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We made it! The cold winter and the rainy spring are behind us and now we can look forward to a sunny summer of vacation time, trips with the family, going to the beach and much more. But just like everything else in life, going to the beach does have its downsides. Make sure to check the tips below to ensure you have a fabulous time instead of a hospital bill to pay. Proper Preparation is Key Though the idea of a spontaneous trip to the beach might sound appealing, proper preparation ensures having a good time more than the …

Choo choo! The World Cup 2014 hype train is making all the stops and getting us all super excited to watch the games! We admit, we have been watching the action way more than we should, but we love it! We thought we knew everything there was to know, but apparently we were very wrong. Did you know these things? Brazil Hype The 2014 World Cup is the 20th FIFA World Cup, being held in Brazil for the second time since 1950. It is also the second time the World Cup is held in South America since 1978 when it …

Father’s Day is here! Well, almost. Have you found a gift for your Dad yet? If not, you better hurry! We are here to help with some ideas. A Bit of Fun Mixed with Elegance Finding the perfect gift is often a difficult task, especially when you want it to fit two very different categories such as fun and elegance. Usually, if you choose something fun, it would also be quite quirky and far from elegant; if you choose something elegant, it could be perceived as a bit dull. But the golden middle exists! An engraved glass tumbler is not …

Allow me to introduce Mr Right – according to our most recent survey. The survey asked 1054 women aged between 18 and 56 a number of questions about their favourite male features, and the results are shown in this computer generated image. This, my good friends, is the perfect man. You can find the full results of the survey on our press page, detailing the questions asked and the responses we received for each question from which we built our perfect chap. And now we have come this far, we are desperate to find the real life man that looks …

We already knew that Amazon were big, but quite how big was probably beyond our comprehension. To simplify things, this handy infographic shows just how many pies Amazon has it’s fingers in, and gives us some impression of how big they truly are. During the last 15 years, Amazon have been gobbling up companies, right, left and centre, and their extensive portfolio now includes companies like fashion retailer, Zappos.com, which they paid a cool $950m for. Other recognisable brands that actually belong to Amazon include IMDb, Talk Market, Home Grocer, Foodista, Drugstore.com, Fabric.com, Woot! and Audible.com. With in excess of …

Each year when the Brit Awards come around, someone, somewhere, is complaining about how music is not as good as it used to be. This year, we decided to put that theory to the test. Are we just getting older and more cynical, or is music genuinely not as good as it used to be?

Sorry for the long delay. We have finally managed to get hold of our winner and are delighted to announce that A. Blackwell from Bradford is the new proud owner of a fabulous Sony Xperia Z 10.1 inch tablet with 16GB hard drive and 2GB RAM. What makes this even more sweet for our competition winner is that the tablet has recently scooped the European Tablet of the Year award 2013-2014.

This time last year, many of us were in the process of forming a set of new year resolutions that were going to turn our lives around and help us to accomplish something spectacular with our lives. Sadly, around this time eleven months ago, the vast majority of those ambitious ‘ressies’ had already been broken. In actual fact, many resolutions last little more than a couple of hours on new year’s day, with only a few making it past the first week – never mind past the first month.

In two days time, people all over the world will be having their unluckiest day of the year. There will be cut fingers, lost passports, cancelled trains, bad hair days, break-ups and stock market losses happening all over the place, and it’s all down to the date. But why is Friday the 13th such an unlucky day?

With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who and a special episode to celebrate this Saturday, we decided to make a quiz to find out if you can tell a real animal from a monster featured in the classic sci-fi series. Everyone remembers the Daleks, Cybermen and K9, but will you be able to pick out some of the lesser known villains that have graced our screens over the last half a century. Take The Quiz