SchoolsSchools allow premium-priced yo-yo show, but for many parents it's a no-noAbout 350 schools allowing NED Show to provide 'motivational assemblies' in exchange for allowing sale of yo-yos inside schoolAbout 350 primary schools across Britain have allowed a troupe of yo-yo performers from an American company to give "motivational assemblies" this academic year, agreeing also to sell premium-priced yo-yos inside the school gate for a week afterwards.
The NED Show tour, arranged by All For KIDS Inc, a firm based near Seattle, has divided opinion among British parents, many of whom have found themselves pestered to buy yo-yos for between £6 and £12 after their children have seen the toys showcased during school hours. Read More...
Wedding season is just around the corner, bringing with it a bona fide excuse to go shopping for a whole host of chic summer dresses.
But with the desire to be the best-dressed guest comes a raft of sartorial dilemmas. Midis or maxis? Wrap-neck or high neck? And what on earth to do about shoulders?
To save you scrolling time, we present to you to a dress that will carry you through all your springtime celebrations, courtesy of everyone's high street hero, Primark. Read More...
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Independent Bookstores Oh, no! Trouble on the tracks! Christina Baker Kline's Orphan Train has collided with the circus caravan from Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants, and out of that wreck has come Pam Jenoff's The Orphan's Tale. The novel is a magical carnival saga, a bit grittier than either of its antecedents, and with more at stake. Read More...
