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Advice on living with a house rabbit

pet house rabbit Oh, Betsy. You chewed the cables and furniture? Again? And now you stamp your foot because my music is too loud? Oh, Betsy...


Cheap horror effects that frighten

Zombie makeup tutorial Making a DIY horror movie for Halloween? If so, check out these tips on filming and special effects on the cheap.


Amanda's Autopsies Taxidermy Workshops

Amanda's Autopsies taxidermy A day at a taxidermy workshop will leave you new life skills and an increased respect for the circle of life.


UK Roller Derby... Beyond the Valley of the Rollerdolls

Lead Jammer Magazine With over 80 UK teams, roller derby has been evolving since the 1930s. The latest change could involve the dropping of fantastical derby names...


Artist Trading Cards and Artcrossing

artist trading cards Create, buy, sell and trade. Explore artcrossing and a world of indie pieces of art the size of a playing card.


The Art of the My Little Pony Collector

My Little Pony My Little Pony has been around since the eighties and it's not going away. MLP Arena members show off their rainbow-bright collections and touch upon the reasons that made them collect to begin with.


8 Alternative Flower Arrangement Ideas

Alternative Flower Arrangements Flower arrangement lives and breathes. Discover nimble fingers and explore living art with 8 flower arrangements on the flip side...


Top 10 Best DIY Garden Ideas

DIY garden ideas Indoor plant art. Urban and guerilla gardening. Upcycling plant containers. Moss graffiti, seed bombs and more... These 10 great DIY garden ideas approach greenery as life and art.


Keeping Rats as Pets

pet rat Fancy something eclectic? Here's a guide to all things ratty, from horrible histories (rat-baiting and fancy rats in ribbons and Queen Victoria, oh my!) to how to look after one.


The wonderful world of Aerial Hoop!

Aerial Hoop These 10 top tips for aspiring burlesquers will help you create a unique act you'll be proud of. Burlesque hobbyists and careerists unite - in dizzying girlish splendour!


How to become a burlesque dancer / artiste

burlesque act These 10 top tips for aspiring burlesquers will help you create a unique act you'll be proud of. Burlesque hobbyists and careerists unite - in dizzying girlish splendour!


Postcrossing

Postcrossing Postcrossing is a lovely and fairly safe way to share postcards from around the world with hundreds of random strangers. We cheer for any Interesting Hobbies that rely on the good old-fashioned postal service!


Fire walking

Fire walking Fire walking is a question of mind over fear. It's not magic. We'll use perfectly good science to explain why walking over hot coals won't burn your feet if done correctly. But to actually do the fire walking is another matter...


Teach yourself to play guitar with guitar tabs

Teach yourself to play guitar with guitar tabs Teach yourself to play guitar without lessons. We show you how to read guitar tabs, how to find guitar tabs online to teach yourself new songs, and give examples easy songs on the guitar. Avanti!


Pole dancing lessons for fitness

Pole dancing lessons for fitness Betty tries pole dancing lessons for fitness. Does she pole dance like a veritable polecat or like a cat on crack? And is pole dance as burlesque / sleazy as it sounds?


Cosplay Costumes - DOs & DON'Ts

Cosplay Costumes Looking for fresh ideas for cosplay costumes? A cosplay veteran gives some handy DOs & DON'Ts - along with a mini cosplay gallery and character suggestions.


Interesting Hobbies: Toy Voyagers

Toy voyager When it comes to Interesting Hobbies, collecting toy voyagers takes the biscuit... and sends it round the world. Remember the travelling gnome in 'Amelie'? Create your own toy voyager.


Furries and the furry fandom

Furry art What is a furry? Well, furries are people who feel kin to animals with human qualities (think Bugs Bunny). Sure, we've seen LOL furry pics on the internet - but we're more interested in the truth.


Track driving

Track driving An adrenalish rush is best when the danger is under control. An interesting way to get it going is track driving. There are more women taking up the sport, and they're said to be better track drivers as they have lighter frames...


How to have a winter picnic

How to have a winter picnic Winter picnic: For great snow & winter activities you can't beat a winter picnic with hot toddy recipes, a snofa, snow angels, snow lanterns and campfire cooking!


Fun things to do in the snow

Fun things to do in the snow Activities: Fun things to do in the snow - From snow castles and japanese snowball fights to cheap sleds, igloos, snow fashion and taking winter snow art photos...


Hula hoop!

Hula hoop Activities: Hula hoops are back like they never went away. But that's what you get with a ring: Like a boomerang, it just keeps coming back. We show you how to make a hula hoop - an item as lovely as it sounds.


Cupcake tea party ideas

Cupcake tea party ideas Tea party ideas: Cupcakes are as cool as they are cuplike, so why not enjoy them with your friends at a little cupcake tea party? Yes, this really is as cute as it sounds!


