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Way back on Boxing Day Dickensian aired on BBC One.  The concept for the series is a great one. A collection of the most beloved Charles Dickens characters are all rolled into one, living on the same street enjoying a pint in The Three Cripples (originally from Oliver Twist). We…

Physically talking to another person about your mental health sounds pretty simple, right? Well for some, that just isn’t the case, and it can be much more complicated than it seems to initiate that conversation.  This is clearly a significant topic, so think about where and when the conversation should…

The idea of glasses with a technological twist was never really explored in terms of consumer tech. Sure, the military researched head-mounted displays in the nineties, but these never manifested themselves into something a commercial consumer would use and the idea was banished to the realm of video games such…

Africa came to Spitalfields market last bank holiday Monday, aka the best day in the world as yours truly turned twenty-one. I knew I was going there for the clothes (and the food, but don’t mention that to the dress I have to fit into for Friday’s wedding). It did…

We are just one episode away from discovering who the real –A is, or at least one of them. Let’s face it, they could reveal one –A every few seasons because we know that there is an entire ‘A Team’ to uncover. Do they really mean it this time, or…

So since I’ve been using more and more make-up I’ve started to refine my make-up bag and get rid of some of the crap I had before to make way for new things. I decided everything in my own make-up bag that was animal tested had to go, because there…

As someone who’s been in, shall we say, one real relationship and a million insignificant ones, I’m a tad foggy on the dos and don’ts when attached. Following a Twitter survey conducted last week, I’ve been informed by a number of users that flirting is completely unacceptable in a relationship,…

So you’ve bumped in to your ex. Maybe it was a planned meeting to ‘clear the air’ or ‘try to be friends’ (neither of these actually mean what they seem) or perhaps it was one of those horrific freak accidents. You have been strangers for the past few months. But…