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While dieters grumble about being constantly hungry, new research has shown that being in a state of hunger can actually make you happy. Grehlin is a hormone that our bodies produce when we are in need of more calories and creates that feeling of hunger we all know too well. Yet a study published in […]

Trying to avoid unwanted male attention in the office? Imagining your grandmother is in the room during interaction with colleagues of the opposite sex is one way. Not wearing anything revealing and learning to accept compliments “gracefully” are also said to work a charm. Although sounding like this advice comes from some 1950’s etiquette manual, […]

Prince William has revealed that he’s going to give his son’s nursery an adventurous theme inspired by African wildlife. In the one-hour special, Prince William’s Passion: New Father, New Hope, scheduled to air in September, the new dad tells CNN of his exotic vision. “I’ll have toy elephants and rhinos around the room,” Wills says. […]

Just when you thought Hugh Jackman couldn't get any more perfect, the muscle-bound hunk has donated $10,000 to help sick kids.

It’s no secret that Princess Beatrice likes to party, but it appears she quit her job in finance to spend more time having fun. Though friends insist the 25-year-old royal is “already looking for another job” since recently leaving the firm she joined mid-2012, she has spent most of the summer holidaying by the beach […]

Avoid squabbles in the bathroom by giving each child a matching coloured facewasher and toothbrush. That colour then becomes the child’s own and she won’t use anyone else’s.

Write each of your children’s names on a brown paper bag and put into it any of their photos that don’t make the family album. In years to come, you’ll have a treasured selection of pictures to give to each child on a special occasion, such as a 21st birthday.

Older toddlers enjoy simple, homemade jigsaw puzzles. Paste a magazine picture onto cardboard and cut it into pieces the child will be able to assemble. Use more complicated shapes for older children.

As a cheaper alternative to helium balloons for children’s party decorations, blow up ordinary balloons and stick them to walls and ceilings with double-sided sticky tape.

A game of Snakes and Ladders played with young children can be a long drawn-out affair, as anyone who has played with them will testify. Use two dice – it moves the game along more quickly and teaches them about adding up.