Being a proper hostess is no small feat. There are plenty of things to worry about, from tidying your flat, to your vegetarian friend's dietary needs, to your picky friend's dietary needs, to how exactly you'll manage eating dessert without the elastic band of your Spanx snapping in half. It can be overwhelming.
BITCH:CULTURE
04 Aug 2011 15:00 GMT
Whenever anyone freaks out at me about my love for the Kindle, I always tell the to chillax, because I do not believe that eBooks are going to kill printed books. They're just not going to, just as the internet hasn't completely killed off the print industry. Sure, the internet has changed the way magazines and newspapers do business, but people are still going to buy Vogue and read it buy the pool on their vacation, or take The New York Times with them to their favou...
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03 Aug 2011 15:00 GMT
Between late August and early September the Venice Film Festival will screen 21 films all in competition for the festival’s grand prize, the Golden Lion. The festival is part of the Venice Bienalle and is the oldest film festival in the world. It might not have the same respect as Cannes, but it still has an incredible line up of the best cinema has to offer. Oh, and it also has the new film directed by Madonna! W.E is Madonna’s second feature as a director, with Filth and W...
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01 Aug 2011 12:00 GMT
Welcome to Burlesque at Proud.Proud's new night of Burlesque in your Kitchen promises to bring "its very own take on Burlesque by introducing a more light hearted and candid spin on the art form." Proud feels it's created the perfect levels of moody lighting, casual smoke, simple yet elegant food, in a now-perfect concoction, and they admit they've spent the last 6 months getting this just right...
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29 Jul 2011 15:30 GMT
We avoid pink and blue and buy constructive, creative toys. We encourage girls to play doctor and boys to play dress up. But when it comes to pushing the old gender divisions, nothing beats kids' TV. I'm flicking through channels and all I see is a sea of pink and blue. This shouldn't surprise me; just the other day in the supermarket I saw a couple with two under-10s, dressed in identical outfits but perfectly colour coded. In spite of our allegedly enlightened times,...
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28 Jul 2011 16:00 GMT
Certain places become synonymous with a certain type of music. Detroit is Motown, Nashville is country music, Liverpool is Mersey Beat and Manchester is Madchester.Here’s a pair that you might not be quite so quick to put together: Birmingham and Black Country, UK is the home of heavy metal. Or at least it is according to a massive season of exhibitions and events that are taking place this summer.
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25 Jul 2011 15:00 GMT
The Barclaycard Mercury prize is an annual award for best album; given to artists from the UK and Ireland. It was originally set up in 1992 as an alternative to the Brit Awards and sought to recognise musicians on the merit of their music and critical appreciation, rather than record sales.
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25 Jul 2011 09:04 GMT
Björk has been called many things, but perhaps the most apt and deserved adjective used to describe the Icelandic songstress is innovative. From her pop dance beginnings to Medulla’s vocal based concept and the very tribal Volta, Björk has consistently pushed an envelope that has failed to ever contain her. Biophilia, her latest, is pushing those edges even further. While in sound, singles like "Crystalline" and "Cosmogyny", sound much like the music...
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21 Jul 2011 08:45 GMT
You may remember that not so long ago, Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher made a little film together called No Strings Attached. They were friends! Who had sex! Crazy!And now with another take on this whole "sleeping with your best friend" story are Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis. (Is anyone else feeling like The Social Network, Black Swan a...
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20 Jul 2011 15:00 GMT
If you were a child of the '90s, I have some seriously exciting news for you. Take some deep breaths, get yourself some Pop Rocks, and sit down. Ready?Nickelodeon have announced that they're bringing back their '90s programming. Yes! That's right! I'm talkin' about Salute Your Shorts, Doug, Rugrats, Pete & Pete and even, oh yes, Hey Dude!!
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18 Jul 2011 15:00 GMT