Lifestyle
What Happens to your brain when you’re in love
People say love is like an addiction. According to some neuroscientists, they’re right! Romantic love can release so many happy-go-lucky neurotransmitters into your bloodstream that the effects can outdo some drugs. Here’s what happens in your brain when you stick with that special someone.IN THE BEGINNING….When you have butterflies in your stomach from meeting someone new, dopamine levels surge....
Want to work on a magazine?
Immerse yourself in the world of journalism, interview your favourite stars, write articles on issues that are important to you and write music, film and game reviews. Create and photograph a fashion shoot for the magazine and shoot a documentary DVD with your team mates.Sound good? You could gain support, guidance, a fantastic contacts list, qualifications and a leap...
Brick City Boutique
Brick City Boutique is back from the north after its debut with Basement Sessions Live, and is ready to raise the roof again at its home in Islington's Elbow Room. As well as an impressive lineup this month, we also have a huge range of Street inspired vendors on the stalls offering you the opportunity to get your hands...
Get fit by pole dancing
Pole fitness is taking the gym scene by storm! Get the low down here at Flavour on what it involves from an expert. Dance and tutor expert Louise Brown explains the start and rise to a new fitness crazeHow long have you been dancing? I have been dancing in general since I was three years old! I am now...
Work experience helps young people get jobs
Work experience drastically boosts young people’s job chances - sixty-nine percent of employers are more likely to hire someone who has already spent time in their business. The Populus survey of employers for the Department for Work and Pensions supports the old adage on getting a foot in the door. Even work placements completed elsewhere count as four in ten...
More fashion and mayhem – The Sex & the City girls are back!
The moment us girls have been waiting for is finally here – the return of the four ladies we love to laugh and cry with – Sex and the City's Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte are back with a vengeance!Yes, that’s right, Sex and the City 2 is hitting our screens May 28th, and it looks like it’s going...
Business Tools: Say good-bye to recession and take action by starting your own business
With the recession still having a strong grip on the UK, it appears that it’s young people who are bearing the brunt of our economic difficulties. Over a million 18- to 24-year-olds are currently not in education, employment or training, and the ones that do want to get into university are fighting for places that they are not guaranteed...
Men of Vision: Mr Hudson: Oh So Fly
The Golden Age of Hollywood glamour and style sometimes seems like a fairy tale in a far away land. Here Mr Hudson, D Boy, Lethal B, Reggie Yates and Griminal bring that era of elegance and enchantment back with a modern twist.The Golden Age of Hollywood glamour and style sometimes seems like a fairy tale in a far away...
Inspirational YOU, at Kingswood House
Following the successful launch of Inspirational YOU in March 2010, we have come back with another installment for you which takes places on the 25th July 2010 and is totally free.Come along and be inspired by women who have worked hard to achieve their successes and network with like minded individuals who want to make a difference.To be held...
X-Factor: Week 2
An incredible 12.6 million viewers tuned into last week’s first batch of eclectic auditions and this week, for the first time in four years the search began in Dublin, Louis Walsh’s haven. We also saw Katy Perry join the judging panel to fill in for Danni Minogue who was on maternity leave at the time of filming.Up first to...
Mind Your Words, You Don’t Know Who’s Watching
In a move the Home Office are calling key to tackling crime and terrorism, internet firms will be required to give one of three UK intelligence agencies, GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) access to user's real time communications. This means, they will be able to access your communications as they are happening. When the last Labour government attempted something similar,...
Walk of Fame Celebrates 50th Anniversary
The famous Hollywood Walk of Fame run by the organisation PRS for Music just celebrated its 50th anniversary boasting a record number of 2,400 stars and royalties.The huge number high profile names means that the walk is now 3 and a half miles long, showing off those who have made significant contribution to the film and recording industry, broadcast...
Love is a losing game university tour – 2 shows left
Written and co-directed by emerging playwright and director Babi Isako, ‘Love Is A Losing Game’ is based on a group of friends in their final year of University. It’s time to decide whether to hold on, or to let go and forget the past. Played by a remarkably talented cast, we join the friends on their journey through the...
The NCDV Launch Campaign for Male Victims of Domestic Violence
It’s not only women who suffer from domestic violence. Brace yourself for this shocking statistic - one man dies from domestic violence every 3 weeks.With 4 million men affected by domestic violence every year, the National Centre for Domestic Violence (NCDV) decided to do something about it - by launching a campaign to create awareness. The campaign will run...
A Million Dollar Smile for National Smile Month!
