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I’m hopeless at wrapping, what should I do?

  Dear Agony Aunt, I’m in a bit of a pickle. I’ve left my Christmas shopping until the last minute, but I’ve set aside just enough time this week to go out and get what I need. While I have managed to organise my gift buying with moments to spare, I won’t actually have enough time to wrap any of them. I’m hopeless at wrapping at the best of times, and with basically no time at all I don’t think I’m going to be able to get it done. What do you think I should do? Is it acceptable to...

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From a Man on the Moon to Jeff Goldblum at your dinner table – your favourite 2015 Christmas TV adverts

There was a time when you were at least allowed to celebrate Guy Fawke's night before all the Christmas TV adverts came out, but this year Christmas has most definitely beaten the Gunpowder Plotter to it, as every advert break on telly since the start of November has been stuffed full to the gills with Christmassy glittery-ness. Seems there's no avoiding it, so which one do you prefer? The top three 2015 Christmas advertising campaigns as voted by you In a Mailonline poll, the John Lewis advert was the runaway winner with over 70% of all votes. 'Man on the...

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Adele is back – and what happened when David Attenborough said ‘Hello’ to Adele!

Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the past couple of weeks, you'll know that a certain London girl is back. Yes, Adele has reappeared after a three year hiatus to dazzle us with her brand new single 'Hello' which is currently number one in over 85 countries. But what has Britain's favourite naturalist got to do with the nation's favourite singing sweetheart? Well, when the legend that is Attenborough appeared on Greg James's BBC Radio 1 show recently, the cheeky DJ asked David to do one of his classic cool, calm and very observational commentaries to Adele's new...

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Delving into the Great British mind – what Britons search for on the internet

Have you ever wondered what the most popular things people search for on the internet are? Well, we did and one day we got our IT boffins here at IntotheBlue.co.uk to do some serious number crunching and they came up with some fascinating results… Who searches for what on the internet? We've got the answers As one of the UK's leading on-line suppliers of gift experiences, we have hundreds of thousands of visitors per year who come to our website to browse and buy their activity gift vouchers. All that means we've got a mind-bogglingly in-depth source of information to...

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James Bonds Best Gadgets

With the release of Spectre - which stars Daniel Craig as James Bond for a fourth time - just a week away we at intotheblue have begun thinking about all of the gadgets 007 has used to squeeze out of tight situations. Top technology is synonymous with Bond's slick style, and there are plenty of contenders that could make it onto our list of best gadgets - but then we would be here all day! So, we've selected six of our favourites to make things a bit more manageable. 1. Laser Watch When Pierce Brosnan first graced our screens as...

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