Whether the origins of Christmas link back to Christianity or pagan festivities that celebrated Winter, the truth is that the essence of this holidays has been corrupted by the greedy religion of marketing. In some households, the love of sharing of Christmas Day lasts for just that, one day. If on the 24th children go...Read More
A whopping 65% of us will go online this Christmas day, according to a specially commissioned study by open cloud company Rackspace. So if your sitting at home reading this in between opening presents and eating your body weight in brussels feel safe in the knowledge that you are in fact part of the majority!...Read More
If you haven’t been to Bristol, you should go. And if you do decide to go, go at Christmas. I went to bristol for the first time last year, after my sister moved there for university and I feel in love with the place. For one the shopping is brilliant, from Cabot Circus for all your...Read More
For me Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without all my family, the massive tree adorned with red baubles and the best dinner of the year, all washed down with copious amounts of bubbly champagne. But it’s not just Christmas Day we make a big deal out of in our household, it is the whole festive season....Read More
Sophie Maguire asks “Is it incessant greed, pride or just plain consumer brainwashing that has us spending money we just realistically don’t have?” Nowadays Father Christmas is quite possibly a sexual deviant, carolers are hooded yobs looking to make a quick buck, toy stores are crowded and overflowing with spoilt children and our time-honoured Christmas...Read More
Travelling long-haul for the very first time is an exciting but daunting prospect for me. Not only am I unsure whether I am physically able to sit for 12 hours without losing my mind (and that’s only part one of the journey), I have found the preparation part extremely tricky. How do I pack for...Read More
So there is now one week to go until the big day. It’s normally around this time, after traipsing round a million shops and nursing yet another Christmas party hangover, that we start to wonder why the hell we bother anyway! There are presents to wrap, trees to decorate and Christmas songs to be badly...Read More
Mulled wine, ice skating, roasting chestnuts, the Kardashian christmas card…Ok so probably not where you saw that list leading but believe it or not the K clans annual xmas offering is becoming as synonymous with the festive season as Santa Claus himself. And 2013’s eagerly anticipated card – shot by renowned commercial photographer David LaChapelle...Read More
The winter always comes with the promise of looking chic and having a glamours festive filled time. We picture strolls in auburn carpeted parks wrapped up in snugly knits and luxe fur hats, our shiny locks tumbling to the side in soft ringlets and a glow to our cheeks from the nip of the crisp...Read More
From multi-coloured shell suits and curly perms to over exaggerated makeup and ill fitting leg warmers, its hardly difficult to understand why the 80s hasn’t got the best of reputations. So tarnished with a plethora of unflattering stereotypes the era often gets overlooked, but here at Semple we are far from washing our hands of...Read More
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