Lifestyle

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor "Get off a stop early," is the advice you might have been given when looking for simple ways to get healthy; well that's easy to say if you are on the bus, not as easy when you get the train, and the previous stop is Peterborough. However, assuming you are on the tube, the helpful folk at TFL has release an updated walking map of London. You live in a mansion in Belsize Park, but...

The New Year can be an expensive time, especially if you’ve overspent during the festive period. It’s also the time of year when many of us put in place resolutions to change our lives. If you want to start lowering your energy usage in the New Year, either to save money or reduce your impact on the environment, the expert team at Pump Sales Direct have a few simple tips to help you.   1. Switch Off One of the...

By Nathan Lee The average Brit spends nearly six years of their life in a daydream, a new study reveals. A study into the ways in which people while away the hours with dreams big and small found respondents spent just over two hours per day lost in far-flung thoughts. That equates to 799 hours per year and, when projected across the average 64 year adult lifespan, equates to more than five years and 11 months. The research also documented...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  New research has found men value bromance over romance, with one in six men admitting they don’t consider their partner to be their 'best friend'. Despite agreeing to spend the rest of their lives with this one special person, many men would prefer to turn to their mates for advice, companionship, and a good old gossip over drinks after a long day at work. A third of blokes admit their partner simply doesn’t share the same interests and...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  John Lewis has put a man on the moon for its 2015 Christmas ad. Following the success of Monty the Penguin in 2014, the retailer has took an astronomic twist this year with pertinent undertones of old age loneliness. The Oasis track Half the World Away features this year sang by little-known Norwegian singer Aurora. Take a look at the full video here:

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  Christmas may still be almost 50 days away, but it's never too early to get in the festive spirit. This year will see brands battling it out for exposure on the TV with the eagerly anticipated John Lewis ad always a hit and other high street retailers pouring tens of millions of pounds into capturing the heart of the nation. Currys PC World has today unveiled their brand new, first-ever Christmas campaign; Spare the Act. Featuring...

In honour of National Stress Awareness Day, workplace designers Peldon Rose show us how to reduce workplace stress with clever office design… None of us are immune to stress but the latest labour force statistics released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that in 2014/15, workplace stress actually “accounted for 35% of all work related ill health cases” amounting to a staggering loss of 9.9 million working days. As an employer, you won’t always be in a position to...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  New research has revealed the top 50 signs that you're a competitive mum. Queueing up to get the front seats for the school play, always winning the ‘mums race’ on sports day and producing ‘Bake Off’ standard cakes for the fair are just some of the ways competitive mums try to impress, the study found. Other ways mums try to ‘get-one-up’ on the opposition include making sure the children have all the latest technology and...

Whether you're a Londoner or just visiting for the weekend, one of the things at the top of everyone's to-do list is to try and spot a celebrity. Which is why the guys at Nights Gone Wild have put together this rather informative infographic to help you eat and drink with the stars!