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Still The Zeitgeist

I’m not normally given to reading trashy magazines, but the other day, whilst sitting in my favourite coffee shop, I randomly picked up a copy of NOW, which was, as I’d known it would be, full of banal nonsense. Except for one page that caught my eye. It was discussing who was dating who, and […]
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Mariah Carey and toyboy

Men Confess: reasons younger guys fall for older women

Men Confess: 22 reasons why younger guys fall for older women We at TBW HQ came across this insightful article on iVillage recently. 22 reasons, straight from the horse’s mouth, as to why many men prefer older women. Here’s an excerpt: In Older Women, Younger Men: New Options for Love and Romance, authors Felicia Brings […]
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The "cougar" woman

The Allure of The Cougar

The cougar dating phenomena: What makes a younger man attracted to a cougar? And why does it look like this trend isn’t going to go away? According to science, men shouldn’t really be attracted to older women. Evolution has primed men to fancy the most healthy, fertile women. For ‘healthy and fertile’, science would have […]
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J K Rowling

JK Genius

If you’ve ever had to do public speaking it’s unlikely that you’ve taken it in your stride. A survey recently found that some poeple would rather die than get up on a podium and talk to a lot of people. Well if that is the case check out this speech by J K Rowling from […]
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Shane Warne weight loss

Hetero or Metro?

There’s been quite a lot of talk recently about the change in Shane Warne’s appearance from overweight, beer-drinking, sporty guy to manicured, some say even botoxed, slimmed down man-about-town. It seems he has gone from one end of the hetero/metro scale to the other. This was reported in The Evening Standard: Warne, 41, has always […]
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The difference between male and female politicians

Politics: When Girls Won’t Be Boys

There was a collective rolling of the eyes and a distinct sense of “Here we go again” among the women of the House of Representatives last week when yet another male politician, Representative Anthony D. Weiner, confessed his “terrible mistakes” and declared himself “deeply sorry for the pain” he had caused in sexual escapades so […]
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Prince William and Princess Kate

Is Will Kate’s toyboy?

Although we here at TBW HQ aren’t having a street party in commemoration of the tomorrow’s royal nuptials, we felt we would be remiss if One didn’t mention it and wish the happy couple well. Diana was a mere twenty years old when she married Prince Charles, while Kate is twenty-nine. If anything, it’s a […]
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