I consider myself to be an expert on this subject having committed so many of the crimes in question myself. I am eternally frustrated by my mystifying inability to look at myself in a mirror and recognise the awful truth. Mirrors may lie horribly but cameras generally don’t and so I have experienced a few shocking revelations over the years. Continue reading How to Avoid a Fashion Faux Pas
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How to Trade In Your Gold
Most of us have some gold around the house, usually in our jewellery boxes. Whilst most of your pieces are likely things that you want to keep you may have some jewellery that you don’t wear any more or broken items that are beyond repair. If that is the case then you have a valuable asset that you can use to realise some cash. Continue reading How to Trade In Your Gold
Why Do We Dislike Photographs of Ourselves?
Have you ever looked at a photograph of yourself and recoiled because you don’t like the way you look? I guess that everyone has. They say that the camera never lies and yet most of us regularly dislike photographs of ourselves even if we are quite happy with our appearance when we look in the mirror. It is certainly a strange phenomenon but what is behind it? Continue reading Why Do We Dislike Photographs of Ourselves?
It’s Just Not Rock ‘N’ Roll
I have always hated Doctor Who, mainly because I am terrified of Daleks, but now I find myself wishing that I had a Tardis. Perhaps that programme was on to something after all because I have an urgent need for time travel. Not because I want to avert past alien invasions or because I can’t live without discovering who Jack the Ripper really was. No, I need time travel because I am sick of the current fashion landscape. Continue reading It’s Just Not Rock ‘N’ Roll
In Support of Katie Hopkins
Katie Hopkins has been a controversial figure since first coming to the public’s attention in the television series the Apprentice. Famed for forthright views which are often less than charitable, she divides opinion and has come to be a figure that many love to hate. Straight talking she may be and I often feel that she could adopt a slightly softer approach in trying to get her point across. However, I find that I generally agree with her. I believe she is disliked not because she is a nasty person but because she is prepared to call a spade a spade when others are busy trying to remain politically correct. Continue reading In Support of Katie Hopkins
Will We Run Out of Gold?
As the World’s population has grown so has the pressure on the Earth’s natural resources. Even renewable resources are under pressure and we should all now be acutely aware that finite resources like oil will eventually be exhausted. Are we also in danger of running out of gold? Whilst gold is not found in abundance on our planet, our reserves have not been under threat until now. So what has changed? Continue reading Will We Run Out of Gold?
When Is the Best Time to Visit an Indoor Snow Centre?
If you are learning to ski or snowboard or you just want to enjoy some time on the snow then a visit to one of the UK’s indoor slopes is a great idea. The only trouble is that time on the snow can be costly and you just might find that plenty of other people have had the same idea that you have! Indoor slopes are relatively small and a crowded piste and long queues for the lifts does not make for the perfect visit. Continue reading When Is the Best Time to Visit an Indoor Snow Centre?
What is really in your Shopping?
I have come to find it astonishing how many products are thrown into supermarket trolleys every week without anyone seemingly giving a moment’s thought to what is actually in them. I even find myself watching other shopper’s conveyor belts to marvel at the assorted items of processed food wandering inevitably towards their bags and then their stomachs. Continue reading What is really in your Shopping?
My First Jeans
To say that my parents were not style conscious would be a massive understatement! They had no interest in fashion and so I arrived at my teenage years with a terrible wardrobe that was in danger of turning me into a laughing stock. However, becoming a teenage meant that I could start to earn my own money and gain a little independence and one of the first things I resolved to do was buy a pair of jeans. Continue reading My First Jeans
The X Factor 2014
I have always loved the X Factor for the entertainment value. Sadly the first ten years of the show had failed to serve up anyone whose music I would buy or who I would ever pay to see. Nonetheless, watching the auditions always threw up countless memorable moments and I loved the drama of the live shows. I was beginning to wonder if there would ever be an act that I genuinely loved though. Continue reading The X Factor 2014