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Online gift vouchers – a present buying panacea

Online gift vouchers – a present buying panacea

By Maggie • on July 23, 2010

For many of us, the advent of summer evokes a cavalcade of wonderful images, such as freedom from work or study (temporarily at least!), days of relaxation, time spent with friends, barbecues and many other delights. There may be weddings, other family gatherings or birthday parties to attend, as well as copious other opportunities to have fun and let

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Top of the class – perfect end-of-term pampering for teachers

Top of the class – perfect end-of-term pampering for teachers

By Anna • on June 11, 2010

All too soon, iPods up and down the country will be reverberating to the now traditional strains of “School’s out for the summer”, as pupils large and small – from exam-weary eighteen-year-olds through to fidgety five-year-olds – celebrate the long-awaited start of the summer holidays.

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Blow time on the world cup – with luxury spa breaks

Blow time on the world cup – with luxury spa breaks

By Maggie • on May 11, 2010

Whilst poor David Beckham is to be pitied for having his 2010 world cup dreams cut cruelly short, many of us ladies (and a good few fellas too!) would be only too grateful to have any excuse not to become embroiled in the international FIFA frenzy scheduled to kick off in South Africa this June. Even

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Tuck in with a clear conscience on weekends away

Tuck in with a clear conscience on weekends away

By Maggie • on April 23, 2010

With the jury still out on whether TV’s latest cookery guru, Sophie Dahl, is a serious chef or simply a delicious diversion, food is never far from the public attention. As the gorgeous Sophie goes into raptures over recipes and gushes over ingredients, it’s oh so tempting to be lulled into the belief

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Spring weekend breaks in the UK: relax or keep fit – or both!

Spring weekend breaks in the UK: relax or keep fit – or both!

By Maggie • on March 17, 2010

As you dust off the winter cobwebs in March, summer can still seem a very long way off, with memories of the dark and bitter cold still fresh in your mind. So to cheer yourself up as you count the months until July, why not check out the availability of weekend breaks in the UK and treat yourself to

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Spa holidays – try something different this Easter

Spa holidays – try something different this Easter

By Maggie • on March 9, 2010

If you’ve already had your fill – whether literally or metaphorically speaking – of the ubiquitous chocolate creations currently adorning every available inch of the supermarket shelves, then you are not alone. No matter how much of a self-confessed chocoholic you are, you may be hard

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Gifts for mum: P is for present … and for pampering

Gifts for mum: P is for present … and for pampering

By Maggie • on February 25, 2010

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

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Spa days – the perfect escape for worn-out parents

Spa days – the perfect escape for worn-out parents

By Maggie • on January 27, 2010

Getting used to being a first-time mum is an experience that can be wonderful, challenging, rewarding and exhausting in equal measure. You only need to look at the tired faces of most mums (and sometimes dads!) of babies and toddlers to read in their weary eyes a saga of sleepless nights, mealtime battles

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Ski and spa holidays – two very different winter breaks

Ski and spa holidays – two very different winter breaks

By Anna • on January 24, 2010

If you’re planning to take to the slopes this winter – whether at a UK resort or at one of the many winter sports’ destinations abroad – you may well feel a little battered and bruised by the time you get back home. Perhaps you’ll have discovered muscles that you never knew

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Cha cha spa days – dance your way to fitness in 2010

Cha cha spa days – dance your way to fitness in 2010

By Anna • on December 24, 2009

As TV screens UK-wide have been resonating to the sound of sambas and salsas each weekend, with tension mounting to fever pitch as the final approached, Strictly Come Dancing has occupied centre stage in the Great British public’s attentions for much of the past couple of months. There’s

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