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Let’s Talk About Sex

There, that got your attention didn’t it? Works every time… How we talk about it though… well now, that opens up a whole new can of worms and other such innuendos. “Ohh Maaatron!” gags aside however, there are interesting differences between ages, genders and cultures, when it comes to discussions on this increasingly prevalent subject, […]
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Brighton Beach Memoirs

Just after I was born, my family emigrated to America, the land of opportunity where the streets were ‘paved with gold’. My sister and I recently decided to retrace our childhood steps and set off for Brooklyn, Noo Yawk to see if we could find the ancestral tenement. The year was 1946. Dad had gone […]
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How To Dress For Your First Date

Ladies, fed up of looking in the wardrobe and never knowing what to wear to for a hot date? Celebrity stylist, Clare Watson and founder of personal styling business Miss Dress offers a Five Top Tips on how to dress for a date and make a first impression that counts! 1. First and foremost like […]
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Gig Review: Grace & Romeo

GIG NUMBER 1 this weekend was on Friday night at the Dogstar in Brixton. We were there to see a band called Patchwork Grace, but, unbeknownst to us, they were one of 5 bands playing that night. The thought of sitting (well, standing) through the 3 prior acts was not a happy one, but, loving […]
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Julia’s Gin Adventure

I’ve always been a vodka aficionado, but this week, at London Cocktail Week I’ve come to understand the delights of that very English beverage – gin. I say very English but it was invented by the Dutch physician Franciscus Sylvius in the early 17th century. It was a neutral spirit distilled with juniper berries, sold […]
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Peer Presumption

You know, there’s this really unassuming guy who must work near my building. We crisscross every day on the pavement and have done for ages; although not so much as an acknowledging nod has ever passed between us. Imagine my surprise then when he walked into a west end bar I happened to frequenting with […]
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First Messages: Why It’s Good To Talk

“It’s good to talk…” Is it? Really? Since returning, I haven’t yet spoken with anyone on the phone but seem to have had dozens of phone numbers thrown in my direction from people with whom I’ve had no contact. What’s that all about? I don’t want to pick up the phone to someone that I […]
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Handy Women

I had just bought my first flat. I’d always sworn I’d never live in a ground floor flat, but I absolutely fell in love with this one, and purchased it despite my concerns about safety on the ground floor. So, when I need to get some work done in my new home, I was already […]
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Last of the Summer Whine

They’re bagging up the leaves in my road. Hurrah! I cry. Bring on the autumn: a light chill in the air, the soil moist from the day’s downpour, nights drawing in, curtains closed by 7.30, fire crackling in the grate, a hearty casserole simmering on the hob… candles glowing, easygoing, toe-to-toe-ing as we cuddle on […]
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Why “Mrs Robinson” is “Miss Right”

When one hears the term “reproduction expediting”, one can be forgiven for thinking that it could possibly be less than flattering. However, one couldn’t be more wrong. That is, when it involves the relational dynamics of the older woman and younger man. You see, the term “reproduction expediting” is scientific proof, according to Psychology Today, […]
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