Increasing our employability has become a bit of a national obsession as unemployment figures continue to rise. Recent figures in America show that jobless claims have hit a whoooping 500, 000 for the first time since November 2009. (See: Rebound: A Proven Plan for Starting Over After Job Loss, Adobe Reader) As people desperately go [...]
If you’re one of the several million people who suffer from high blood pressure, then you’ll no doubt know what it’s like to have the constant feeling of a tight head-band strapped around your head or the multitude of debilitating symptoms you get from your medication. From the constant dizzy spells and personality changes to [...]
Socially conscious, tech savvy – these are some of the words often used to describe the generation that has grown up in the digital age. They are often viewed as more sophisticated than previous generations in their ability to connect globally with people from different walks of life and cultures. Over the past few years, [...]
Ever since the Internet became more accessible to the general public in the mid-nineties, we have seen a steady increase in the availability of free content. From free downloadable software like Adobe Reader, realplayer, google’s Chrome and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, to Spotify’s endless music, we have become spoilt for choice and conditioned to acessing free Internet content. Behaviourally, peoples’ habits have [...]
For the past 10 years, it has been a growing trend for the UK’s suburbia to mercilessly cut down their obtrusive, old fashion, front hedges and sacrifice their lush green front garden lawns – once the pride of British gardeners – at the alter of brand new paving bricks to show off their spanking new 4x4s. [...]
Do you ever find yourself wondering what life is all about? Or do you sometimes find yourself looking up to the stars at night and questioning humanity’s place in the scheme of things? Well rest assured, you’re not alone. According to scientists, the known universe is packed with an amazing 100 billion galaxies and the [...]
Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating things a little. For obvious reasons, Nick Clegg – the youngish leader of the Liberal Democrats - cannot be compared to Obama. He’s not black, or mixed race, for starters; and secondly, he doesn’t come close to being in the same league as the worlds’ top three orators: Clinton, Blair and now Obama. But in [...]
1. Fat is in, thin is out: Gone are the days when men would lust after the then fashionable heap of walking bones dangling about in zero sized jeans. Today, the general movement of male eyes is to scan the streets for flesh and lots of it. Men want meaty women who give volume to [...]
As technology advances offering myriad ways to exploit our voyeuristic instincts, many of us will forget what it means to have privacy. With mediums such as twitter that have altered the way we communicate, people are revealing more and more information about themselves. There is no escaping our fascination with ourselves as we embrace the [...]
The twenty-first century citizen really has it made. Let me see, we have got the ipod, the iphone and now the ipad and to sound innovative these days, every new product launch must be prefixed with the small letter i. We are ten years deep into the digital renaissance and already spoilt for choice with [...]
