Lifestyle

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  The perfect family would have David Beckham as dad and  Holly Willoughby as mum, a new poll has revealed. The study found the perfect family would have two sisters and two brothers, with Adele and Rhianna revealed as the perfect siblings. Singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran was in the top spot for the brother, with Jump Street star Channing Tatum also a personality Brits would want to fill the position. But the perfect family extends further...

By Jasmine Stephens, Family Editor Has childhood changed such a lot since I was young 20 years ago? Alright, make that 30 years ago. The happiest of my early memories revolve around digging holes in the lawn, racing snails and finding frogs under the broken old door half-buried in our ‘wildlife area’. It was only recently that my dad admitted he made up that idea to avoid having to cut the grass down that end of the garden. Every autumn,...

By Shannon Edwards, CEO of www.styloko.com In my ideal working mum paradigm, there aren’t working mums and stay-at-home mums but instead ‘by definition’ all mums ‘work’ and some just take on a second job. Because there is no escaping the requirements inherent to the business of being a mother no matter how much support you have to pursue a ‘second’ career. Just because I’m a CEO doesn’t in any way free me from the constant and relentless to-do list chatter...

By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE_Lifestyle  I went to South East Asia when I was eighteen, on a trailblazing gap year through Thailand, Australia and Singapore, a route no youth enjoying a year out before university had ever taken before. Something I rarely tell people when I extol the virtues of finding myself in Thailand was that I actually never indulged in a Thai massage - the look of complete horror on the few people who I’ve shared this with,...

By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE_Lifestyle The life of the typical Londoner is notoriously busy, so busy in fact, that even the simplest tasks can seem like an impossible feat. That last minute business proposal you’ve been called in to draft means that the ominous and ever expanding pile of shirts on your kitchen table will have to wait for another day. And thanks to a night out entertaining clients, that pre-planned trip to the shops to re-supply the contents...

By Jasmine Stephens, Family Editor Screwed. Katherine (not her real name) sat down in a meeting room on her first day in the office after having a baby and was astonished to see that her back to work interview was being conducted by the person who had been covering her maternity leave. 'She sat down opposite me and slid a piece of paper over the table. At the top she had written her name next to the word "manager" and...

By Jasmine Stephens, Family Editor The World Health Organisation regards childhood obesity as one of the biggest global public health challenges of this century. The latest figures from the National Child Measurement programme show that over 33% of 10-11 year olds and 22% of 4-5 year olds are either obese or overweight. Public Health England has reported that in 5-7 year olds, 76% of boys and 77% of girls do not meet the government’s own physical activity recommendations. Stark figures. Barely...

By Jasmine Stephens, Family Editor Do they have elephants there? Will the baboons trash our car? Is it going to be like ‘Jurassic Park’? Are we nearly there yet??!! The kids were asleep in the back of the car and my husband was sick of my questions before we got off the M62. I’d managed to reach the ripe old age of 35 without ever visiting a safari park, but my husband was quite the veteran, having gone once with...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent   On Friday evening I was sat at home awaiting my girlfriend’s return after a hard day at the office when my phone buzzed with the message: “Get the wine and nipples ready”. I promptly removed my top and poured her a glass of Malbec, only to be left red faced by her following message: “NIBBLES! I meant nibbles”. Autocorrect thy cruel mistress. But apparently I’m not alone. New research has revealed 70 per cent of Brits...