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Basic tips for staying healthier throughout winter

<p dir="ltr">The cooler months are just around the corner and the last thing we want is to not feel our ultimate best.</p> <p dir="ltr">We can all admit that we’d rather be in bed under a warm blanket, watching TV, bingeing on junk food rather than going out to the gym, or making healthy foods because takeout is so much easier.</p> <p dir="ltr">However, it is just as important to stay fit and healthy in winter as it is in summer.</p> <p dir="ltr">Below are the Top Six ways to do just that. </p> <ol> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><strong>Eat immune boosting foods</strong></p> </li> </ol> <p dir="ltr">To ensure an ultimate healthy lifestyle, it is recommended to stick to foods from the five food groups. </p> <p dir="ltr">Need a refresher? They include: vegetables and legumes/beans, fruit, lean meat, fish, poultry, grains and cereal, milk, cheese and yoghurt. </p> <p dir="ltr">Stay on top of your Vitamin C which is in most fruits and veggies.</p> <p dir="ltr">Zinc is just as important and could be found in most animal products, nuts and seeds.</p> <p dir="ltr">Iron is also one to stay on top of which can be found in meat, beans, lentils and even spinach.</p> <ol start="2"> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><strong>Drink water</strong></p> </li> </ol> <p dir="ltr">Water is just as important in the cooler months as it is in the warmer seasons. </p> <p dir="ltr">Stay hydrated however is not just limited to water, you can drink as much soup, tea as you want and it all helps. </p> <ol start="3"> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><strong>Stay active</strong></p> </li> </ol> <p dir="ltr">The weather may not be in your favour but there are many fun indoor activities you can get up to.</p> <p dir="ltr">Indoor rock climbing, obstacle courses, dance class…whatever tickles your fancy.</p> <p dir="ltr">Or just join the gym.</p> <ol start="4"> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><strong>Limit the alcohol intake</strong></p> </li> </ol> <p dir="ltr">Alcohol affects our mood, sleep and energy levels which in turn can leave us feeling more stressed and exhausted.</p> <p dir="ltr">It also increases the risk of having a stroke, high blood pressure, heart disease, liver disease and cancers.</p> <p dir="ltr">We’re not saying to give it up completely, but it will help a lot if you reduce how much you drink.</p> <ol start="5"> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><strong>Practice good hygiene </strong></p> </li> </ol> <p dir="ltr">After three years of the pandemic this should be second nature. </p> <ol start="6"> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><strong>Get some Vitamin D</strong></p> </li> </ol> <p dir="ltr">Take advantage of the good weather whenever it arrives.</p> <p dir="ltr">When you see the sun, pop on some sunscreen, shades and hat and go out for a walk in the park, at the beach or grab a coffee with some friends. </p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Shutterstock</em></p>

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From rock carvings to rock music – the prevalence of bees in art throughout human history

