Top 3... Man Skills

In a world of equal opportunities, there are certain talents that a man will always consider 'his'. From wiring a plug to pouring a pint, a man must possess the talents that can dazzle and impress all women. The list of man skills is long and varied, but here's Base London's top 3...

Make Fire.

As our cave-folk ancestors discovered and championed by Ray Mears, this will come in handy when stuck in a forest and you've left your lighter at home..

1. Clear a space on dry ground
2. Build three layers of fuel, tinder, kindling and larger sticks. For tinder use extremely dry things such as dry sheep wool, on top put dry twigs and sticksand over that put larger sticks.
3. Light the tinder after furiously rubbing sticks, or simply use a lighter or matches.
4. Put the kindling on top and blow from the side.
5. Add sticks as the fire rages.

Change Your Car Tyre.

Oh dear, you've either run over a nail or pissed off a local hoodie who has exacted revenge and your tyre's blown! What do you do? No probs...easy...

1. In the majority of cars the spare tyre can be found in the boot under the carpeting or in some cases attached under the undercarriage.
2. Accompanying the tyre should be a jack (to raise the car) and a socket spanner.
3. Loosen the wheel nuts (but don't fully remove them) with the socket spanner.
4. Find the jacking point of the car (each vehicle differs so check the manual)
5. Jack the car up high enough to fit a fully inflated tyre, finish removing the wheel nuts and remove the blown tyre.
6. Fit the new tyre and replace the wheel nuts and tighten by hand only.
7. Lower the car and remove the jack
8. Fully tighten the wheel nuts with the socket spanner.

Replace the old blown tyre as soon as possible as you never know when the next one will go!

Pour the Perfect Pint. There's a certain art to pouring a pint, us Brit's don't like too much head, well on our beer anyway.

1. Hold a pint glass at a 45 degree angle.
2. Slowly pour the beer directly into the centre of the side of the glass.
3. Once the glass is half full, turn it upright and continue pouring to produce froth.
4. The perfect head would ideally be no more than an inch thick.