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We may not know their names and faces just yet, but this year will see a whole host of new talent step into celebritydom. The British Olympic athletes won't need Adizar to look for jobs after the Olympics, instead they're getting a taste of what's to come; being snapped up for advertising campaigns left, right and centre. British beauty and fashion brands are vying to get their hands on the hottest athletes to act as their ambassadors, and the latest is Dunhill, who have used past and present Olympians to star in their new 'Voice' spring campaign. The campaign stars Olympic gymnast and medal hopeful Louis Smith, four-time gold medalist rower Sir Matthew Pinsent and double Olympic gold medal sailing champ Iain Percy. Women from Team GB are being snapped up for beauty campaigns ahead of the games; champion track cyclist Victoria Pendleton, wimmer Kerri-Ann Payne and pentathlon champion Jessica Ennis have all been signed up to be the faces of various beauty brands. Photos: Dunhill

When people first go to uni they get usually get sucked into the Fresher's Fayre and end up signed up to a whole load of teams and groups and societies that they probably won't keep up with throughout the year. When I was at uni, I remember joining the badminton society just because it was a reasonable sport that I could play without being particularly sporty. I didn't join the team but I went to the group sessions where we'd all play in singles or groups and it was good fun. Then it became obvious who had actually just joined for the social side! We met a few different people who had just joined so they could go on 'tour' - a trip where all the sports societies go to an international sports meet, which was basically a week of drinking at the beach watching the cheerleading team practice their bow and arrow and heel stretches! Photo: upsuportsmouth (Flickr)

Life insurance cover is exactly the same as any other product when customers are seeking to get a good deal on their insurance policies, but a new article at Financial Excellence highlights the benefits of shopping around when trying to get a good deal- as you would when you’re buying anything else. Customers are often confused by the perceived complexity of a life insurance policy, and so don’t bother to search for as many different life insurance quotes as they can find. It is key to choose the right insurance benefits to fit your requirements. The first step is understanding your life insurance needs, which requires thinking about a range of available options on the market. Many people choose term life insurance because it is an economical and comprehensive way to insure your life. This offers people life insurance for a fixed term, after which the policy expires. The policyholder is then given the option of renewing the life insurance policy to meet your new requirements. A typical life insurance term lasts 10 years, whereas permanent life insurance policies are operational until the failure to make a payment.

My girlfriend went to Scotland with her work last week, and she'll be there for a month or so and I'm missing her lots already! Luckily she told me she has an early meeting on Friday morning but then she'll be finished by midday so it's the perfect opportunity for me to go up there and visit her for the weekend! I've got her a big present for her birthday and now I get to go up and spend a decent chunk of time with her to celebrate! I'm not looking forward to traveling though, I don't deal well with boredom at all, and long periods of time waiting around tend to inspire huge amounts of boredom for me! I'll just make sure my phone is fully charged and my r4i gold is full of games I haven't ever played before and maybe a movie as well - whatever I can do to pass the time. I'll buy some magazines too. It'll be great when I get there though, we're going to go out for a meal on Friday night and maybe a night on the town - Glasgow style! Photo: bravenewtraveler (Flickr)

Sense and Sensibility, published by Jane Austen in 1811, is set in southwest England and concerns two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. The two sisters are complete opposites, Elinor being the pinnacle of self-control and prudence, whilst Marianne is the epitome of enthusiasm. The two of them would certainly choose different styles of herrenuhren. The daughters of their father Henry’s second wife, Mrs. Dashwood, the sisters are left in reduced circumstances when their father dies and his estate is passed onto John, their half-brother. The sisters must move to a small meager cottage on a distant relative’s land where they experience the trials of love and heartbreak. It is uncertain at the culmination of the novel whether sense and sensibility have merged or whether life and love can never co-exist. Austen possibly based the two sisters loosely on herself and her elder sister, Cassandra. It is obvious in Sense and Sensibility that Austen intended to vindicate Elinor’s self-restraint, yet she treats the two sisters in a complex manner. Instead of being a straight forward celebration of sensibility and a vindication of sense, the two are ambiguously treated. Austen’s biographer Claire Tomalin argues that there is in the novel a “wobble in its approach”, a result of Austen’s uncertainty when writing as to whether sense or sensibility should triumph.