March 1st – March 7th is officially British Pie Week! Fantastic news for celebrating all things pastry encased.
Visit British Pie Week’s website for some fantastic recipie ideas, and rediscover your love for the mighty British Pie!
Have fun – and enjoy!
The revelations of BBC presenter Ray Gosling this week concerning an apparent confession of a mercy killing has again brought the debate of legalisation of assisted suicide into focus.
Gosling, who told viewers of the Inside Out programme how he smothered his unnamed partner as he lay in hospital suffering from Aids, joins the growing number [...]
In a new report entitled ‘Severe Child Poverty in Scotland 2010’, Save the Children have revealed that almost 10% of children in Scotland are living in families which have less than £33 a day to spend.
Shocking new research by Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use, has highlighted Scotland’s problem with underage drinking.
Around 300 school age children are admitted to hospital each year with illnesses relating to alcohol. The figures, published by the NHS, revealed the full extent of the problem, as a staggering 2,009 children have been admitted to [...]
A potent image from a 2009 Cadburys marketing campaign in South Africa has resurfaced in light of the Kraft takeover of the most wonderful of quintessential British brands, Cadbury. But what will the deal mean for Cadburys?
In the South African print advertisement, the Man Size Cadbury Lunch Bar is presented as shark bait- symbolic, perhaps, in [...]
The birthday of Robert Burns, Scotland’s national Bard, is one that calls for a huge meal, entertainment and dancing galore. There are loads of charity balls celebrating Burns Night around Scotland, so whether you want to support Scottish charities like CHILDREN 1ST or charities helping those less fortunate abroad like Cherish Watoto Kenya,
charity balls are fun with the [...]
The Guardian has created a list of all the things we’ve bid goodbye to as we begin to settle in to a new year and a new decade. Originally a list of 21 farewells, we’ve whittled it down to the big 10- see if you agree.
What with heavy snowfalls and ice set to continue across Britain, school closures, treacherous driving conditions in one of the worst winters for years.
As temperatures plummet to -15c in some areas, the BBC has published advice to ensure the public’s safety throughout these more extreme weather conditions. From animal care to power cuts and how [...]
The Scotsman has identified the top lifestyle trends for 2010- read on to find out what’s set to float our boat, the fad’s we’ll fancy and the crazes we’re no longer, well, crazy about….
2009 was all shoulder pads, strange dining experiences (Heston Blumenthal anyone?)and bizarre variations on leggings. 2010 is set to reinvent the wheel [...]
Child obesity is something that has plagues our screens, magazines for over a decade now- TV chefs have even made entire series upon the subject. And now, much like the economy and the Dow Jones index, rates are forecasted to slip southwards…