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Some Like it Hot! If you are among the millions of Britons who have found the summer of 2009 distinctly British, that is to say damp and disappointing – which certainly applies to July thus far – you may be about to have your desires for a spell of hot sunny weather realised, and without having to dig into the building society account to pay for a return trip to Thailand or Dubai. Weather Forecast For August – Warmest Day on Record Temperatures are expected to rise steadily through the first half of August to reach 38 degrees Celsius by the second...

Who is Aishwarya Rai? One answer is that she is an actress living and working in Bombay, India.  A second answer is that she is a classically trained dancer.  A third is that she is The Empress of Bollywood.  But for many millions of men & women she is simply the most beautiful woman on Planet Earth.  Readers of Vanity Fair might disagree – their 2008 pick by a whopping 58% was Angelina Jolie, well ahead of runner up, top hottie of the Fashionista Paps, Brazilian supermodel Giselle Bundchen. Queen Nefertiti Different times - different lands - different dolls: Queen Nefertiti, wife...

Too Tired For Sex A survey out today suggests that 1 woman in every 3 in Britain is too tired to enjoy sex!  Ninety one years after British women “got the vote”, the consequences of emancipation for women are that more than two-thirds of working-age women with dependent children (68%) work, alongside 73% of childless women – in other words the majority. Anna Friel, Natasha Kaplinsky & Fiona Phillips Combine Successful Careers with Families When actress Anna Friel revealed that she once went without sleep for a week trying to balance the demands of motherhood with her Brookside career, her words resonated with millions...

Protection against sun burn – not chip fat! “Scots have an unhealthy approach to sunbathing and the highest risk of contracting skin cancer in the UK”. A study by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society found some Scots had even used chip fat to get a tan. Melanoma rates higher in Scotland than Australia Laura Wilson, from the RPS in Scotland, said:  “This is a serious issue.  I am worried that people still think the warnings about the sun do not apply to them.   In Scotland we have higher rates of melanoma than in Australia. Scots tend to think they do not need to use sun creams at...

Healthy, organic, natural, fair trade, real – are these words that describe your diet or lifestyle?   If the answer is yes - and you live in North East London, then the odds are that you shop at Mother Earth [Stoke Newington, Newington Green & Islington]. If the answer is no, but you want to mend your ways - then seek out the Mother Earth nearest you and enjoy a difference! These people deliver on their claims “food is what we do and food is what we love… healthy, whole, organic, natural, fair-trade or even– ever so fashionably– “real” then we say it’s all good and we’ve...