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Here you can find guest posts from local bloggers, experts and anyone else with a passion to share. At the end of every post is a link to their own blog or website, so if you enjoy the post, take a look.

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Sunday Afternoon Baking: Victoria Sponge

Steve Hutton, Wednesday 22 February 2012

The humble Victoria Sponge is a British baking icon, and has been since the 1850s where the cake was rumoured to originate from.

The story tells of Anna, the Duchess of Bedford, creating this cake in the era of Queen Victoria for an afternoon treat. The tradition has lived on strong as us Brits still enjoy a slice of this sponge with our afternoon tea on a regular basis. It must be the simplicity and universal appeal of the sweetened cream and jam between two layers of soft and moist sponge...

Amongst other things, Steve Hutton is the office baker for Nationwide Vehicle Contracts.

Healthy & Sustainable Weight Loss Tips

Lucy Jones, Monday 16 January 2012

The number one mistake people make with New Year’s Resolutions is too much, too fast.

We try to attack every last indiscretion and push beyond our tolerance boundaries, which leads to falling off the wagon. This year, pick a maximum of 3 small, achievable goals, and keep them SMART – Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time framed...

Lucy Jones is an expert dietician at Bodycraft – one of London’s leading purveyors of private weight loss surgery based at Parkside Hospital.

Chelsea Buns Using A Breadmaker

Nigel Thomas, Friday 13 January 2012

My wife and I have enjoyed this Chelsea Bun recipe over the last couple of years using our bread maker.

Not only does it make the whole process so easy, but it is also far less messy too. And we always end up with a batch of sixteen delicious tasting buns...

Nigel Thomas and his wife run a website featuring best bread maker reviews with the all latest models available.

Nice Drives Near London

Rob Powell, Friday 13 January 2012

Anyone who enjoys driving will, on occasion, feel the need to get behind the wheel and ‘just drive’. You don’t necessarily want to go anywhere; you simply want to enjoy the open road.

So we have compiled 5 drives you can enjoy to get you out of the city for a day, because it can be difficult to find a nice stretch of tarmac to tootle along...

Rob Powell works for confused.com, the car insurance comparison website.

Entering The Final Straight

Jon Watt, Monday 26 December 2011

Looking at the year ahead it’s difficult to see past that fortnight in late summer when the greatest show on earth (or whatever the IOC publicity department is calling it these days), rolls into town.

For Londoners, and perhaps Britons in general, the four digits ‘2012’ are inseparable from the Olympic Games. We’ve lived with it ever since 2005, when Coe, Becks and co. managed to steal it from beneath Parisian noses...

Jon Watt is editor of the Clapham & Battersea and Fulham editions of Time & Leisure Magazine.

Living The Local Dream In 2012

Sarah Hodgson, Monday 26 December 2011

2012 is going to be a good year - we predict it at T&L.

We have had enough of gloomy prophecies from the national media and have decided that - provided we all pull together and support our local businesses and creative assets - this will be The Year of Being Positive...

Sarah Hodgson is a regular at local theatres, and Editor-in-Chief at Time & Leisure Media Group.

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