Category: Lifestyle

Over 50s shun pubs and partners who aren’t dog lovers!

2016-09-01 09:59:24

Over 50s shun pubs and partners who aren't dog lovers! - 98% of Brits say partner must get along with their dog - Just under ¾ of UK dog lovers search for dog friendly pubs - A third of dog loving Brits struggle to find a dog friendly pub at all - Paul O’Grady, pips Kate Middleton to top spot as nations favourite dog-owning celebrity As a nation of dog lovers, our four-legged friends matter so much to us that...Read more

Over 50s change their car more often than they change their mattress

2016-08-22 10:45:12

Consumers change their car more often than they change their mattress and bedding according to latest data produced by automotive experts, cap hpi. In recent years, the length of time motorists own a car has plummeted, creating a world where consumers are likely to change their car more often than they change their mobile phone or their bedding. Experts advise that mattresses should be changed every seven or eight years to ensure a good and healthy night’s sleep although in...Read more

Food and Drink Extravaganza at RHS Garden Rosemoor

2016-08-09 20:22:25

Month-long Arts, Crafts, Food and Drink Extravaganza at RHS Garden Rosemoor Throughout September and until 2 October, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Garden Rosemoor in Great Torrington, Devon becomes THE place to go if you’re into arts, crafts, food or drink. Rosemoor celebrates the rich heritage of arts and crafts, food and drink that the local area has to offer. Starting with the Artists’ Garden Exhibition on 2 September and culminating in the now-famous Rosemoor Apple Day on 2 October,...Read more

The over 50s want to know the top ten travel hacks

2016-07-30 16:55:03

Top 10 travel hacks from the experts Where better to gain insider knowledge on some terrific travel hacks than from those who fly for a living? British Airways' cabin and flight crew have shared their go-to gadgets to help customers get the low-down on their down-loads ahead of the holiday season. Naturally, the one travel-must-have that they all recommend is the British Airways app – available to download for free on multiple devices - it is the highest rated airline...Read more

Over 50s Rock n Rollers-don’t miss this!

2016-06-22 12:07:31

The Solid Gold Rock n Roll Show Overview Original ‘dreamboats’, Marty Wilde, Eden Kane, Mike Berry, and The Wildcats, as well as very special guest Mark Wynter, join forces in The Solid Gold Rock n Roll Show. The late fifties and early sixties were without doubt some of the most exciting and important years in the history of music. With the arrival of rock n’ roll, a whole new pop culture was born. Performing their own hits and collaborating live...Read more

Twenty years since the first BBC Proms in the Park

2016-06-02 13:05:19

Twenty years since the first BBC Proms in the Park in 1996, stars from the pop and classical worlds including girl band All Saints, 1980s pop icon Rick Astley, rock band The Feeling, tenor Juan Diego Florez, flautist Sir James Galway and Australian actor and comedian Tim Minchin, will join the Royal Choral Society, BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Richard Balcombe in London’s Hyde Park on Saturday 10 September to celebrate the finale to the 2016 BBC Proms festival. Britain’s...Read more

The BMW Group’s Hommage vehicles come together for the first time at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2016

With BMW’s centenary headline “The Next 100 Years” in mind, the BMW Group is bringing together, for the first time, the full line-up of Hommage vehicles unveiled over recent years. They will be joined on display at a special exhibition titled “Hommage and Concept Vehicles” in the Padiglione Centrale at Villa Erba by the models from the past that inspired them. The Hommage vehicles bridge the company’s past with its future in the form of exciting design studies. “With our...Read more

Affordable Ruby Wedding gift ideas

2016-05-28 17:48:04

Affordable Ruby Wedding gift ideas Where you married in 1976, or do you have friends or family who married in that year? A great clue to a mid seventies wedding will be the fashions, it may be a 'feather cut' or 'Farah' hairstyle, platform shoes or the occasional rainbow tank top on view! The wedding disco would have a great soundtrack perhaps some of the hits from the year, the year of Bohemian Rhapsody. 01 Brotherhood Of Man Save Your...Read more

Scoubidou

2016-05-20 19:38:30

We can thank legendary French crooner Sacha Distel for the schoolyard favourite of the 1950s ‘Scoubidou’, the art of knotting plastic strips together to form colourful bracelets. Distel's hit song Scoubidou coined the name originally adapted from the US song  ‘Apples, Peaches and Cherries’. Scoubidou also know by other names including boondoggle ,gimp, lanyard, scoubi, scoobie, and rex-lace originated in France in the 1950s and became quite the fad in 60s Britain. The art is enjoying a renaissance however many of...Read more