Archive for February, 2010
Could “rational thinking” solve the nation’s weight problems?
Glance at any photo taken during or after the Second World War and you’ll rarely see a chubby-cheeked cherub gazing out at you. And there’s an easy explanation for this: war rationing meant that people simply didn’t have the opportunity to overeat. This simple truth has recently led author Philip Pullman to advocate WWII-style rationing
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Gifts for mum: P is for present … and for pampering
Modern life is so busy, lived at such a frenetic pace, that it’s hard to find time to fit in the extras – even when those extras are a high priority – such as finding a perfect gift for your good old (or not so old!) mum to celebrate Mother’s Day. Mums tend to make our world go
Gifts for mums – mum’s the word down at the spa
You know just how much you love and adore your mum, and how much you appreciate everything she does for you. But does she know it? One way of reminding her in no uncertain terms is to organise a mother’s day treat that shows you’ve really thought about her gift. In other words, that you’ve
Cleopatra’s beauty treatments – the eyes have it
If you’ve ever seen the film Cleopatra, you’ll almost certainly remember the charismatic eye make-up worn by Elizabeth Taylor, who played the eponymous Ancient Egyptian stunner to perfection. It was Taylor’s first film with Richard Burton, but already the smouldering chemistry between
