Music
Embark on your own rock star tour
The rock-star on tour: astonishing locations, the best hotels, wild nights, broken strings and hearts, and great music. For many, the celebrity road-trip is a dream, but with Flight Centre’s Round The World Experts, it’s a reality.
The ultimate ‘handbag hits’ revealed
Whether you like to jive, bop or boogie, if you’re a woman the chances are ‘Dancing Queen’ is the song most likely to get you up and dancing round your handbag, according to a new poll to find out the ultimate handbag hit.
How to keep kids entertained on a budget
As the summer holidays draws to a close and budgets become ever tighter, TV Presenter Cesarina Holm-Kander takes us through the best tips from hard working Mum’s across the country and gives her run down of how best to entertain the kids on a budget.
Festival goers urged to protect possessions
Almost 20 million (39 per cent) of us are planning to go to or have already been to a festival or outdoor event this summer, putting £2.3 billion worth of personal possessions at risk, according to research from Post Office Insurance.
The age of the brain
A sharper mind and a brighter future could be no more than a mouse-click away with the launch of a revolutionary new Brain Gym by Funkyfogey.com, the lifestyle web portal.
Top summer reads 2009
Looking for this summer’s big hit books? Look no further – we have called in top experts from the trade to tell you which titles not to miss in the months to come. Covering various genres from thrillers and romances to the best in comedic fiction and more besides, we’ll be giving tips for the hottest beach reads and coolest tomes to take on a long journey.
Jump back with the Rolling Stones
Universal Music Group is to reissue of Jump Back: The Best Of The Rolling Stones 1971-1993 on 17 August 2009. Originally released in November 1993, this definitive collection gathers eighteen of the group’s classics from the seventies and eighties, such as the Transatlantic Top Ten hits Tumbling Dice, Fool To Cry, Emotional Rescue and the much-loved Start Me Up.
The Saturdays glam it up
Hot from their first UK tour The Saturdays show they aren’t all “work” and no play as this summer they launch new Tampax Pearl’s My Weekend My Way campaign. To mark the announcement The Saturdays revealed a stunning new look in a classy pearl inspired photo-shoot, with top photographer Rob Cable.
Classic Rock unveils Roll of Honour nominations
The nominations for the 2009 Classic Rock Roll Of Honour were exclusively unveiled this week by legends of rock parody Spinal Tap.
Sky1 says goodbye to Basra
Sky1 HD has commissioned a documentary chronicling the withdrawal of British forces from Basra, Iraq between March and May 2009. Goodbye Basra (working title) will hear from British troops prior to, during, and post withdrawal and will expose what current and ex serviceman feel about the role they played in the Iraq war, what they feel they achieved in the area, as well as detailing their own feelings and thoughts on what they experienced fighting thousands of miles from home.
Vodafone launches the Taxi Grand Prix
The Taxi Grand Prix launches on Friday 12th of June and is a new online fantasy racing competition where the public can enter a team and compete in races to make the fastest time in order to win prizes. Just like in Formula 1, the aim of the game is for your team of drivers to finish the race before anyone else.
Is your pet in peak condition?
Nearly one in three pet owners across the UK think their pets are overweight according to a recent survey, however pet owners themselves are often unsure of the measures they need to take to help keep their pet in shape. If you’re one of them, you need to watch this Web TV show.
Marilynne Robinson wins Orange Prize for Fiction
The winners of the 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction and the Orange Award for New Writers were announced yesterday at a high-prolife awards ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London. American author Marilynne Robinson was the recipient of the top award, the Orange Prize for Fiction, for her third novel Home (Virago). British debut author Francesca Kay won the award for New Writers with her novel An Equal Stillness (Weidenfeld & Nicolson).
A youthful opinion for top literary prize
As the winners of one of literature’s largest international prizes are announced this evening, it is key to note that this time some youthful opinion has gone into the overall judging.
Parents choose Pirates for family film fun
There are few experiences that bond British broods like settling down together and enjoying a great family film. Now, a new poll has determined the absolute favourite flicks that families love to watch and how they like to watch them.