<p>With a looming <a href="https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/how-world-can-head-looming-biodiversity-crisis">biodiversity crisis</a> and concerns over <a href="https://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1194910/icode/">food security and sustainability</a>, bees are frequently making <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/25/the-insect-apocalypse-our-world-will-grind-to-a-halt-without-them">news headlines</a>.</p><p>The importance of bees in our society as pollinators and honey producers appears to have led to their increased popularity in many artistic endeavours, such as film, social media, gaming and contemporary art. </p><p>Is this new fascination with bees a recent phenomenon? In <a href="https://brill.com/view/journals/artp/aop/article-10.1163-22134913-bja10031/article-10.1163-22134913-bja10031.xml">our new study</a>, we explored how bees are represented throughout different cultures, time periods and art mediums. </p><p>Their representation in art would tell us how people at different times perceived bees, which we also found has led to bees being a source of inspiration for different art forms.</p><h2>Bee art throughout time and cultures</h2><p>Bees have been depicted in carvings, jewellery, coins, songs, tools and sculptures for thousands of years. One of the first known depictions of bees is in the form of rock art from 8000 BCE in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuevas_de_la_Ara%C3%B1a">the Spider Caves (Cuevas de la araña) in Spain</a>. It shows a person climbing a ladder to collect honey from a hive.</p><p>We examined the history of bees in culture and art from China, Central America, South America, and Australia. Centuries before the introduction of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_honey_bee">European honeybees</a>, human societies in Central and South America had a close relationship with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingless_bee">native stingless bees (Meliponini)</a>.</p><p>Advanced agricultural societies like the Mayans developed apicultural techniques (The raising and care of bees for commercial or agricultural purposes) and kept native bees in their homes. Some gods in their pantheon were consecrated as protectors of the hives, while others were often represented in postures resembling landing bees in sculptures adorning temples.</p><p>While Chinese art has a long history of representing plants, it was during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_dynasty">Tang Dynasty (618-907)</a> that honeybees started to be represented in poetry and painting, when formal beekeeping and the use of bee products in traditional medicine increased. </p><p>Prior to the Tang Dynasty bees were regarded with suspicion due to the capacity of some bees to sting, revealing how a positive aesthetic representation of bees developed with an improved understanding of the value of bees to our <a href="https://brill.com/view/journals/artp/aop/article-10.1163-22134913-bja10031/article-10.1163-22134913-bja10031.xml">environment and well-being</a>.</p><h2>Bee sounds in art culture and music</h2><p>The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9naKEy1v6Lw">buzzing sounds and signals</a> bees make have intrigued humans for centuries. Indeed, the “drone” music style popularised by the Beatles <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHNbHn3i9S4">Tomorrow Never Knows</a> in name originates from Old English words representing male bees. </p><p>To the ear, ancient instruments like Australia’s First Nations Didgeridoo, Scottish Bagpipes, and India’s Tanpura resemble the rich and mesmerising drone sound of bees, and the ethnic communities of Southwestern China made special bee drums to celebrate cultural links to bees. </p><p>Bee-inspired music and song vary to accommodate the wide variety of experiences and emotions humans attempt to convey. In Britain during the 17th Century, Charles Butler scored the angelic <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2eonteQEps">Melissomelos</a> from his keen observations of bee “voices” and their societal structure. </p><p>In popular music, bees have been called upon to express <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl4HZSzXMKc">human emotions</a>, and explore <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAJopwEYv8">musical dynamics and mastery</a>. </p><p>Today, co-species collaborations like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UevWXcSkiNg">“Into”</a> by the music group Be directly employ honeybee sounds to present new ways of making music, while also promoting the plight of the precious providers.</p><h2>Bees and architecture</h2><p>Bees are some of <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00900/full">nature’s best architects</a>. The hexagonal structures in honeybee hives have inspired building design and architecture throughout the world, <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3034770/a-beehive-for-humans-designed-so-we-can-live-on-mars">as well as futuristic designs for Mars</a>. These bee-inspired buildings are evidenced across time and cultures, and represent different design goals. In some cases, bee inspired architecture forms the most stable and efficient structures. </p><p>Other buildings aim to highlight the importance of bees to humans. For example the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive_(New_Zealand)">New Zealand parliament’s “beehive” building</a> pays homage to the efficiency and cooperation of bees, and the experimental architecture of The Hive, which is a 14 metre aluminium lattice cuboid built to bring attention to <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36542080">honeybee decline</a>. Modern designs such as these reflect the perceived value of living or working like honeybees.</p><h2>Bees in film and video games</h2><p>Bees are increasingly represented in screen culture for both entertainment and environmental messaging like in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_Movie">Bee Movie (2007)</a>. In the worldwide gaming phenomenon, Pokémon, the designs of a number of the imaginary creatures are based on bees, like female <a href="https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Combee_(Pok%C3%A9mon)">Combees</a> that collect resources for their colony.</p><p>Our work reveals bees have long played an important role in human society as pollinators, sources of nutrition as well as artistic inspirations and muses. </p><p>However, as many bee species are not as common as they once were in the environment, there has never been a more important time to understand and communicate about bees.</p><p><em>Image credits: Getty Images</em></p><p><em>This article originally appeared on <a href="https://theconversation.com/from-rock-carvings-to-rock-music-the-prevalence-of-bees-in-art-throughout-human-history-173069" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Conversation</a>. </em></p>

