Referred to as Myanmar by the military junta, Burma is being hailed as "the next Thailand", a country seldom visited at present but one that promises to eclipse its neighbours in popularity.

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They say dogs are man’s best friend but this Labrador and golden retriever seem to have found soul mates in each other. When Tanner, a golden retriever, arrived at Woodland West Animal Hospital in the US, vets feared there was not much they could do for him. Due to cataracts, he is blind in both […]

Type “high tea etiquette” into an internet search engine and you’ll find a million rules and regulations from the old-fashioned — “It is not only improper to slice a scone, it is considered common” — to the more modern — “always be sure turn off your mobile phone”. Good manners aside, however, high tea is […]

The pressure to be thin has claimed a young model’s life, with British teen covergirl Bethaney Wallace dying in her sleep after a battle with anorexia. Bethaney, 19, died of suspected heart failure on April 18 after her weight plummeted to just 38kg. The beautiful teen from Newmarket, Suffolk, was 12 when she started modelling […]

Our mothers taught us that if we can’t say something nice, then don’t say anything at all. So why can women be so nasty to each other? Nasty comments are often made in a subtle way. We have all been given the mean-spirited, back-handed compliment along the lines of, ‘Oh, you are so adventurous wearing […]

It’s the question that is usually off-limits, but it seems celebrities including Gwyneth Paltrow, Jane Fonda, Sarah Silverman and Zoe Saldana have no problem discussing their bedroom secrets. These leading ladies are just some of the stars who are opening up about their feelings, fears, love life and relationships for the new TV series The […]

It’s either a case of one very brave little mouse, or one very lazy kitten. This little mouse shows no fear as it cuddles up under the paw of this kitten, who is extremely care-free and doesn’t seem to mind the company. Who needs a game of cat and mouse when you can have a […]

Kids grow up so fast, but filmmaker Frans Hofmeester has found a way to capture almost every moment, literally. Frans, a filmmaker from the Netherlands, has filmed his children growing up since they were born and has created time lapse videos of them both. He started by filming his daughter Lotte from when she was […]

Autumn is the gentle time in Australia. Spring can suddenly present you with a frost that withers the new shoots and tomatoes, but autumn is mostly blue skies. Autumn rain is usually gentle, the great thunder heads of summer gone. As I write this the persimmons are ripe, big fat orange fruit, and the leaves […]