Topic: Paul Casciato

British keen to dine in, but no politicians please

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Britons are increasingly entertaining guests at home with dinner, film and karaoke nights, inspired by television shows on cookery and home entertainment, according to a survey.</p><p>More than half (53 percent) of the respondents to ...

New babysitting service for festival-loving parents

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - It used to be that once the kids came, most people gave up the rock and roll life of festivals, grungy tents and grooving to the music 'til late.</p><p>But now a new British childcare service ...

Most Britons talk, fret about fitness and do little

LONDON (Reuters Life!Nearly half (46 percent) of 2,047 adult respondents to a survey from National Health Service's new online NHS MidLifeCheck service said they needed to think more about leading a healthy lifestyle.Women own up to being the ...

Stephen Fry takes a break from tweets to write book

LONDON (Reuters) - British actor and notorious Twitter enthusiast Stephen Fry told fans who follow his musings on the micro-blogging site that he's taking a break from tweeting in order to write a book.Fry said in a " valediction" on his website ...

Briton to induce epileptic seizure as performance

LONDON (Reuters Life! ) - An epilepsy sufferer has courted controversy in Britain by creating a public performance in which she will attempt to bring on a seizure and allow the audience to film it on their mobile phones.Rita Marcalo, who suffers around ...

Dear Mum and Dad: please call me at university

LONDON (Reuters Life! ) - Nearly a quarter of British university students starting to live away from home would like their parents to call them once a day, a new study suggests.As new students get through " Freshers' Week," the survey of 256 attending ...