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How the royal births have changed throughout the years

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Giving birth is an intimate, personal and life-changing event, but it wasn’t always that way for members of the Royal family.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the United Kingdom’s oldest institution have lived by rules, regulations and protocols that members of the Royal Family are expected to follow rigorously, including from how you speak, how you dress, even down to how you wave, it should come as no surprise that there are protocols for giving birth as well.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The world has seen many interesting royal traditions come and go when it surrounds the Royal family. Here are just a few.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Queen Victoria, who hated being pregnant and that “an ugly baby is a very nasty object – and the prettiest is frightful when undressed,” according to </span><a href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/queen-victorias-children/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">History Extra</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was about to change everything surrounding childbirth.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When Queen Victoria gave birth to her first child, she wasn’t allowed anaesthetics (ouch!). She also gave birth in a room that was packed full of witnesses, including ladies-in-waiting, midwives, servants and doctors, according to </span><a href="https://www.nowtolove.com.au/royals/british-royal-family/royal-births-55065"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Guardian</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, after giving birth to her second and third child, Queen Victoria made sure that she was administered a form of drug called chloroform to lessen the pain. She also ruled that just the Home Secretary be required as a witness at the birth of a royal heir instead of Ministers and Privy Counsellors attending the birth. This was done in 1894.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The tradition carried on until the birth of Prince Charles in 1948. When Queen Elizabeth gave birth to Prince Charles, she was in labour for 30 hours, which ended in a caesarean. Following tradition, the Queen opted for a home birth, which is how all four children were delivered.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When Charles and Princess Diana announced the arrival of Prince William, Diana decided to forgo the traditional homebirth and deliver in a hospital. She was also induced due to the widespread interest of the baby, which is definitely a long way from not being able to have drugs whilst giving birth like Queen Victoria.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Diana was also the first Princess to make a new royal tradition, which was the royal baby photo call. As she stepped outside of the Lindo Wing with husband Prince Charles, this was the photo that birthed a new tradition. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When Duchess Catherine gave birth in 2013 and welcomed Prince George into the world, she followed in her late mother-in-law’s  footsteps with the traditional photo out the front of St Mary’s Lindo Wing. Duchess Catherine and Prince William would do the same for the birth of their other two children, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Duchess of Sussex completely forgoed tradition, and chose to keep the birth of Baby Archie private until they, as a family, spent time with the new bub. Choosing to reveal their first-born within the walls of Windsor Castle.</span></p>

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Palace photo album: The first photos of royal babies throughout history

<p>The Duchess of Sussex will give birth to her first child with Prince Harry very soon, and royal fans are waiting anticipation to see the adorable face of Baby Sussex.</p> <p>Although there is a classic royal protocol which sees every royal wife posing with their newborn on the hospital steps, there have been whispers questioning whether Duchess Meghan will follow the tradition or choose to make her own rules.</p> <p>While there are no clear answers on just how exactly the royal couple may choose to show their newest member to the world, supporters of the royal family are clearly torn down the middle on what they think may happen.</p> <p>Some royal insiders believe the Duchess is opting for a home birth, meaning publicly posing and cradling her newborn outside of a maternity ward, like Duchess Kate has done in the past, will be out of the question.</p> <p>Others, however, think she may choose to go for a more traditional route after “breaking” a few royal rules over the last year.</p> <p>If the Duke and Duchess of Sussex do not opt for a photo just days after the birth of their first arrival outside of a maternity ward, royal fans may just have to wait a little while longer to see the little bundle of joy.</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery above to see the first photos of royal babies throughout history.</p> <p>The royal family are sticklers for tradition, but do you think this may be another refreshing twist for the British family if Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan choose not to pose on the hospital steps for the world to meet their newborn? Let us know in the comments below.</p>

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3 of the most iconic rivalries throughout history

