How to take photos.. err, well we can all point a cube-ish piece of technology at an object and click a button, so how about - how to take good photos. From all the terrible photos we’re bombarded with on a daily basis on Facebook - it’s obvious that taking something aesthetically pleasing with your camera is a little bit of a higher task.

Money saving tips - here are a few, simple pieces of advice to help keep your pocketbook a little fatter. Be super-cheap without necessarily looking super-cheap.

Anyone panicking yet from the appearance of summery clothing items appearing in store windows? Well, not to worry - if you start now, there’s plenty of time to get your body in the shape you want to show off on holiday. In order to help out all of you focusing on your fitness (and maybe myself a little bit), I asked the TasterLab personal trainers to share a few of their tips to help you get the most of your New Year fitness goals.

2011 - another year down, and the vast opportunity that is the year 2012 lies ahead. Many of us will use this new beginning as a chance to proclaim our New Year’s Resolution to change ourselves for the better whether that means leaving bad habits behind or taking on new goals for self-improvement. Whatever our goals might be - it’s a fact that come February 1st, most of us will have dropped off the super-excited-we’re-gonna-do-it-this-year! resolution wagon.

As the coldest season rapidly approaches and we all make any excuse to stay indoors and out of the weather - the best defense against heading out into the cold might be to just stay inside with a cocktail and prepare yourself a lovely liquid jacket. While everyone loves a nice glass of mulled wine or two (or three), here are some more autumn drink recipes if you’re looking to diversify your drinking endeavors.

Successful cooks both amateur and professional usually have an arsenal of tips and tricks they’ve discovered throughout their years of kitchen experiments and incidents. Thanks to the internet - we can do things the easy way and just mooch off of their trial and error versus going through the process ourselves. The internet wins again! So here are some of the best kitchen tips I’ve come across - maybe you can use them in one of our cooking courses in London and feel pretty savvy.

Prepare your pasties – it’s Burlesque Week in London! If you're unfamiliar with burlesque dancing, there’s a lot more to it than shimmying on stage. I caught up with Michelle L’amour (Miss Exotic World 2005) to explain a little more about the craft.

I don’t have to tell you how terrible it is to be stressed. It sucks – physically, mentally, for yourself and usually for the people around you too. So in lieu of being a terror/generally unpleasant, it’s good to take a minute and think of things you can do to ease some tension. But wait! You don’t have to because I just did it for you. See – you’re less stressed already.

If your mother is anything like mine, she’ll say, “Oh, you don’t have to worry about doing anything on Mother’s Day. You’re enough for me!” Most mothers truly mean this – they’re the tricky ones. The lovely thing is that all it takes to have a successful Mother’s Day celebration is spending a day with them.