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Hello. My name is Briar and I am currently living in Wales. I make beautiful rugs on a peg loom from fleeces I buy from my neighbours.

Before that, for nearly 20 years, I lived in a beautiful cottage on a country estate, with no electricity. Our water came

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Celebrations & Holidays > Gift Advice Gift ideas for the sick and hospitalized: 8 of 30
When someone you care about is poorly, you naturally want to do everything you can to help them. If you are a close family member or friend you will be involved from day to day helping to make the patient more comfortable. Visits and practical help are, of course, the best gifts but the person may have plenty of support, or ... More..
Style & Beauty > Fashion Trends & Styles A look at the 80s' hip-hop fashion: 4 of 15
Hip-hop in the eighties, like jazz, was manifestation of the development of black culture who's lineage goes back to Africa. It was, and still is, a medium by which disadvantaged urban black artists could express their creativity. It encompassed many forms such as dance, mcing, rap, performance poetry, graffiti and can be co... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Discipline Strategies What do children learn by doing chores?: 14 of 52
Chores. Sounds like something tedious, deathly boring and hard work. A teenage girl when asked what children learn from doing chores replied: 'That your parents are lazy and exploit child labour.' Hm. Very funny. But couldn't there be an element of truth to this? What your children learn from doing chores depends upon your a... More..
Health & Fitness > Depression Antidepressants and weight gain: What you should know: 5 of 18
If you are taking anti-depressants and believe you are gaining weight because of it you should see your doctor. He may be able to prescribe a different drug, or help you in other ways to stop taking them. Each anti-depressant has a different list of side-effects and each person will be affected differently so that prescripti... More..
Food & Drink > Candy & Desserts The science behind making rock candy: 3 of 10
Want to know how to give your kids a science lesson which will have them asking for more? Make some candy! Guaranteed to have their attention fully riveted. Rock candy is easy to make and illustrates some fascinating chemical processes. The first step is to make a saturated solution, and here is the first part of your scienc... More..
Arts & Humanities > Asian History Facts about the Great Wall of China: 6 of 19
It used to be a popular saying amongst the Chinese that: 'You are not a man until you have walked the Great Wall'. To this day it is a popular trekking destination. It also used to be said that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made construct which can be seen from space. This isn't true. According to NASA's chief scie... More..
Sciences > Anthropology (Other) The link between human evolution and migration: 1 of 3
The theory of evolution, as put forward by Mr Darwin in 1859, refers to the development of more primitive species into more advanced ones through natural selection over time. Our genus, 'Homo' is more advanced than the genus which preceded it, called Australopithecus. Our own species, H. sapiens sapiens, is more advanced tha... More..
Sciences > Archaeology Human evolution: A timeline: 4 of 11
Whether we agree that we are descended from apes or not, we do know for sure that modern humans have not always existed. There has been a progression from less advanced to more advanced species. A timeline is useful when considering this progression, but it can only be used as a rough guide to what happened when. Bearing thi... More..
Sciences > Zoology Genetic variations and evolution: 3 of 8
In 1953 Watson and Crick, of Cambridge University, published the first big breakthrough in our understanding of how genetic variation works on evolution. Before this, we knew that there is genetic variability, and that it is the driving force of evolution, but we didn't know the actual mechanism. We shall come back to Watson... More..
Relationships & Family > Dating Psychology Anatomy of a codependent relationship: 12 of 31
You're sitting in the kitchen weeping. Again. He's upstairs snoring in a drunken stupor. There's a bruise coming up on the side of your head because he's landed one on you. Luckily it is under your hair where no one will see it. You should have known better than to nag him about his drinking. It only makes him feel defensive... More..