<p>Some rivalries fizzle out before the end of high school, while others become legendary feuds that make it into the history books.</p> <p><strong>1. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford</strong></p> <p>The rivalry between these two actors is as iconic as the two women themselves, if not more so. The best example of the venom that fuelled the bitter feud occurred during the 1963 Best Actress race at the Oscars. Davis scored a nomination for <em>What Ever Happened to Baby Jane</em>, while Crawford, her co-star, was left out in the cold. Determined to see Davis denied the third Oscar she so publically desired, Crawford began campaigning <em>against</em> her, even speaking with the other nominated actors to let them know she would happily accept the award on their behalf should they not wish to attend the ceremony. In the end, Crawford triumphed, in a way, and walked out on stage to accept the Oscar for Anne Bancroft, while Bette Davis seethed backstage.</p> <p><strong>2. Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla</strong></p> <p>Two of the most brilliant scientific minds of the 20th century were bitter rivals for much of their professional life. Edison had little formal training, and relied on experimentation to make his discoveries, while Tesla was a trained engineer who could effectively theorise before carrying out his ideas. Edison hired Tesla early on, but the two remained at odds with each other – one of their most famous disagreements being about their respective electricity delivery methods. Tesla’s alternating current (AC) allowed power to periodically change direction, and was more efficient at transferring large quantities to places like cities. Edison’s direct current (DC) was able to maintain a lower voltage at a constant level that was safer for consumers, but severely limited the distance it could travel.</p> <p><strong>3. Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo</strong></p> <p>It’s difficult to pinpoint the source of the animosity between these two, or at least the dislike Michelangelo had for da Vinci, but it is reported that the two men had a run in that is still talked about today. When passing a group of nobles who were discussing a passage in Dante, da Vinci was asked to explain the passage to the group. Michelangelo happened to be passing at the same time, and when one of the group called out to him, da Vinci reportedly exclaimed, “Michelangelo will be able to tell you what it means.” This, apparently, was the wrong thing to say. Whether Michelangelo thought da Vinci was trying to entrap him, or whether he was just full of hate for his colleague, his reply was pure venom: “No, explain it yourself, horse-modeller that you are, who, unable to cast a statue in bronze, were forced to give up in shame.” Michelangelo then turned on his heel and left.</p> <p>Which is your favourite historical feud? Let us know in the comments below. </p>

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Reflecting on my spirituality throughout the years

