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Simon Blake
Simon Blake

It's Time We Learned to Trust

This lack of trust in young people and their developing sexuality is perennial. The persistent attacks on abortion provision have always demonstrated a lack of faith in women's ability to make their own reproductive choices. And public trust in professionals is constantly undermined by insidious reporting on the sexual health and education of children and young people. Continue reading...

  • Posted 29 June 2012
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Eleanor Besley
Eleanor Besley

Is Cycling the Future for More of us in the Capital?

In central London pollution levels are on the rise, more than twice the number of people killed each year in road traffic accidents are killed by pollution from cars. Do we want a London where we breathe in harmful gases as a matter of course everyday? Continue reading...

  • Posted 29 June 2012
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BritChick Paris
BritChick Paris

Does Long Distance Friendship Work?

I have had some real friendship tests recently. In Paris you meet many expats who then go back home. Perhaps I am calling into my life these wandering minstrels to teach me to deal with change or I am attracted to foreign cultures. Either way it has been a learning curve. Continue reading...

  • Posted 29 June 2012
  • UK Lifestyle
Karen Fraser
Karen Fraser

Advertising: Where Are We Now on Body Image?

The advertising industry is highly aware of its responsibilities. Pretty as a Picture was commissioned to help advertisers understand what young women think about images in advertising, and it's good to hear policymakers recognising the industry's positive response. Continue reading...

  • Posted 29 June 2012
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Endeavour Press
Endeavour Press

Why Cancer Patients Need to Take Control of Their Own Treatment

For many people, when they are told that they have cancer, it will be the first time that they have confronted their own mortality. Of course, they will have known that they were going to die one day. We all do. But it is probably not something they have dwelt upon, and made peace with. Continue reading...

  • Posted 29 June 2012
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Dr. Michael J. Breus
Dr. Michael J. Breus

How Sleep-Friendly Is Your Bedroom?

As much as we may appreciate our bedrooms as a retreat and a haven, the poll shows we're still not actually getting enough sleep there. Continue reading...

  • Posted 29 June 2012
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Steve Halsall
Steve Halsall

Will Zumba Give Me a Body Like Jess Ennis?

Seventeen years as one of the UK's top trainers, this week I was faced yet again with a hopeful smile and literally the weight of expectation aimed at me. 'Can I have a body like Jess Ennis', was the request of my new NW London yummy mummy,... Continue reading...

  • Posted 29 June 2012
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Fran Hall
Fran Hall

Is the Matriarchal Woman a Regressive or Progressive Figure for Feminism? A Comparison Between the UK and Jamaica

On a recent trip to Jamaica I was struck by the strong presence of the women there. Mothers and grandmothers in particular appear to be the backbone of society and are held up with great respect. This got me thinking about matriarchy, and the role it has to play within feminism and gender equality. Continue reading...

  • Posted 29 June 2012
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Suzy Miller
Suzy Miller

A Strange Gift

It's a January morning in 2003 and I can't bring myself to take the kids to school. What will I say when someone asks me "How are you?" The answer, you see, is just not the stuff of polite conversation.   "W E L L... My partner of... Continue reading...

  • Posted 29 June 2012
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Emma Brooke
Emma Brooke

Why You're Missing Out on Life (and How to Change That)

Whilst we all have responsibilities and we all have to earn enough to put food on the table and pays the bills, it means very little if we don't wake up feeling alive and excited about life. Continue reading...

  • Posted 29 June 2012
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