The first thing is to prevent the patient from injuring themselves or others. The safest place to be is on the floor, so try to help the person to lie down gently on the floor or at least get onto a safe piece of furniture. You should also move all nearby... (read more)

First of all: has your boss actually done or said anythng that counts as bullying, harassment etc? 'Psycopath' could mean a lot of things. You... (read more)

It has several different meanings. The most literal meaning is as an adjective to do with cork, and cork is the wood of the cork... (read more)

Offshore banking is keeping money in a country or area where the owner of the money is not a resident. The term started in the UK to describe the... (read more)

If you have young children, more active, traditional games like Hunt the Thimble are good (you can use any small object such as a ring.) simply send one person out of the room, hide the thimble or ring somewhere and ask the person back inside. Then everyone... (read more)

'Downton Abbey' was first shown on ITV in the UK in 2010. It is written by Julian Fellowes and its stars include Hugh Bonneville as the Earl of Grantham, Maggie Smith as his mother and Elizabeth McGovern... (read more)

I got a cheap one about a year ago because I wanted something to cook in while my kitchen was being refurnished. I was only expecting to need it... (read more)

An epileptic seizure is caused by a surge of electrical energy to the brain, which causes the messages passing between the brain cells to be mixed... (read more)

There are certain tours on which UK citizens may not need a visa to enter China - you can find exact information... (read more)

There is a lot to interest children just in London itself if it's their first trip - children usually love their first sight of the Buckingham... (read more)

The clocks are back at present - we are currently on Greenwich Mean Time, one hour behind Central... (read more)

To make completely authentic tandoori chicken you need a tandoor. This is a kind of clay oven shaped like a pot, and makes the food very hot so that you get that typical browned outside... (read more)

Most UK skiiers prefer Scotland. There are several resorts in Scotland, mainly... (read more)

This two-part drama aired TV in Britain in early January 2012. It's an adaptation of a novel by Charles Dickens, which was left unfinished when he died in 1870. In Dickens' novel, Edwin... (read more)

The title refers to Margaret Thatcher, who was Prime Minister of Britain from 1979 to 1990. She was, and still is, Britain's only female PM, and... (read more)

This was a Swedish film, the first of three based on the trilogy by the late Swedish writer Stieg... (read more)