Microsoft's Xbox 720 is rumored for a release date in 2013 and will be competing against other next-generation consoles such as Nintendo's Wii U and Sony's PlayStation 4, referred to as Orbis. It seems as if both Microsoft and Nintendo are attempting to innovate the way players interact with games on screen, as Nintendo will be releasing its GamePad tablet controller . Sony has been relatively quiet about its developments with the PlayStation 4, but that the console will support 4K resolution.

Of course I cannot confirm this manual is authentic, but I find it hard to believe someone would go to the trouble of creating an authentic-looking document of 281 pages just to fool some people.

With a choice of five different massage techniques, a range of skincare treatments, facials and even a soothing after-sun treatment, this spa has thought of everything. There's also a private steam bath, four treatment rooms and a hair salon.

Then you've also got cuisine with a somewhat more international flavour - Alsace-style Flammkuchen/Tarte Flambee, which is like a crispy, thin-crust pizza but comes with a crème fraiche rather than tomato sauce base, and Arabic chicken or lamb schawarmas, which are a more authentic, tasty and less greasy version of the Great British Kebab.

They can be ludicrously expensive. Apart from that, my husband and I indulge her with our time rather than buy huge, expensive toys, tempting though many of them are. I leave that for her aunties and godparents to do.