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Best Home-Grown Craft Beers Around the World

Love home grown craft beer? We do! And if you do too, then you'll love this special feature on the Best Home-Grown Craft Beers Around the World. Dealchecker.co.uk have put together this amazing illustrated feature on the Best Home-Grown Craft Beers Around the World. From Europe to America, Africa to Asia, the feature gives you a good overview of craft beers.IPA, Stout, Lager,...

Financial tips to pass down to your children

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There’s a growing feeling that we’re letting children down when it comes to education. They’re leaving school with knowledge of Shakespeare and Ancient Egypt and French verbs and Pythagoras, but don’t know how to hold a conversation or how a mortgage works.These are necessary skills for life, and leaving a youngster to scramble to pick them up too late in...

Personalising gifts in the 21st Century

What’s been the big winner of the summer in the technology world? Many who have seen people walking but not concentrating on their movement, gazing at their phone screen in the vain hope of seeing tiny fictional characters, will undoubtedly choose Pokemon Go, Nintendo and Niantic. However, there may soon be other winners that follow on from the brand’s re-emergence...

What does your name say about your holiday?

It’s all in the name, so the saying goes. So with the summer drawing to a close, UK travel retailer HolidayHypermarket.co.uk has carried out a study of almost 24,000 bookers to find out just what your name reveals about your holiday preferences. John has been the most popular male name of the last 500 years, as discovered in a recent survey....

Top tips for dealing with sea sickness

Top tips for dealing with sea sickness

If you are considering your first cruise, one of your major concerns may be whether or not you will get sea sick. Much of the answer to your concern lies in your motion sensitivity, but there are some things you can do to prevent, and deal with, sea sickness on your next cruise holiday.Choose the right locationThe location of your...

5 packing tips that will make travelling so much easier

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Packing is one of those things that we all need to do to at least some extent when preparing for a trip – but packing well can be much more difficult than you'd imagine. As much as some of us might wish that all that's needed is to cram a load of stuff into a bag or suitcase and then...

Most dangerous industries uncovered

Both in the UK and around the world, there are industry sectors that are unquestionably dangerous. Whether a job in question involves handling toxic chemicals, working with heavy machinery or being exposed to harsh weather conditions, there are all kinds of reasons why it may not be as safe as your typical office-based 9-5. Furthermore, although the UK has an...

Clever Ways to Eat Better

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Everyone wants to eat better but not everyone wants to make the huge lifestyle changes required. Human beings are creatures of habit, and changes are more likely to stick when they are slowly introduced. If you are someone that wants to get smart in regards to what you are eating on a daily basis, you might need a bit of...

Paralympics – The Anthem: Bringing people together

With the Rio 2016 Paralympics in full swing, it's time to rejoice and join forces as we watch the best Paralympic athletes and sporting stars from around the globe, compete in the most coveted athletic competition of all. The olympics is not just about athletes and sports, it's about sporting heroes, champions and brining people together. Not just one set of people from...

Ways to Keep Your Energy Bills Low This Fall

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Do you worry about your home heating bills in the winter? You don’t have to. Finding ways to keep your energy bill low doesn’t have to be complicated, and even in the winter you can slash your household bills.Check out the tips below to find out the many ways to keep your energy bill as low as possible this fall,...

Win Captain America: Civil War on DVD

From the studio that has brought you the biggest superheroes of all time, Marvel Studios unleashes the next global phenomenon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. When Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War arrives early on Digital on 30th August and on 3D Blu-ray™, Blu-ray and DVD on 5th September, viewers can join the nonstop action and...

Nail home improvements with new interactive guide

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Last year research by Swinton Insurance claimed that the average person had blown on average £300 employing tradesmen to carry out minor repairs in their homes when really they could have attempted the job themselves. Within the same survey only 48% of people felt brave enough to attempt even the simplest of repairs on their property so to help all...

August bank holiday sales – The best buys and discounts available online

August bank holiday sale

It's that time again, the week before Notting Hill Carnival, that weekend in August when it's all about the bank holiday sales. So if you are looking to bag yourself a bargain, whether that be a nice dress or bag or bikini, look no further than the August bank holiday sales - The best buys and discounts available online.Simply click on...

#Ad: Ikea – Lets Relax

Take a look at Ikea's new campaign entitled 'Let's Relax'. Set in a time before camera's, before wifi, before smartphones and before we where all crazed with liking photos on social networks.This video is set in the late 1700's and see's a family at a dinning table about to have a awesome family feast. However, the father of the family...

The miracle from Mallorca

Of course, poker’s had its fair share of rags to riches stories – the most famous of which is when Chris Moneymaker won the Main Event in 2003. An accountant from Tennessee, his journey stared with an $86 satellite tournament and culminated in a payday of $2.5 million. It launched a huge career for Moneymaker and no doubt Fernando Pons...

