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Spa holidays ? try something different this Easter
If you’ve already had your fill – whether literally or metaphorically speaking – of the ubiquitous chocolate creations currently adorning every available inch of the supermarket shelves, then you are not alone. No matter how much of a self-confessed chocoholic you are, you may be hard pushed to chomp your way through the irresistible collection of [...]

Date: 09/03/2010

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Sleep easy during spa weekends
Good news has emerged for anyone who occasionally has to face a sleep-starved period of frenetic activity on the home or work front, as a recent study in the US scientists has revealed that it is possible to “stock up” sleep in advance. Researchers at the Walter Reed Army Institute split a group of volunteers into [...]

Date: 08/03/2010

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Could ?rational thinking? solve the nation?s weight problems?
Glance at any photo taken during or after the Second World War and you’ll rarely see a chubby-cheeked cherub gazing out at you.  And there’s an easy explanation for this: war rationing meant that people simply didn’t have the opportunity to overeat. This simple truth has recently led author Philip Pullman to advocate WWII-style rationing in [...]

Date: 26/02/2010

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Gifts for mum: P is for present ? and for pampering
Modern life is so busy, lived at such a frenetic pace, that it’s hard to find time to fit in the extras – even when those extras are a high priority – such as finding a perfect gift for your good old (or not so old!) mum to celebrate Mother’s Day. Mums tend to make our [...]

Date: 25/02/2010

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Gifts for mums ? mum?s the word down at the spa
You know just how much you love and adore your mum, and how much you appreciate everything she does for you. But does she know it? One way of reminding her in no uncertain terms is to organise a mother’s day treat that shows you’ve really thought about her gift.  In other words, that you’ve not [...]

Date: 25/02/2010

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Cleopatra?s beauty treatments ? the eyes have it
If you’ve ever seen the film Cleopatra, you’ll almost certainly remember the charismatic eye make-up worn by Elizabeth Taylor, who played the eponymous Ancient Egyptian stunner to perfection. It was Taylor’s first film with Richard Burton, but already the smouldering chemistry between the two stars was tangible. The Egyptians believed that their lead-based eye make-up protected [...]

Date: 24/02/2010

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