Lifestyle

Tips to Fit Fitness Around a Busy Schedule

We are constantly told to keep fit, maintain a healthy diet, and take care of our wellbeing, but isn’t that easier said than done when the world moves almost too fast for us to keep up? Between working, commuting, taking care of our homes and family, and attempting to have a social life, is there really any time to keep fit? The good news is that keeping fit doesn’t need to be as time consuming as you may think and...

Children in Charge in Social Media Generation

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  Parents may rule the roost at home, but children in modern families most definitely lay down the law when it comes to social media, according to new research. The study of 1,000 teenagers by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment found young people will go to great lengths to keep their parents at bay, with almost one in ten teenagers rejecting a Facebook friend request from a parent and one in five going so far as blocking...

Video: Tinder Launches Super Like Feature

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  Tinder has released a new 'Super Like' feature which allows users to swipe up to indicate a heightened level of interest. Users have traditionally had the choice of swiping right or swiping left on a person’s profile.  But now Tinder is introducing the option of swiping up on a profile, as well as using a new blue star icon which will appear as a blue footer on the recipients' profile. The receiver is still in...

Six ways to make your office loo flushed with success

By Alex Marrs  Area Sq  With research revealing that two-fifths of entrepreneurs have come up with the idea for a successful business while on the loo, I'm taking a look at how to create the most inspiring environment in the workplace’s smallest space. Be quirky By making your restrooms unpredictable and interesting, it will inspire people to think differently. A hotel in Oxfordshire transformed the Victorian high-level water tanks into mini-aquariums housing tropical fish, with different species in each cubicle...

Parents Endure 576 Toe-Curling Moments During School Years

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  New research has revealed parents will endure a massive 576 toe-curling moments during their child's school years, with inappropriate comments, repeating swear words and commenting on their parents' size among the most frequent embarrassing moments. A survey of 2,000 parents by George at Asda revealed some toe-curling moments, including: A little girl who told the doctor “mummy takes medicine too – it’s called Malibu” A child pointing at a neighbour in the street and announcing...

Average woman spends £16,000 on smooth legs

By Rosie Wilson [email protected] What would you do with £16,000? Invest it, buy a new car, or go on an amazing holiday – right? Would you consider using it to keep your legs hair-free? Well, based on having a wax every 8 weeks (the maximum recommended time to go between waxes for best results, according to experts) and the average cost of a leg wax, you could be spending that without even knowing it. The average woman who commits to waxing...

Want to look happier? Get a whiter smile

By Laura Casewell  It's no secret that a pearly white smile is something that many of us aim for, but our modern diet (who doesn’t like a glass of red wine) can often hinder our quest for "perfect" white teeth. But what makes white teeth so special? And is it really the secret to a more attractive appearance? We sat down with Dr. van Vurren at IGDP in London to talk all about our obsession with a whiter smile, how it...

At What Age Should our Young People Learn about Thought Leadership?

By Mindy Gibbins-Klein Ask any young person what they want to be when they grow up and they will tell you ‘doctor’, ‘lawyer’, ‘footballer’, ‘pop star’ or something similar. It is very unlikely they would say ‘I want to be a leader’ and even less likely they would aspire to be a ‘thought leader’. They probably have never even heard the term. Leadership is seen as something for older, experienced business professionals. But lately young people are being exposed to...

Britain’s Favourite Classic Literary Heroines Revealed

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  Britain's all-time favourite classic literary heroines have been revealed in a new survey. According to the list, Elizabeth Bennet, the charming and quick-witted protagonist from Jane Austin’s beloved Pride and Prejudice, takes the crown as the nation’s all-time favourite classic literary heroine. Agatha Christie’s much-loved detective Miss Marple was runner-up, followed by the eponymous central character from Charlotte Bronte’s 1847 novel Jane Eyre. Scarlett O’Hara from Margaret Mitchell’s melodramatic 1936 epic Gone With the Wind was fourth, ahead...

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