Get the L.A look with a bright white straight smile. How you ask? Well those clever people at Lumineers by Cerinate have a new technological breakthrough! An injection free painless veneer the size of a contact lens, so forget the old methods of grinding the teeth down; these little gems can be applied directly over your teeth for an...
Statement by Wyclef Jean on Haiti earthquake
The following is a statement by Wyclef Jean on yesterday's magnitude 7.0 earthquake outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti:"Haiti today faced a natural disaster of unprecedented proportion, an earthquake unlike anything the country has ever experienced.The magnitude 7.0 earthquake - and several very strong aftershocks - struck only 10 miles from Port-au-Prince.I cannot stress enough what a human disaster this is, and...
Sony partners Slenky to provide 25 young people the opportunity of a lifetime @slenkyshots
Sony has announced a six month partnership with social network Slenky in support of their new ‘Take Your Shot’ campaign - connecting creative young talent with their dream ‘shot’ (opportunity).Designed to help young people aged 18 – 24 channel their ideas and turn them into meaningful opportunities that bring them closer to their goal, ‘Take Your Shot’ will give...
ACS Kings & Queens: Jacqstar
Jacqui James, 20, maybe studying sociology but she’s revealing her creative sidethrough fashion with her emerging label Jacqstar. Here we talk to the south Londoner about her entry as a designer in ACS Kings and Queens – an inter-university beauty pageant.Why did you enter ACS Kings and Queens?: I entered ACS Kings and Queens initially because a friend recommended...
Cut the Fat: Your bodies working while you’re sleeping
Sleep is one of the most important aspects within a training regime and one of the most taken for granted. When you have consciously shut down and gone to bed that’s when your body is working, repairing and growing. An effective workout should reward you with some aching pains which we Fitness professionals call Delayed Onset of Muscle...
Kissing Frogs part 7
Every fortnight Zowie Edwards will be regaling Flavour readers with her dating tales from the Urban Jungle…….If last column’s date surprised me by being a million times yummier in the flesh than a two dimensional photo could ever suggest, this fortnight’s guy had, sadly, the exact opposite effect.Note to all internet daters: Be extremely wary of black-and-white photos. They...
Style Spy: Jessie J
Newcomer Jessie J is taking the music and fashion industries by storm, using patterned tights, bodycon lace and rock chic detailing to show she means business... Flavour spies that styles!Compiled by Sarah-Jane Adams
The Digital Age
Bloggers Delight Gospel Link 360 invites you to feel the music via an all-round social media experience... Not just an independent record label, but with a Youtube channel with more than 100 videos and thousands of hits, Gospel Link 360 are creating big waves within the blogsphere. We talk to Roger Moore to discover how vital social media is to this...
BASS Festival 2011
BASS Festival (British Arts and Street Sounds), the UK’s only month-long celebration of Black music and art, returns to Birmingham in June with a city-wide feast of urban culture.Now in its sixth year, BASS 2011 is bringing the theme of Revolution to Birmingham with a range of music, arts and fashion events in venues across the city.Ammo Talwar, founder...
Kissing Frogs part 3
Every fortnight I’ll be regaling Flavour readers with my dating tales from the Urban Jungle.It’s safe to say my last date was not the romance rollercoaster I hoped it might be. It takes me about 48 hours to recover from my monster hangover, during which time I keep getting hideous flashbacks of less-than-tactful things I said in my drunken...
Discount: Do you want fantastic photographs of yourself?
Get fantastic photographs of yourself in one-hour. Flavour Magazine and ICandy Studios have teamed up to offer you a discount photo shoot opportunity that does just thatThis one-hour package is perfect for rising music artists, entertainers or for building a portfolio for a budding modelling career. Have a great time and save money this summer.Images will be taken by talented...
Fashion Interview – Andrew Davis
From Paris to Milan, Arena Magazine’s Fashion Director Andrew Davis has a front row seat to fashion! Casting models, sourcing the latest designs and styling shoots is all in day’s work at Britain’s monthly men’s style magazine. Here’s what he had to say…How did you first get started working in the fashion industry? I was working as a...
Race for Life Celebrity Charity Single
I have personally had close family members that have died or been affected by Cancer so I am a big supporter of the organisations doing their best to discover a cure for this.The Cancer Research UK celebrity charity single – ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’ is coming out on 26th April and will be available from 800 Tesco...
Plants and flowers can be a source of pleasure, joy and pride in the garden and home.
But your beautiful blooms have long lost cousins which may look just as pretty but contain a few lethal surprises in the form of deadly chemicals The infographic above presented by Spalding Bulb shows how plants across the world have developed poisons which can kill everything from tiny insects and rodents to full-grown adults. It just goes to show that not...