Lifestyle

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  New research has revealed parents will endure a massive 576 toe-curling moments during their child's school years, with inappropriate comments, repeating swear words and commenting on their parents' size among the most frequent embarrassing moments. A survey of 2,000 parents by George at Asda revealed some toe-curling moments, including: A little girl who told the doctor “mummy takes medicine too – it’s called Malibu” A child pointing at a neighbour in the street and announcing...

By Rosie Wilson [email protected] What would you do with £16,000? Invest it, buy a new car, or go on an amazing holiday – right? Would you consider using it to keep your legs hair-free? Well, based on having a wax every 8 weeks (the maximum recommended time to go between waxes for best results, according to experts) and the average cost of a leg wax, you could be spending that without even knowing it. The average woman who commits to waxing...

By Laura Casewell  It's no secret that a pearly white smile is something that many of us aim for, but our modern diet (who doesn’t like a glass of red wine) can often hinder our quest for "perfect" white teeth. But what makes white teeth so special? And is it really the secret to a more attractive appearance? We sat down with Dr. van Vurren at IGDP in London to talk all about our obsession with a whiter smile, how it...

By Mindy Gibbins-Klein Ask any young person what they want to be when they grow up and they will tell you ‘doctor’, ‘lawyer’, ‘footballer’, ‘pop star’ or something similar. It is very unlikely they would say ‘I want to be a leader’ and even less likely they would aspire to be a ‘thought leader’. They probably have never even heard the term. Leadership is seen as something for older, experienced business professionals. But lately young people are being exposed to...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  Britain's all-time favourite classic literary heroines have been revealed in a new survey. According to the list, Elizabeth Bennet, the charming and quick-witted protagonist from Jane Austin’s beloved Pride and Prejudice, takes the crown as the nation’s all-time favourite classic literary heroine. Agatha Christie’s much-loved detective Miss Marple was runner-up, followed by the eponymous central character from Charlotte Bronte’s 1847 novel Jane Eyre. Scarlett O’Hara from Margaret Mitchell’s melodramatic 1936 epic Gone With the Wind was fourth, ahead...

By Jasmine Stephens, Family Editor Millions of children's feet are being damaged by ill-fitting shoes according to barefoot shoes pioneer Vivobarefoot. Supported by medical professionals and parents, the shoe brand is launching a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of conventional footwear design on a child's natural foot development. Until the age of ten, the bones in a child's foot are soft and in a matter of weeks their foot development can be compromised simply by wearing poorly-fitting shoes....

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  Cheese and strawberry jam sandwiches, cold baked beans in a salad and tuna with salt & vinegar crisps form part of the top ten weird food combinations Brits actually enjoy eating. A new poll of 2,000 UK adults found more than one in ten Brits like to dip their toast into their tea and dip apples in peanut butter! Mayonnaise on toast and celery with a scoop of Nutella were also found to be unusual, yet...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  Virgin Trains has launched a nationwide “Where’s Wally? Hunt” and is challenging families to find the much-loved character while they are out and about during the school summer holidays. One hundred of the ‘Where’s Wally?’ replicas have been scattered across the country. Wally, who is known to appear in train stations in the famous books created by Martin Hanford, is following suit in the real world with life size cut-outs and smaller transfers blending into real...

'Story Broker? How did you get into that?'  First in a series of interesting jobs you didn't know existed but almost anyone can do. What is a 'Story Broker' and how do you become one? I was 16 years old. I queued up patiently for my appointment with the school career adviser. They had a new-fangled fancy computer programme that consisted of a multiple-choice questionnaire: Do you prefer a) hard manual labour, or b) soft clerical/administration work. The results were...