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Interview with Reshmin Chowdhury

Interview with Reshmin Chowdhury

MUM-OF-TWO, RESHMIN CHOWDHURY IS A BRITISH SPORTS JOURNALIST AND BROADCASTER KNOWN FOR HER WORK WITH TNT SPORTS AND talkSPORT, AND MAJOR GLOBAL EVENTS LIKE THE FIFA WORLD CUP, THE OLYMPICS AND THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. RESHMIN HAS A BACKGROUND IN POLITICS AND JOURNALISM, AND BEGAN HER CAREER IN NEWS BEFORE MOVING INTO SPORTS BROADCASTING. SHE’S MULTILINGUAL, HAS WORKED WITH TOP ATHLETES, AND IS ALSO A CLASSICALLY TRAINED SINGER. AS A SINGLE MOTHER, SHE ALSO ADVOCATES FOR DIVERSITY AND REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA.

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A Family Feast to Remember: The Roast Dinner at Manchester’s Blacklock

A Family Feast to Remember: The Roast Dinner at Manchester’s Blacklock

From the moment we stepped into Blacklock Manchester, it was clear this wasn’t your average Sunday lunch. With perfectly roasted meats, generous portions, and a warm, welcoming atmosphere, Blacklock delivered a family dining experience that ticked every box for our bustling brood. Exceptional service, unforgettable flavours, and a setting steeped in local history made this a feast we’ll be talking about for a long time. If you’re searching for the ultimate family roast in Manchester, Blacklock is a must-visit.

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Simon Squibb Interview
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Simple Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp Every Day

Simple Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp Every Day

The great thing about brain training is that it doesn’t require anything fancy, it’s more about building small habits that challenge your mind in different ways. Reading a book, even for just a few minutes a day, helps your brain stay engaged. Solving puzzles, like crosswords or Sudoku, also gives your brain a workout, pushing it to think critically and solve problems. It’s not about doing these things perfectly. It’s about keeping the brain active and flexible, like any other muscle.

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Interview with Mother Pukka – AKA Anna Whitehouse

Interview with Mother Pukka – AKA Anna Whitehouse

Anna is formidable in her pursuit for equality in the workplace, fuelled by her passion to ensure that her girls, or any girls, don’t face a future where you can have your career snatched away from you just because you dared to have a baby; sadly this is something that Anna experienced first hand.

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Interview with Mother Pukka – AKA Anna Whitehouse

Interview with Mother Pukka – AKA Anna Whitehouse

Anna is formidable in her pursuit for equality in the workplace, fuelled by her passion to ensure that her girls, or any girls, don’t face a future where you can have your career snatched away from you just because you dared to have a baby; sadly this is something that Anna experienced first hand.

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 MOTIVATION

Interview with Reshmin Chowdhury

Interview with Reshmin Chowdhury

MUM-OF-TWO, RESHMIN CHOWDHURY IS A BRITISH SPORTS JOURNALIST AND BROADCASTER KNOWN FOR HER WORK WITH TNT SPORTS AND talkSPORT, AND MAJOR GLOBAL EVENTS LIKE THE FIFA WORLD CUP, THE OLYMPICS AND THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. RESHMIN HAS A BACKGROUND IN POLITICS AND JOURNALISM, AND BEGAN HER CAREER IN NEWS BEFORE MOVING INTO SPORTS BROADCASTING. SHE’S MULTILINGUAL, HAS WORKED WITH TOP ATHLETES, AND IS ALSO A CLASSICALLY TRAINED SINGER. AS A SINGLE MOTHER, SHE ALSO ADVOCATES FOR DIVERSITY AND REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA.

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Sitting is the new smoking

Sitting is the new smoking

Yes, you read that right.

And that is frightening.

Long-term sitting down is now linked to more chronic illness and ill health such as heart disease, lung disease, diabetes etc than smoking is.

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 BALANCE

Simple Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp Every Day

Simple Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp Every Day

The great thing about brain training is that it doesn’t require anything fancy, it’s more about building small habits that challenge your mind in different ways. Reading a book, even for just a few minutes a day, helps your brain stay engaged. Solving puzzles, like crosswords or Sudoku, also gives your brain a workout, pushing it to think critically and solve problems. It’s not about doing these things perfectly. It’s about keeping the brain active and flexible, like any other muscle.

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Some Simple Ways To Make A Wedding Less Stressful

Some Simple Ways To Make A Wedding Less Stressful

Weddings are famously stressful to plan for, but this doesn’t actually mean that they have to be. If you are planning a wedding and you want to try and make sure it goes to plan, but that it is also not so stressful throughout, there are a lot of things you might want to bear in mind here. If you can do the following, you should find that you are going to have a much less stressful wedding, and that it really makes a huge difference to your whole experience, so let’s take a look right now.

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A Family Feast to Remember: The Roast Dinner at Manchester’s Blacklock

A Family Feast to Remember: The Roast Dinner at Manchester’s Blacklock

From the moment we stepped into Blacklock Manchester, it was clear this wasn’t your average Sunday lunch. With perfectly roasted meats, generous portions, and a warm, welcoming atmosphere, Blacklock delivered a family dining experience that ticked every box for our bustling brood. Exceptional service, unforgettable flavours, and a setting steeped in local history made this a feast we’ll be talking about for a long time. If you’re searching for the ultimate family roast in Manchester, Blacklock is a must-visit.

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Leftover Easter Chocolate BARK Smash!

Leftover Easter Chocolate BARK Smash!

I just wanted to share a little recipe that I’ve made with my kids, to get rid of the left over Easter egg chocolate that sits in the cupboard calling your name every time you walk past! It’s a chocolate bark smash full of lots of healthy ingredients that the kids will love to add along the way.

