‘Thinspiration’ is a word that has come into our lives over the past decade. This word has encouraged young girls to look to the super skinny celebrities dominating the media, encouraging them to engage in restricting fad diets and unhealthy body images. With an increasing amount of size zero celebrities […]

So we may not all have the luxury of a Hawaiian holiday home, a Portugal retreat, or a house, and certainly not the Hawaii dinner cruise for kids that we’d booked, and within walking distance of Fistral Beach. The dreams of sacking off the office job for a laid-back surfing […]

Prague’s central position makes it easily accessible from almost everywhere in Europe and more than 5 million tourists a year take advantage of this fact. Founded in the Medieval times, gathering influences from the Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg Empire and Communism, its architecture and history allow for a unique and […]

While many of us find it easy to complain of the current rainy days that constitute the English autumn, rainwater is still an invaluable commodity in many world regions. Figures show that upwards of one billion people are in need of clean water, though many more suffer due to inadequate […]

Bonjour, hello, nice to meet you. Oh, you want to hug me? Okay, oh wait no, you’re going for the kiss? Oh God, left cheek? Both cheeks? I’ll just stand here and you can do what you like. Oh God. That is pretty much the commentary that I had running […]

Sick and tired of London? Never! No global city combines the ‘old with the new’ quite like London. The Queen’s Jubilee and London Olympics may well now be golden distant memories; however, London is one of the world’s greatest, innovative and most unique cities. There’s never a bad time exploring […]

There are ingredients that make a holiday, and there are the secret ingredients that add the touch of magic and make them memorable. When I think of holidays that I had as a child there are certain highlights, which have stayed with me after all this time. Why does a […]

In a scientific publication last month, researchers confirmed the discovery of a new species of African monkey. The identification of a new mammal species is a rare event, and this is only the second new species of African monkey to be discovered in the last twenty-eight years. Cercopithecus lomamiensis, known […]