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As the nights draw in, the trees leaves begin to rust and crispy, bright days turn to cold, cosy nights, there is no mistaking that fall is in the air. Ah October, a time of year that favours evenings in around a fire, bundled under blankets with loved ones, all the while sipping on hot...
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I know this is a bit late, but the bombings that occurred in Brussels last week made me flinch and grind my teeth with anger. This is not how Belgium should become a household place name, it’s not how people should hear of Brussels or see its architecture, beauty and culture. I’m sad to see...
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Trying to stay healthy is easier said than done and if you are like me, then you don’t have the strongest willpower. I am constantly craving chocolates after dinner and always wanting salty snacks in between meals. Kicking those bad habits can be really tough often nothing but a failure trying to do so. So...
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As the holiday that trumps even Christmas for the amount of chocolate shovelled into your gob in a single day, Easter normally induces a sugar coma of immense proportions. I’m talking sugar sweats, feeling borderline nauseous for the whole bank holiday and being able to feel your teeth rot in your head. But hey, it’s...
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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....
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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...
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As soon as you unwrap the lustrous foil around a bar of rich chocolate, the irrevocably seductive smell of the cocoa bean intoxicates your senses. The smooth round edges, tempered finish and deep rich colours of chocolate make it the most guilty pleasure in the world. Chocolate celebrates with us when we achieve our goals,...
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Chocolate, some may argue, is one of the most addictive substances available to us on the planet. It certainly is for the chocoholic that I know, with coffee coming a very close second. It all began when as a small child she lived off purely sweet substances. Cakes, sweets, ice cream; the higher the sugar...
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It’s probably quite difficult to imagine what the chocolate and fashion industries could possibly have in common aside from both being loved by women everywhere, but they actually share something else; a growing commitment amongst their respective brands to ethical production. The chocolate industry is increasingly welcoming the Fairtrade scheme, ensuring that all growers, farmers,...
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Chocolate and fashion; many a girls’ two favourite things and yet their relationship has always been an uneasy one. We are yet to meet a girl who can enjoy chocolate while wearing white without ending up with the evidence all down her front. And too much chocolate can mean that couture, the notoriously high maintenance...
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