Selfie Sticks on Holidays… Brits find it most annoying

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39% of Brits can’t stand Selfie Sticks on Holidays. 55% of Brazilians take them anyway. Last week Toyota unveiled the " world's largest selfie stick" – a reaction to a ban on the polarizing sticks at Finland's Flow Festival.Travel search engine momondo.co.uk questioned 1,000 people from 20 different countries, to find out which nations are most and least-tolerant when it...

All locked up : Keep your house secure this summer 

Worried about home security while you’re away on your summer holiday? Why not follow our step-by-step guide on keeping your home safe, instead. It’s easy for burglars to tell who’s in and who isn’t. Over 80% of burglaries occur when a house is empty, so it’s important to try and make your house look occupied both when you’re out, and...

Should You Choose a Traditional or Unique Engagement Ring?

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Today, more and more women are taking to choosing their own engagement rings, rather than waiting for a surprise with the proposal. Choosing your own engagement ring not only makes things significantly easier for your other half when it comes to making the right choice, it also means that you have the freedom to go out and choose an engagement...

Living With People Who Smoke (But Not the Way You Do)

Now that Cannabis freedom is becoming more common throughout the developed world, long time weed smokers are “coming out of the closet”, so to speak, and entering mainstream society. People who don’t smoke weed are also becoming a lot more comfortable with the idea. Colorado has made recent news with the release of statistics that teen marijuana use actually went...

The Power Couples Guide to Fragrance

David Beckham Instinct

Couples who dress together, stay together. Just ask Britney and Justin. Admittedly, they’re probably not the best example. Double denim is a brave look at the best of times, but matching double denim when you’re Hollywood’s couple of the moment is always going to be a make or break kind of deal.For a subtler power couple inspiration, look no further...

Natural Remedies for Razor Bumps

Many men who regularly shave will understand the frustration and irritation that comes along with getting razor bumps or a shaving rash. These small, red bumps are caused by hairs which remain inside the hair follicle and begin growing into the skin, often appearing angrily on the surface of the face, not only causing irritation and sometimes pain but also...

Weekend binge drinking vs daily tipple: What’s worst?

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Many of us enjoy a tipple from time to time, and consider it a perfectly safe and routine part of social life. However, many of us are also naturally eager to make sure that we aren't overdoing things, so to speak. So, which is safer: going on a binge for just one weekend, leaving the rest of the week for...

7 fictional shops we would shop at if they existed

In a lot of ways the fun has gone out of shopping. Aside from the fact we seem to do most of it over the Internet, even when you can bring yourself to leave the house you know you’re going to end up in one of the same six big name stores you find in every shopping centre in...

The Ugly Truth: Why appearance matching is bad for our health

Valrie Stark (left), Stina Sanders (right)

Nowadays, there is an app for everything; consumers can shop, bank, book a holiday, order a takeaway, find new friends and even find love at the click of a button. These apps have not only made our lives easier, but dating apps in particular, have revolutionised the way we connect with people outside of our usual social circles.A reported 91...

Michelin presents ‘Emotion & Passion’ film starring Keanu Reeves

This video gives us a glimpse into the 2016 Michelin Le Mans, an automobile endurance event that takes place in France and lasts unsurprisingly 24 hours. The video clip features Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves (who also was in attendance at the UK Goodwood Festival of Speed), who describes the event with the glee of a child as "a kind of...

‘The Chant’ – Film Celebrating Stories of Defying Barriers Ahead of the Olympic Games

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Margret Rumat Rumar Hassan, a South Sudanese athlete might look like just any athlete but she's not. Growing up in the thick of civil unrest and in a country where women's rights can be  hugely overshadowed that of the opposing sex, getting the chance to compete for her country in the Rio De Janeiro Olympics 2016 was something that 400...

Get A Job – Top CV Tips

In the wickedly funny new film, GET A JOB (out on DVD Monday 18th July), Will (Miles Teller) and Jillian’s (Anna Kendrick) whole lives have been leading to this moment. The moment they graduate and enter the world of full time employment. A scenario familiar to so many of us. Three years of hard work and it all boils down...

Van Monster explores #VanLife

Like many Brits, a large proportion of your income will be spent on your home. In London, the average monthly rent is £1,301, while elsewhere in England and Wales we’re paying a staggering £816 in rent each month. But what if you could change all this?In their latest graphic, used commercial vehicle retailer Van Monster has shed some light on...

Suttons Seeds examines the importance of bee-friendly gardening

Leading garden retailer Suttons Seeds has examined the importance of bee-friendly gardening in their latest visual. From pollenating flowers to creating honey, bees play a vital yet often overlooked role. Despite providing around 1/3 of our available food, the population of bees is in decline as a result of factors like disease, urbanisation, intensive farming and Colony Collapse Disorder.The visual...

Get Your Garden Summer Ready – The Beginners Guide to Gardening

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Gardening can be challenging, and more than a little overwhelming if you have a lot of land to attend to. However, the basic principles are easy to learn and so easy now that summer is here. There’s nothing more rewarding than seeing the results! Whether you’re hoping for a flowerbed to impress the likes of Alan Titchmarsh, to educate the...