<p><em><strong>Margaret Cunningham, 61, is ‘semi-retired’ from her role in digital communications. She is a hobby writer who particularly enjoys writing articles with a reflective viewpoint. A lifelong passion of health and fitness means she is known in her community as ‘that lady who runs.'</strong></em></p> <p>The In Hindsight series, of which this story is part of, is a collection of stories and moments that have impacted my life. They are snippets of insights and experiences. In the end, these stories will tell the tale of the dash (-) between the dates of my first and last breath. I want these stories to mean something – to let all who read them know the person behind the tags of daughter, sister, mother, wife and grandmother.</p> <p>My mother led an eventful life. Her eulogy certainly revealed a woman with an adventurous spirit, but as my brother delighted us all with the telling of her story I was struck by the thought that her life was just a list of events. The story of her soul, I don’t know. How she felt about her list of events. Her fears, her disappointments and regrets. Of being frightened, of loving, of lessons learned. What made her feel alive? I don’t know. She took this with her to the grave as did my father with his life.</p> <p>And this is at the heart of the In Hindsight series. Me is not my soul – I am more than a list of events. In every Hindsight story lies a chapter of my soul. So to be true to the Hindsight philosophy, I need to talk about the moment when I realised that everything I perceived God to be was a lie. Even now as I write the words, I feel its impact on my soul.</p> <p>­­</p> <p>From the moment of conception our lives are shaped by others. Within the womb and out of the womb, our first experiences of life are provided by parents or caregivers. In those early years it is adult decisions, opinions, customs, actions, and perceptions that shape what we believe and how we feel. As children we unconsciously accept the beliefs of those around us as the truth. No questions asked. So my parent’s authoritarian Catholicism was my first introduction to God. As far as I was concerned God was religion and religion was God.</p> <p>It’s interesting the impact this had on me. On the one hand, the moment I left home I never stepped back into the Catholic Church, yet God… well I just couldn’t get rid of God. In her book, Watching the Tree, author, Adeline Yen Mah says, “… change is the only constant. To that I will add also the universal human yearning for truth and wisdom.”  I never quite know whether to use the term ‘fortunately’ or ‘unfortunately’, but the yearning for truth and wisdom seems to be the road I have travelled.</p> <p>Fitting God, or not fitting God, into our own worldview is a good way to keep God under control. We are good at shaping God to our expectations. God is who we want God to be. And so it was for me. From childhood to adulthood I constructed my own set of values and spiritual beliefs based on past and present life experiences. Naturally these evolved over time because real experiences do change us. The worldview of my youth and for much of adulthood was what I chose to believe. And as is the arrogance of youth, I believed that whatever my worldview was at the time, was the ultimate source of the truth. I still cringe at some of the zealous moments of my spiritual life as I moved through the ‘born again’ scene. As well-intentioned as they might have been, they had more to do with my own ignorance and ego than any display of tolerance, peace or truth. Most of all I feel cross with myself because I did not question.</p> <p>Nothing is what it seems – and this is exactly why we should question everything we think. Wasn’t it Albert Einstein who said, “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”? Kids are such natural questioners. They start off asking endless ‘why’ and ‘what if’ questions, but somewhere along the way fewer and fewer questions are asked. Why is that? Is it because as adults we think the constant ‘why’ and ‘what if’ questions tedious? Do we say ‘… go away I’m busy’ or do we laugh at a question because we think it silly? The fear of being knocked back, ridiculed or laughed at was very real for me as a child and this accompanied me into adulthood. I didn’t ask questions because I just believed everyone else’s truth. </p> <p>We all have a ‘spirituality’ whether we want one or not, even if we believe/don’t believe in God, or whether we are religious or not. Mention God, spirituality or religion and it conjures up images of churchy, holy, pious, New Age or some other airy fairy mystical perception. This was, and is not me, and if I could write this in shouty CAPS I would. I have led a fairly eventful life exploring most of what life has on offer, the good and the bad. God was just always part of my spirituality and I would modify God to suit my views, values and worldviews at the time. On this particular day I was about to literally dump God for good. God was not behaving as I wanted and acting as I believed God should. Why did God not seem to be answering my prayers? Why did God not feed the starving? Injustice. Wars. Greed. Power. Rape, Poverty, Disease. Why were some babies born just to die? Six million Jews and minority groups massacred in the holocaust. Couldn’t you have stopped this God?  Why? Why? Why? So many questions. It was then I became aware of another option. What if everything I believed and perceived God to be was a lie? And it was. So I let God go.</p> <p>For a while I felt utterly bereft. Bewildered and panicky at what was happening. It felt as though I had wasted 50 years of my life chasing God, of being conned by my mind. Letting God go left a huge void. But at the same time completely liberating. I read somewhere that if we continue to journey trying to make things fit into our own worldview then no one will benefit. I had designed God so I could control God. Throughout history, God has suffered a great injustice at the hands of those who claim to be the closest to God. No one person or religion has a monopoly on the truth.</p> <p>What did I replace God with? Oh, I didn’t replace God, no, I just let God go to be God. I have no intention of replacing God with another God. God just is, that’s all. What remains though is room. Plenty of room for God to be God. What I have noticed is how my attitudes towards others have changed. The people I meet and their life experiences have become incredibly precious. Love, peace and tolerance take on new dimensions when you let God go to be God.</p> <p>Nothing is what it seems. Maybe what you believe right now is the truth and you have the answers. If that’s the case, then don’t be afraid of to ask yourself the question. What if everything I perceive, or don’t perceive, God to be is a lie? It may well be that you end up right back where you are now. But it’s a wonderful, exhilarating, never-ending question of what, and who God is, or is not, to explore.</p> <p><strong>Read more from Margaret’s In Hindsight series here:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/health/mind/2016/12/margaret-cunningham-on-fear/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Don’t let fear stop you from your goals</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.oversixty.co.nz/health/mind/2017/01/margaret-cunningham-on-time-to-do-nothing/%20"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>In praise of doing nothing</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/relationships/2016/11/margaret-cunningham-on-what-makes-a-marriage-last/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>What really makes a marriage last</strong></em></span></a></p>

