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Stephen Hester, the chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, is the perfect example of a rich man that is obsessed with getting even richer and has helped to smear the image of the upper crust for most people this week as news of his absurd bonus broke this week amidst controversy. Politicians making Hester [...]  Although we are in the season to be jolly and jingling our bells, there are many turning to the internet to try an escape the gray misery outside by looking at holiday destinations for next year. Being British, the majority of us will stick to those tried and trusted destinations where English is widely spoken, [...] It’s almost Christmas, and we know this not because we have decked our halls with boughs of holly, or have roasted our chestnuts on an open fire, it’s because it’s the final of X Fix, sorry Factor, followed the week after by Strictly Come try and dance just because you’re a celebrity. Once these delights have [...] Well the festive season is finally upon us, and thanks to the onslaught of TV ads, houses emblazoned with tatty decorations that never get taken down between January and November and three Christmas songs on an endless loop in the supermarkets, even those of us who have buried our heads in the sand and pretended [...] Billions of searches on Yahoo! In 2011 reveal what has caught the attention of the British public [...] We have all embraced technology with open arms; our televisions bear no resemblance at all to the square boxes that stood in the corners of rooms with spindly legs and had a tendency to fall over if breathed on too heavily. We have DVD’s. Blue Ray, programmes via cables and satellite dishes and mobile phones [...] As Christmas approaches and the horrors of shopping for presents looms ever closer, there are still a strange breed of shopper who, instead of sitting in the warmth and comfort of their own homes using their laptops to complete this depressing yearly task, choose to take to the streets and do battle in their quest [...] ANIMAL GRIEF: How Animals Mourn By David Alderton Animal grief, how animals mourn, new book Grief is something that all humans are familiar with, we learn to cope with it and find methods to get on after experiencing a loss. What most people are unaware of is that animals also experience the same emotion and few people [...] Not so long ago if you walked into any pub in the land and stood behind a group of women, they would be discussing their blokes’ shortfalls, someone’s hairstyle or who would win X Factor. Stand behind a group of men and it would be football, boobs and football. This is no longer the case [...] An Advertising Feature Seeking those late-summer holiday deals is getting more tempting by the day as August draws to a close and September looms. It hasn’t been a great summer in the UK – arguably, it’s had its moments – but there are still plenty of global retreats where the sun is eager to be lapped-up. [...] |
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