Entertainment
How to start a bar that's different to existing establishments
As an entrepreneur, you are faced with many opportunities and challenges. Pursuing your dreams and opening your own business is exciting, but you also want it to be successful.
The evolution of TV cookery programmes: why are they so popular?
With the BBC celebrating a peak of 4.6 million viewers for the last series of Celebrity Masterchef, the UK appears to be obsessed with kitchen TV.
Young Scots abroad opt for cultural education over all-night partying
More young Scots choose a holiday abroad to experience a new culture, learn about themselves or gain perspective on life, than to socialise or party the night away, according to the latest How Scotland Lives research from Bank of Scotland.
Tiger Woods to Sean Connery: Celebrities who love to gamble
It's hard to resist the pull of gambling. When it's good, it's great, and an accomplished gambler can get in and out without breaking the bank. In this list, we've compiled a few famous celebrity gamblers and their luck when it comes to the tables.
How to find the best rates on CDs
In the past, all you needed to do was compare CD rates from different financial institutions against the term you need and pick the highest yield.
Youtube is growing as a TV competitor
No one could have predicted how much of a player YouTube would become, not only in personal entertainment, but e-commerce also.
Why you should have a Wicked time and visit one of the longest standing musicals on the West End
Fancy a trip to London’s West End? It’s a smart choice – with the capital’s theatre scene selling more than 14 million tickets last year alone.
Great expectations for UK book sales
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Brits just love a good book, so much so that the market is not set to surpass the £2 billion mark.
Game of Thrones inspired wall divides office workplace
A team of parcel delivery experts combined their love for Game of Thrones and knowledge of cardboard boxes by building a wall which divided their entire office.
Blackpool attraction excited about breaking medical ‘Tricorder’ news
One of the UK’s ‘star’ attractions, Star Trek: The Exhibition, in Blackpool, has been homing in on news reports suggesting one of the exhibits on show in its Star Trek collection is inspiring 21st century medical technology by becoming the catalyst for a phenomenal medical advance.
Video referee technology in football: Boon or bane?
Football is an ever-evolving sport. Once played for fun and considered a sport for the working class, it is now a multi-billion pound entertainment business. The essence of the sport is still the same, but over the past 30 or so years, football has become a global phenomenon and is hugely popular around the world.
Budding young playwright sees first play performed
A drama student at Altrincham Creative Theatre School in South Manchester has penned his first play, ‘Wine on the Rug’, aged just 17, and is soon to see it performed by the award-winning theatre group.
4 billionaires who support kids non-profits
Sometimes it's all too easy to focus on the glamor and glitz of a wealthy life and forget about the good things the rich and famous do.
Halloween more a delight than fright
It’s a tradition that is well established across the pond, but now it seems that Halloween has found a place in UK consumers hearts and in their wallets too.
How Barbarian is your personality?
You have approached the enemy in the field and found their fortifications strong and their position unassailable. What do you do?