Pole dancing - the sport behind the sleaze

Pole dancing classes are a sport Interesting Hobbies: Pole dancing - sport or sleaze? Pole dancing classes emphasise fitness, solidarity and creativity. And waggly legs. Even the teeny-tiny shorts are there for a reason. Now let's just pretend it isn't really called a stripper pole...


How to create a moon garden

Moon Garden Twilight gardening: Gardening is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. Most of the time it heavily involves, well, the sun. If you like flowers but are not hugely impressed with the sun, what you need is a Moon Garden.


Into street photography? Become a flaneur...

flaneur Activity and adventure: What is a flaneur? It's a flamboyant secret artist. A flaneur walks the streets to break the pattern of the boring, busy clonepeople rushing to and from work. A flaneur can use their camera to change the world...


Poi for beginners!

poi for beginners When Song Breeze mentions poi to people she usually gets a blank look, but they are a dancer's dream: an ancient maori pastime that has been taken up by the clubbing and festival scene. Find out more about making your own poi, doing your first poi tricks and hooking up with the poi community...


How to make a bivouac

bivouac How to tips: Normally if you camp out in the woods you're doing it on purpose and you've got a tent. On a rare occasion you may have got horribly lost in a wood and are camping out entirely by accident - in which case it'll be nice for you to know how to make a bivouac, or makeshift shelter.


How to have a picnic

picnic How to tips: We show you how to have a picnic in a park, in the rain, in your mate's house and in a pub. Oh, we show you how to have a picnic, all right! The best picnic there EVER was!


How to have a 'Winter' clean

How to have a 'Winter' clean How to guides: Don your maid outfit and clear out your bedroom clutter BEFORE Spring with our Winter Clean guide.


Shooting 101: A girl's guide to shooting

clay pigeon shooting for girls We condone shooting neither animals nor people nor indeed ex-boyfriends. But Georgie Hanmer, a majorly talented chick with a gun, highly recommends you learn blast the shit out of bits of clay to improve your hand-to-eye coordination. Bring on the clay pigeon shooting!


Martial arts for girl beginners

Martial arts If you know anyone who does martial arts, nearly all of them will be convinced that the style they study (judo, kung fu, karate, kickboxing, tai chi) is the best style. But the only important martial arts style is the one you choose for yourself. Mookychick tells you how to find the perfect martial arts style for yourself, enjoy it, and not take any bullshit - from anyone.


How to do a striptease

How to do a striptease How to tips: A really nice mooky striptease, that is. From mood-setting and learning classic striptease moves to choosing the ideal music and outfit, we show you how to do a striptease of truly mooky quality. We also show you how not to do one. Surprise your lover, cat, tolerant best friend or yourself right now.


Rollergirls!

parkour free running The London Roller Girls first came to our attention last year when London magazine Time Out printed a feature on them. They're tough, gutsy and energetic and take roller skating to a new dimension. We checked a few of them out on MySpace and caught up with them for a chat. Oh, and they look REALLY cool.


Le Parkour: The art of free running

parkour free running Parkour, linked with free-running, is a demanding and philosophical sport that lets you free your mind and use the city as a giant playground, where any roof, wall or rail is a tool to move you forwards smoother, faster and purer.

There's a catch though - you're unlikely to see women doing it. This is a mainly male zone of discipline... so far...


LRP: Live action roleplaying

lrp: live action roleplaying Many folks think of live action roleplaying as the hobby that dare not speak its name. They're wrong. We scoured the country for girls willing to talk to us about the joyful escapism of dressing up as an ass-kicking warrior princess for the weekend...


How to go fossil hunting

fossil hunting How to tips: Hunting for fossils has a slightly greater chance of success than hunting the Snark, and as for putting in hours in the wet mud and coming back with nothing? Any fan of the Red Sox knows it's the thrill of participation not victory that counts.


Tribal Bellydance... join the Twisterhood

tribal bellydance Active: Sue is a tribal bellydancer who performs with a sword on her chin (now illegal in public, boo hiss). Bellydancing isn't all 'dance of the 7 veils' bare-chested sleaze... it's a historic and recently modernised art that encompasses tribal bellydance, gothic bellydance, cyberfusion and more.


Pole dancing - the sport behind the sleaze

Pole dancing classes are a sport Unusual hobbies: Pole dancing - sport or sleaze? Pole dancing classes emphasise fitness, solidarity and creativity. And waggly legs. Even the teeny-tiny shorts are there for a reason. Now let's just pretend it isn't really called a stripper pole...


Interesting Hobbies and Unusual Interests

Explore genuinely interesting hobbies and interests. Immerse yourself in quirks like cosplay, LARP, Postcrossing, Parkour, Floriography and more...


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