people – fell in love with Asia while I was there. I was on and off planes …

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Paristic

Paristic

My two-year-old boy is obsessed with cars. Obsessed. He can barely speak, but already he can practically tell you the make of every car on our road. He can recognise a Fiat Cinquecento from 100 yards and a VW Beetle …

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