Friday the 13th. If you are superstitious, those words may mean something to you. They may even make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up or cause a mini-shudder in your brain. As irrational or illogical as it may be, there are people who believe that...
It's Friday 13th! The unluckiest day in the calendar! It's well known that Friday 13th is an unlucky day, just as walking under a ladder is bad luck and so is breaking a mirror. But what about the other superstitions? We've compiled a list of thirteen superstitions from around...
Avocados are one of the healthiest natural foods in the world, packed full of vital nutrients, vitamins and minerals as well as being a great source of protein and fibre. Although they are extremely 'calorific' - the avocado is full of natural, healthy fats along with having lots of other...
Over the coming weeks, Bjournal will be filling you in on some of the best places to visit across the pond, giving you detailed information on what there is to do whilst experiencing these fascinating cities on your travels.
So where does our journey take you first? 'The Big Apple'...
Last week you may have read about Essena O’Neill, the Instagram famous Australian teenager ‘coming clean’ about the ‘perfect life’ she portrayed on social media. O’Neill had more than 600,000 Instagram followers and was making $2000AUS a post on her social media site. Until recently, it seemed that O’Neill...
At 11 o’clock this morning, Britain fell silent to remember those who fought for our country in both world wars. November 11th is the anniversary of the end of First World War, and the day is in memory of all those killed in conflicts since.
The Royal British Legion says:...
Do you have that friend that can paint their nails to top manicurist standard whilst curling their hair, ironing a shirt and coming up with a solution to combat climate change? Do you devote all your attention to paining your nails only to have them look like you’ve done...
When John Lewis releases their Christmas advert, you know its time to officially get festive. This years was hotly anticipated and racked up over 4 million YouTube views and 47 thousand retweets within the first day – and it hasn’t even been on television yet.
Like every year since 2007,...
In a previous article, bjournal mentioned adult colouring books as a way of destressing at the end of a long day and now we have found the perfect adult colouring book for Brightonians to settle down with in front of the TV. The Beautiful Brighton colouring book is a...
Today is National Stress Awareness Day. For a long time, people suffering from the effects of stress were ridiculed, told they were making it up and that suffering from stress wasn’t a serious health issue. Now, however, we are slowly beginning to understand the effect stress has on us,...
