Fidel Castro fathered at least 10 children by a string of women, says bookSeptember 27th, 2009 LONDON - Cuban leader Fidel Castro has at least 10 children from his relationships with a string of women, if a new book is to be believed. Even though discussing his womanising ways is strictly taboo on the Caribbean communist outpost, journalist Ann Louise Bardach has thrown light on Castro's philandering in her book 'Without Fidel'.
Good Housekeeping mag recruits volunteers to test vibrators!September 9th, 2009 LONDON - Good Housekeeping magazine bosses have recruited a group of 100 women to test the best vibrators on the market. They have asked the women between 30 to 65 to test the vibrator and rate them on ease of use, instructions, noisiness and, most importantly, satisfaction rating.
20pct of Brit women go to work knickerless!August 20th, 2009 LONDON - Almost twenty percent of British women have gone to work without wearing their knickers, says a new book. The book titled '8 Out Of 10 Brits' by Charlie Croker has revealed that women own 22 pairs of knickers on average - and nearly 1in 5 has gone to work knickerless.
Britain's most avid reader, 91, borrows 25,000th library book!July 30th, 2009 LONDON - A Brit pensioner is on the brink of borrowing her 25,000th library book - without incurring a single fine for late returns. Louise Brown, 91, is an avid reader and has almost worked her way through her local library's entire stock.
Brit churches urged to give special treatment to bald, fat folksJuly 26th, 2009 LONDON - A Church of England guidance is being issued to clergy suggesting that churches should try harder to make bald and overweight people feel welcome. The book, called Everybody Welcome, published this week suggests that bald and overweight people should be regarded as worshippers with "special needs" alongside the blind, the deaf, breast-feeding mothers, very short people and readers of tabloid newspapers.
Top 10 books British Women would Take to a Desert islandJuly 7th, 2009 LONDON - Middle-aged women in Britain like to read books about sex, according to a new survey. In the poll involving 2000 women between 45 and 60, 35pct said that romantic fiction was the most popular genre.
Soon, black and white e-readers to be replaced by colour versionMay 18th, 2009 LONDON - An American company is gearing up to replace black and white e-book readers with a colour version, expected to be on the market by the end of 2010. E Ink Corporation of Cambridge, Massachusetts, says that it will be demonstrating a colour version of its e-paper at the Society for Information Display conference in San Antonio, Texas, on May 31.
Freida Pinto among world's top 10 sexiest womenApril 23rd, 2009 LONDON - 'Slumdog Millionaire' star Freida Pinto appeared in the chart of world's sexiest women for the first time in the British men's lifestyle magazine FHM. She debuted in at the 10th position in the magazine while singer Cherly Cole topped the list, reports thesun.co.uk.
New novel by 'Da Vinci Code' authorApril 21st, 2009 LONDON - Celebrated author Dan Brown has completed the last book in his Da Vinci Code trilogy, a month ahead of the release of movie prequel 'Angels and Demons'. The new book 'The Lost Symbol' is slated to hit bookstores in September.
Oz author's 'Just Do It' sex moan raises stinkApril 5th, 2009 WELLINGTON - Sex researcher Bettina Arndt has come under fire over her book 'The Sex Diaries: Why Women Go Off Sex and Other Bedroom Battles', which suggests women to go for sex even when they don't feel like doing it. The book has caused a stir in Australia, sparking dozens of blog posts and stories in newspapers, magazines, and on television.
Mills and Boon set to launch online social-networking siteApril 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Famed romantic book publisher, Mills and Boon, is set to launch its own social networking website. The site, which functions like any other social net working site, will enable fans to create their own blogs and personal pages, and will also feature a photo and information page connecting friends and fellow fans.
66pc of Brit women watch pornApril 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Sixty six percent of women watch porn, says a shocking new British survey. The study conducted by The Sun claimed that nearly nine out of ten men - 88 per cent - view it.
Just do it: sex therapist's advice to wivesMarch 24th, 2009 SYDNEY - Here's an incendiary question: Before women's liberation, when it was mostly sex on demand for husbands, was the marital bed such a wasteland for wives?
Psychologist Bettina Arndt, author of a book whipping up huge waves in Australia, answers that women might actually have had more satisfying sex lives in those bad old days before the patriarchal system broke up and women gained the same rights not to have sex that men always had. 'Was it that all horrible, sex, or did some women enjoy it, did some women start to enjoy it once they got going?' Arndt said.
Slumdog is a success for the India story: Vikas Swarup (Interview)January 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Diplomat-author Vikas Swarup is more than a millionaire now. But all the global adulation and limelight that has stalked 'Slumdog Millionaire', the movie version of his acclaimed novel 'Q and A', hasn't touched him.
Pamela Anderson planning to gift book to Bush, ObamaDecember 24th, 2008 LONDON - Former 'Baywatch' actress Pamela Anderson is planning to gift outgoing US President George W. Bush and his successor Barack Obama a copy of her favourite book - Ingrid Newkirk's 'One Can Make A Difference'.
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