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Sadiq Khan has unveiled a new London Curriculum Family Explorer Trails specially designed for families to visit and learn about some of the most fascinating parts of the capital. With the summer holidays well underway families from across the country will be making trips to the capital to explore all it has to offer. And for those who want to turn their trip into a more knowledgeable affair new explorer trails have been announced with City of London, Knowledge Quarter, Creative Quarter...

By Ben Jackson As millions embark on their summer vacations, most holidaymakers will be seeking a brief refuge from their year round 'always on' status Across the world, luxury-end holidays have learned the value of prising the smart phones from the hands of frenetic Silicon Valley types, while ‘being unplugged’ has been cited as one of the ten top travel trends for 2017. More esoteric breaks, including: monasteries, wellness sanctuaries, country retreats and even activity holidays, all increasingly, offer options...

Green tea could improve learning and help combat memory loss caused by a high fat and sugar western diet, a new study suggested. The drink rich in a chemical that has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and heart protection properties also protects against diabetes and obesity. Green tea has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries to treat everything from headaches to depression. The popular drink is also richer in antioxidants than other teas because of the way it is processed by...

By Susanne Malim, Managing Director of Jermyn Street Design As usual, this summer saw Wimbledon officials strictly enforcing the players’ “all whites” dress code, enforcing the view that we are all sticklers for formal attire at every occasion.  Uniforms and dress codes certainly play a role in certain situations, but, times are changing! In response to changing trends, corporatewear designers are bringing laid back style and individuality to uniforms.  Given the evidence behind this growing trend, Wimbledon officials may even be...

A miracle mum has donated more than 600 GALLONS of her own breastmilk to help hundreds of other parents feed their babies. Selfless Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra, 29, devotes ten hours a day to her “labour of love” and says it’s like a full-time job. The mum-of-two has Hyperlactation Syndrome which means she pumps around 225oz (1.75gallons) of breastmilk a day - almost ten times the 27oz average. Credit: 'Steffi K Photography / SWNS.com'Breast milk donor Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra feeding her daughter Sophia....

London’s latest heritage attraction, The Postal Museum, has opened its doors to the public for the first time. The opening marks the end of an ambitious year and a half project, which commenced on 4 February 2016, to convert a disused Clerkenwell printing factory into the new museum site, and bring the disused ‘Mail Rail’ tunnels back to life as a ride for the first time in their 100 year history. Friday 28 July 2017 will see The Postal Museum...

Millennials are driving a pet-friendly office boom in London, with firms introducing new policies on office animals to attract the best talent. New research has found 42 per cent of 18-34 year-olds would like or enjoy a dog-friendly workplace, and businesses are doing their all to accommodate their needs. A quarter of millennials say companies with dog-friendly policies are more attractive to them, and a massive 74 per cent of them say they see the benefits of dogs at work....

Commuting to work leaves workers stressed and tired before they walk through the office door, according to new research. The ASICS study of 2,000 UK commuters found those who take the train, tube or bus to work are three times more stressed and twice as tired as those who walk. Rather than tiring workers out, eight in 10 people actually feel more energised when they commute to work by foot. The average worker commutes to work for up to one...

Recently, I saw an episode of Channel 4’s “Naked Attraction”. If you haven’t had the pleasure, the shtick is pretty simple: a contestant whittles down six hopefuls to one as they are gradually revealed, well, naked, then they go on a date. I don’t imagine that creative meeting was an especially long one. Anyway, it’s a fairly ghastly programme, obviously meant to titillate but, I thought, oddly sexless. That, however, was not what struck me most. What did was the...