From Samba and African dance to hip-hop and break dancing Balé de Rua is a thrilling dance and music spectacular that has come to Barbican as part of an international tour. Following sell-out performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year, the troop has collected an ever growing following of fans. The Brazillian dance group [...]
With summer just around the corner many of us are delving into our new wardrobes, so why not accompany it with one of the latest trend setting hairstyles . If you’re stuck on where to start, check out some of the reinvented looks fashioned by today’s A-list stars. The Ponytail: Catwalks this year have been home to [...]
Burmese opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi has pleaded not guilty to charges of breaching her house arrest. Suu Kyi was accused of breaking the terms of house arrest by allowing American John Yettaw to stay at her home without permission; at present Yettaw’s motives remain unclear The weak opposition leader entered her plea as the court [...]
HOYFASHION Fact: This year Liverpudlians were voted to have the most undesirable accent in the UK. Fact: Liverpool is the famous setting for now defunct television soap Brookside. Fact: Liverpool has some rather styling inhabitants. I’ve decided to pay homage to our trendy brothers and sisters in colder Northern climes. It is often that many [...]
If you collect watches like squirrels collect nuts, you do not want to miss out on the new collection by Swatch, who have teamed up with Indian fashion designer Manish Arora to produce some very unique pieces that will be a great accompaniment to your summer wardrobe. Manish’s celebrity following includes the likes of Katy [...]
For most of us, at some point of the day we decide to take a little time out and do what any well versed computer genius would do…cruise YouTube for stupid videos. So during one of my recent searches, I managed to stumble across a video entitled: I AM A GEEK! by The Society for Geek Advancement. [...]
Once again we are reminded how wonderful the internet is as beauty bloggers explode across the web. They are the ultimate resource for the hottest products, which are must-buys and which ones are must-avoids. They serve as tutors for the beauty-obsessed. But can these bloggers really turn make-up addicts into budding make-up artists? Meet [...]
Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all, - if this is what you’re thinking as you stand laboriously in front of the mirror than it seems you’re not the only one, as its been selected as one of the top 10 memorable movie misquotes of all time. The list of misquotes was compiled by the [...]
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has today apologised on behalf of all politicians over public outrage on MP’s expenses Following on from David Cameron’s issued apology yesterday, the Prime Minister said he wanted to show that “people who enter our profession are here to serve the public interest and not themselves.” Documents revealed that leading MPs [...]
First it was foot and mouth, then bird flu and now it seems the latest barnyard bug to take hold of the UK is Swine flu. My initial reaction to this was ‘Well I better avoid any petting zoos from here on out.’ But, before you classify me as insensitive, you have to realise that [...]
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