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As more and more people in the public eye are being caught shoplifting, psychologists are starting to address just what it is that motivates people to steal when they can afford to pay for the items. Barbara Staib explains: “There are people who go into a store and the opportunity arises. For some reason they rationalise, they convince themselves that it’s OK – for that moment. This is maladaptive behaviour – a way of coping with things that are going on in those people’s lives.” Not the people you wish to leave your armbanduhren with!

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Whilst thistles populate the Scottish highlands, when in the Scottish capital, one may need to turn towards flower delivery Edinburgh to see one as they are not quite so common in the city itself. The thistle is an ancient Celtic symbol that denotes nobility of birth and character. Since the reign of Alexander III in the years 1219 to 1286, the thistle has been the national emblem of Scotland and featured on the coins issued by James III in 1470. The Order of the Thistle was a high chivalric order of Scotland at the time, corresponding to its association with ...

In 1897, a section of the Angoni under Tsinco rebelled and though the rebellion was put down, the King Mpezeni accepted the Pax Britannica. This part of the country came to be known as North-Eastern Rhodesia. Cecil Rhodes asked his American scout Frederick Russell Burnham in 1895 to search for both minerals and ways through which to improve river navigation in the area. It was during this particular search that Burnham discovered a great wealth of copper deposits on the Kafue River. Prior to 1911, North-Eastern Rhodesia and North-Western Rhodesia were administered as two separate entities until they were merged ...

Dips his finger in a glass of water and flicks the drop at whomever he wishes to speak too. Excuses for being late the morning could be that I was playing the national lottery Brick Lane is a street steeped absolutely in history. Today it remains a pathway of resonant intrigue, a place of captivating sights and sound, which although it’s wilfully bohemian gravitas may be waning in favour of other more obscure corners, the flaneur still walks to see and be seen, and it follows that anyone passing through receptive can stroll the decaying street feeling a sense of ...

Tomorrow is December the first, so therefore, Christmas time is actually upon us! I refuse to acknowledge Christmas until it is actually officially December, so as of tomorrow I'm all for the festivities!

Shops can crank out the Christmas tunes and carols, I'm going to get myself out and get my Christmas shopping done. I've done not a single bit of it so far this year, so I really need to get on with it now. I get paid on Friday so this weekend is probably the most perfect time to get started with it all....