Lifestyle

The problem with being unemployed is that you spend half the time concerned about what will happen if you don’t get a job, and the rest of the time worried about what will happen if you do. That’s because, although we appreciate the niceties associated with permanent employment —like a house, a sense of purpose, and a Netflix subscription—we know deep down that stifling offices, polluted commutes and overbearing bosses will eventually kill us. To optimists, becoming a freelancer seems...

A shop owner has blasted local 'yummy mummies' after they complained about a Mother's Day card in the window bearing the word vagina. Kirsty Mizon-Taylor displayed a sign and card which read 'Mum, sorry I ruined your vagina' in the window of her posh boutique Taylor Jayne during the run-up to Mothering Sunday. But angry local mums in Reigate, Surrey, confronted the shop owner, with one even writing a letter of complaint to a business guild. Kirsty, 38, said: "In...

A shocking new study has revealed that children as young as 12 spend up to an hour and a half every day worrying about their appearance. The OnePoll research found social media is harming people’s confidence with 71 per cent of teenagers and 53 per cent of adults admitting sites such as Facebook and Instagram make them more worried about how they look. Thirty-two per cent of teens have edited pictures on social media to alleviate their worries while 37 per cent...

Twice weekly yoga classes help men undergoing prostate cancer treatment have better sex lives and be less tired, a new study found. Men who attended a 75 minute long yoga session twice a week during prostate cancer radiation treatment were less tired and had better sexual and urinary function than those who didn't. Scientists said yoga benefits the men because it strengthens the pelvic floor while the exercise improved their emotional and physical well-being more as treatment progressed. Over 40,000...

  In America, there has been a lot of conversation and awareness lately about women’s rights and equalities thanks in part to debates in the political world. The media is more participatory than ever, which means we are seeing a lot of talk surrounding the subject and a lot of action, too. Let’s delve a little deeper into what U.S. women are doing to raise the equality bar worldwide – and continue progressing their own opportunities. Breaking stereotypes in sports...

Nowadays, many people find themselves without a partner for this single reason: high expectations. This happens because since we were children, movies and television series have insisted that you have to live love romantically and you have to find your better half; 'the One'. Along with aspirational living (TV selling us stuff we can't afford and can live without), this is another example of how television has ruined our lives, or more specifically our love lives. This romanticism, unfortunately, is not...

A community based therapeutic counselling service, Your Space, is working with groups and individuals to improve their mental health and resilience in East London. Based in Newham, one of the most deprived boroughs in the UK, Your Space provides vital services to vulnerable people to promote and facilitate better mental health, tackle isolation and loneliness and empower service users to regain confidence. A key offering is Walk and Talk, a weekly walking therapy group for any local community members in...

Of the five upcoming billion dollar industries unveiled by Syed Irfan Ajmal in Business.com at the start of the year - virtual reality, big data, online retail, IOT and the sharing economy - one seemed to mysteriously slip his mind - Sperm. The global sperm bank market is expected to reach a value of USD 4.96 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research. Although the market is largely confined to North America due to the large...

At peak times, there are more than 543 trains hurtling around beneath our feet. As the oldest underground transport system in the world, The London Underground has seen the number of passengers passing through it’s 270 stations increase beyond measure. Today our tubes and trains creak under the weight of 1.34 billion passengers each year. The Underground just wasn’t built for that number of people. London’s population is growing at an astounding rate, and is expecting to reach 9.8 million...