Retirement is a chance to de-stress. It gives one the time to rethink and reorganize priorities. A shift in attention from professional image and ability to family and relationships is a good way start this new phase.
Luckily, Perez Hilton and Martha Stewart have offered their servicesThe minute his US version of The X Factor was greenlit, Cowell announced his departure from judging duties on American Idol with a concern for his successor best summarised as après moi le déluge. For many, though, the chance to insult awkward teens from low-income families [...]
LONDON (Reuters Life!) – If singing along to ABBA classics on the “Mamma Mia!” soundtrack is not enough, fans have the chance to perform alongside 3-D, holographic versions of the Swedish quartet at a new exhibition dedicated to them.
This is your chance to nominate the people working hardest for a greener future. Lucy Siegle introduces this year’s Observer Ethical AwardsThere is a power-to-the-people air about the green scene as we launch the fifth Observer Ethical Awards in association with Ecover. This is not altogether surprising post-Copenhagen, where the political process failed to get [...]
Stopping children eating junk food is surely a better way to tackle the problem of Britain’s overweight populationThere is still time to sign up for one of the most rational dates of 2010: next week’s mass homeopathy overdose. At 10.23am on Saturday 30 January, anti-homeopathy activists, organised by the Merseyside Skeptics Society, will down entire [...]
A home workers’ collective in Delhi is sparking a revolution in the rag trade. Supermodel and Traid spokesperson Erin O’Connor reveals how it is giving thousands of skilled women the chance of a better lifeI have by no means met an exhaustive list of top models, but enough of them to be slightly on edge [...]
The 56th annual Baltimore Boat show at the Baltimore Convention Center, has started from January 21 and runs through January 24. One can get a chance to win $250 shopping spree at the show. List of other special features are listed here.
There’s no more surprising food experience than a revelatory rediscovery. What are your feelings about the iceberg lettuce?I suppose it’s an occupational hazard in this job but I rarely come across an entirely new food that surprises and delights me. Most dishes that chefs come up with are variations on well loved and tested themes. [...]
John Crace has spent more than a decade behind the wheel of a Saab. Now he faces the end of his Swedish love affairAs soon as I had kids, my heart was set on a Saab. The car that other cars bounced off. And when I eventually did get behind the wheel of [...]