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A Family Feast to Remember: The Roast Dinner at Manchester’s Blacklock

From the moment we stepped into Blacklock Manchester, it was clear this wasn’t your average Sunday lunch. With perfectly roasted meats, generous portions, and a warm, welcoming atmosphere, Blacklock delivered a family dining experience that ticked every box for our bustling brood. Exceptional service, unforgettable flavours, and a setting steeped in local history made this a feast we’ll be talking about for a long time. If you’re searching for the ultimate family roast in Manchester, Blacklock is a must-visit.

BROOD LIVE Q & A AND TRYING NOT TO LAUGH AT WORK

Our co-founders Lolo Stubbs Author & Tom Pitfield Photography try to explain when the Early Bird finishes. Filmed by Rob Stubbs. They managed to hold it together for the final version, see below...

Drama school set up by Corrie star Tina O’Brien after she couldn’t find suitable acting class for her daughter celebrates 10th birthday

AWAY FROM WEATHERFIELD CORONATION STREET ACTRESS TINA O’BRIEN’S OWN DRAMA SCHOOL, THE DRAMA MOB, IS CELEBRATING ITS 10TH BIRTHDAY AFTER INTRODUCING A NEW GENERATION OF TALENT TO THE SOAP.

STEVE OLIVER, MUSIC MAGPIE CO-FOUNDER & CEO

Inspirational Dad of three Steve Oliver co-founded the globally renowned business musicMagpie in 2007, following the collapse of Music Zone (the business he was Managing Director of at the time). musicMagpie is a leader in the re-commerce of consumer technology (including smartphones, tablets, consoles and wearables), disc media (including CDs, DVDs and games) and books, with sustainability running to the very heart of its operations.

Effortless Hair Ideas for Busy Mums: Valentine’s Day Edition

Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to take a little extra time for yourself, even if you’re juggling a hectic schedule.

These simple, low-maintenance hairstyles will have you looking and feeling your best, whether it’s a romantic dinner, a family outing, or a cosy night in.

Effortless Glam: Easy Party Hair Tips for the Festive Season

As we dive into the festive season, the calendar fills up with Christmas parties, family gatherings, and glamorous events. While we all want to look our best, the chaos of December doesn’t leave much room for complicated beauty routines. The good news? Creating show-stopping party hair doesn’t have to be stressful or time-consuming! Here are my top tips to achieve easy, glamorous styles that’ll turn heads at every event.

Summer makeup trends: By Sally Rowe

SUMMER MAKE UP TRENDS Wanting to wake up your complexion from dull to full of colour? Here’s a view to an ultra glossy look with flushed cheeks that is a hit this summer. Mid tone blush is a new trending technique for blurring together your blush and under-eye makeup...

Auntie Cath Cooks Tandoori-Spiced Monkfish

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Interview with Mother Pukka – AKA Anna Whitehouse

Anna is formidable in her pursuit for equality in the workplace, fuelled by her passion to ensure that her girls, or any girls, don’t face a future where you can have your career snatched away from you just because you dared to have a baby; sadly this is something that Anna experienced first hand.

MUM OF 3 ON BUILDING A BRAND WHILST GROWING HER BROOD

"I DIDN’T REALLY KNOW WHERE TO START, BUT I JUST HELD ON TO THE FACT THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!" Successful business owner and Mum of three, Sophie Davies, has carved an incredible path for herself - and some might say she has defied all odds since becoming a mum for...

Sitting is the new smoking

Yes, you read that right.

And that is frightening.

Long-term sitting down is now linked to more chronic illness and ill health such as heart disease, lung disease, diabetes etc than smoking is.

Charlie Condou on co-parenting

CHARLIE CONDEAU © TOM PITFIELD PHOTOGRAPHYCharlie Condou is a successful British Actor, Columnist and LGBTQ+ Rights Activist - not forgetting his most important role – a doting dad of two, to Georgia, 12, and Hal, 9. For as long as Charlie can remember, he always had...

KATE DEVINE’S: Pink NO BAKE RASPBERRY & CHOCOLATE ENERGY BARS

BARBIE MOVIE HEALTHY SNACKS With the New Barbie Movie turning all things Pink. We thought it would be a good way to reintroduce Kate Devine's No Bake Pink Healthy Energy Bars to make with your little ones over the summer hols. ********* Updated: July 2023 I’m sure...

Are you camp Dry January or camp Ginuary? Cocktail Recipes for both!

Are you in camp Dry January or camp Ginuary? It’s the first year we’d heard about Ginuary, not sure how we’ve missed it in previous years, but we were keen to find out more about it – is it just another hashtag or is there more to it than? Effectively Ginuary is simply a counterpoint to Dry January or Dryanuary.

LIFE WITH THE BYES: JAMES AND VICTORIA BYE

Parents of three, (soon to be four) Actor James Bye, and Blogger Victoria Bye, have had a whirlwind few years, as their children came along at the same time as their careers started to soar.

Bank Holiday Baking with Kate Devine

Sticky BB Brownies – packed full of polyphenols and prebiotics to help support the gut

How to make your own Easter Egg

How to make an Easter Egg using a balloon and some chocolate, by renowned chocolatier Oli Dunn

GET CLOSER TO DINOSAURS THAN EVER BEFORE AT JURASSIC WORLD: THE EXHIBITION!

JURASSIC WORLD: THE EXHIBITION We were lucky enough to be invited down for a special preview of Jurassic World:The Exhibition at the Trafford Centre which following its worldwide success came roaring into Manchester this week, and it did not disappoint!  We were...

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October, the month of spookiness and seasonal changes. I can’t tell you how many time I’ve discussed the weather with clients over the past month. A strange sentence to begin with, I know, but bear with… There’s been a definite shift in temperature and autumnal days…

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