Arts, Crafts & Hobbies
Get creative! 7 interesting craft ideas to try at home
While we’ve been spending more time at home, many of us have turned our hand to creative activities like painting and drawing, to develop some new skills and express ourselves. From hand knitting to tie dye; hopefully these 7 creative crafts will leave you feeling...
Silent bright sparks! How solitude enriches creative work
Collaboration is key to creativity, but exceptional creativity often happens in solitude. Many great artistic masterpieces were done in isolation. You can benefit from interacting and brainstorming with others, but awesome creative work can be achieved by...
Groovy time: Why 1966 was the greatest year of the century!
The Beatles, Swinging London, mini skirts and Mini cars - what a great time it was to be young. We look back at a remarkable year. What a wonderful year it was,to be young–or let’s be more specific, to be young and British. Of all the so-called Swinging...
Once upon a time… How to write a novel in 10 steps
New York Times bestselling author Michelle Richmond explains that the first thing you need to know about writing a novel is that there are no easy answers. The second thing you need to know is that there’s no magic formula. Every novel demands its own structure, its...
Productive pastimes: 16 cool new hobbies to take up in 2018
If you’ve ever found yourself wishing that you could just stop watching Netflix and do something productive with your time, this one’s for you. Mostly because a lot of these new hobbies could be done while watching your latest shows so you can multitask like a...
The joy of learning to play a musical instrument later in life
More people in their 50s and 60s are finding that taking up a musical instrument or singing improves their lives in many ways. Fourteen years ago, on the eve of her retirement as a newspaper columnist, Nancy Beeghly of Youngstown, Ohio, decided to learn to play...
Crazy Carvings! Amazing pumpkin art by Ray Villafane
Ray Villafane’s relationship with pumpkins began rather early in his life. Born in a poor farming family, he found himself having to whittle his own toys out of wood as times were very hard for Pa’ Villafane. As things got worse he was forced to give up using...
Try something different: Hobbies and interests for over 50’s
Try something different: Hobbies and interests for over 50’s Everyone has an interest. Interests may be in sports, the arts, the home or anywhere else. Alone time hobbies are quite huge; people of today have lots of it and the need to try different things can...
It’s never too late LOL! 8 Comics who were late bloomers
It’s never too late LOL! 8 Comics who were late bloomers Here is a list of comedians, ranging from stand-ups to writers, who didn’t make it until they were well into their thirties or older. So why not get writing and the joke will soon be on us! Ricky...
The UK’s Top 10 museums and art galleries outside of London
The UK's Top 10 museums and art galleries outside of London London is a city filled with brilliant museums and art galleries, but what can often be overlooked is the host of fantastic museums and galleries in the UK outside of the nation’s capital. This list is by no...
Wellies at the ready! The history of the Glastonbury Festival
Wellies at the ready! The history of the Glastonbury Festival The highly anticipated Glastonbury Festival has been running for 46 years, bringing in millions of festival-goers and performers for this musical extravaganza. Situated near Pilton in...
It’s never too late to try something new: Those who were inspired to write or paint after the age of 50
It’s never too late to try something new: Those who were inspired to write or paint after the age of 50 The old saying that “there’s life after 50″ sounds like a quaint soundbite designed to give us older folk some hope as we head into the latter half of our...