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Our favourite Olympic royal moments throughout the years

<p>Anticipation for Rio is heating up, and although the young royal trio is unlikely to be in attendance, we are likely to see some other members of the British monarchy cheering England on.</p> <p>The family has a long history of supporting the Olympics. The Queens daughter, Princess Anne, competed in the 1975 and 1971 games, earning herself two silver medals in equestrian. She married Olympic gold medal winning horseman, Mark Philips, after meeting him at the 1972 Munich games. Their daughter, Zara (the Queens second oldest grandchild), is also an Olympic silver medallist in equestrian and will be competing in the games this year.</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery above to see the entire family cheering on the athletes, including some rather historical moments. </p> <p>What event are you most looking forward to watching this year? Let us know in the comments below. </p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/news/news/2016/06/duchess-of-cambridge-spectacular-outfit/"><em>The Duchess of Cambridge steps out in her most spectacular outfit yet</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/news/news/2016/06/queen-sends-her-second-tweet/"><em>Queen sends her second tweet</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="/news/news/2016/06/queens-scolds-prince-william/">The Queen scolds Prince William on live television</a></em></strong></span></p>

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James Bond’s suits throughout the decades

<p>The character of James Bond has gotten quite a few make overs in his time. We imagine that’s what happens when you’re a movie star for almost seven decades.</p> <p>So we thought it would be rather fun to have a look back through time at all the (handsome) James Bonds that have graced the silver screens since the 1950s, and have a look see at how the bond uniform has changed.</p> <p>The original gun barrel scene was shot with Bob Simmons in 1962 and used for two years.  From there, Sean Connery took Bond by the horns and steered him past the plaid and pleather of the 1960s, 70s and 80s, until Roger Moore had his turn. By now, 007 had a very distinctive look, with a crisp white shirt and an eternally flawless bow tie.</p> <p>In the late 80s, Timothy Dalton injected some more realism into the agent’s wardrobe with open shirts and light fabrics, until Peirce Brosnan tidied him up a little again in 1995.</p> <p>We think today’s Bond, Daniel Craig, is making his predecessors proud. Whichever the decade, James Bond remains a suave, sophisticated gentleman with a sense of style to boot.</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery above to see pictures of all the Bonds and tell us, which one is your favourite?</p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href="/lifestyle/beauty-style/2016/03/infographic-on-evolution-of-the-suit/"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The interesting evolution of the suit through the ages</span></em></strong></a></p> <p><a href="/lifestyle/beauty-style/2016/02/james-bond-style-tips/"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">5 James Bond-approved style tricks</span></em></strong></a></p> <p><a href="/lifestyle/beauty-style/2016/02/style-tips-from-james-dean/"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Style tips from James Dean</span></em></strong></a></p>

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Women’s swimsuits throughout history

<p>Do you remember your first swimsuit as a young lady? It looked a little different from the scraps of brightly coloured lycra material that line the shelf now didn’t it? <em><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/beauty-style/2016/01/100-years-wedding-dress-video/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Just like wedding dresses,</span></a> </strong></em>the swimsuit evolved with the times. Not only to signify a change in fashion trends, but in societal values, the role of women and feminism.</p> <p>The first bikini actually appeared in roman times, and it wasn’t even worn in the water. Watch the video for some fun facts and to see how the bathing suit was shaped and re shaped by an ever shifting cultural landscape.</p> <p><em>Video credit: NWB trending</em></p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/beauty-style/2016/02/perfumes-that-defined-a-decade/">Perfumes that defined a decade</a></strong></em></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/beauty-style/2016/01/tips-for-dressing-for-a-summer-holiday/">How to dress for a summer holiday</a></strong></em></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/beauty-style/2015/12/eighties-fashion-trends/">Remembering 80s fashion trends</a></strong></em></span></p>

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