25 famous people you didn’t know were vegan

November 1, 2015, 7:51 am

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Australian actor Liam Hemsworth announced earlier this month he’s been living on a vegan diet for the last five months.

In an interview with Men’s Fitness, he revealed that it was his Hunger Games co-star Woody Harrelson who helped convince him to give up meat.

When asked about the reasons he decided to go vegan Hemsworth replied, ‘My own health, and after all the information I gathered about the mistreatment of animals, I couldn’t continue to eat meat.’

As if we needed any more reasons to adore him.

Here are 25 other famous people who’ve gone full veggie plus.

1. Miley Cyrus

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World Vegan Day: 7 reasons why you should go vegan today

November 1, 2015, 8:16 am

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It’s getting harder and harder to ignore the detrimental impact animal agriculture has on our health, on the planet and on animals too.

To celebrate World Vegan Day, we’ve rounded up just a small handful of the many reasons to put down the bacon sarnie and hop aboard the vegan train.

1. A sausage roll can be carcinogenic

Just this week the World Health Organization classified processed meats as being as carcinogenic as tobacco.

Processed meat doesn’t just increase the risk of certain types of cancer.

Heart attacks, strokes and diabetes, some of the UK’s top killers, are also linked to meat and dairy consumption.

Just as many of us quit smoking to lead a longer, healthier life, so too should we switch to healthy vegan meals.

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19 things you should know before dating a girl who’s been single for ages

November 1, 2015, 9:25 am

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So there’s a section of the female population that would be classed as ‘perma-single’.

You know the ones that haven’t had a proper boyfriend in a very long while?

They are hot, witty and headstrong but they just haven’t found the right guy yet, and don’t want to mess around in ‘going nowhere’ relationships until they do.

If you are lucky enough to meet one of these girls and get to the stage of dating her, there’s a few things you are going to need to know.

1. Clingy will not be her style

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Why Lausanne not Paris or Amsterdam should be your next city break

November 1, 2015, 11:45 am

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There’s a chance you won’t have given Lausanne a second thought after finishing your History GCSEs.

I hadn’t – the name conjured up nothing more than a little, lined revision card scrawled with facts on the famous post-First World War peace treaty.

And before I visited Switzerland, where Lausanne lies, I associated it with a hazy handful of things – chocolate, cheese and cuckoo clocks, with a side of banking and neutrality.

Which is a shame (although not the chocolate and cheese part – there’s enough of both for fondue all day every day).

Because Lausanne has a winning mix of old town history, modern art, lake-side serenity and, well, wine.

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How to become a better person

November 1, 2015, 11:13 pm

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Whether you’e done something mean today or are on the never-ending quest for self-improvement, we’ve got the know-how for how to become a better person.

The list of ten virtues for the modern age we created reminds us that we all need to work at being good, or nice.

The experts speculate that, these days, being virtuous has a bad name. Trying to be a ‘good person’ conjures negative associations of piety, solemnity, bloodlessness and sexual renunciation.

It’s telling that ‘wicked’ has even become a term of praise.

But, they say, being good is vital for the individual and society.

So how do you do it?

While we have no problem with going to the gym to get fitter, it sounds deeply weird, even creepy, to suggest that one… Read the full story

Pregnant woman wearing ‘baby on board’ badge asked to prove it to get a seat

November 1, 2015, 11:30 pm

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A woman wearing a ‘baby on board’ badge was shocked when a fellow commuter asked her to prove she was pregnant after she requested a priority seat.

Mum-of-one Raayan Zafar, 32, from Tooting, says she was left ‘really, really embarrassed’ after a man in his 40s asked her ‘where is the baby?’ when another commuter gave up their seat to her.

The confrontation happened at Stockwell, on a Victoria Line train, last Wednesday morning.

‘It’s early days so that’s why I don’t show,’ Raayan told the Evening Standard, ‘but that doesn’t mean I’m not pregnant or tired or sick all… Read the full story

Abandoned dog ‘shuts down’ after being returned to animal shelter by adopted family

November 2, 2015, 12:17 am

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Warning: Lana’s story will probably break your heart a little.

Lana was first brought into the animal rescue centre Mighty Mutts in Toronto, Canada, as a puppy. She was the runt of a very large litter in Mexico and was, according to staff, ‘terrified of everything’.

Eventually, at five-and-a-half-months-old, she was adopted by a family. However, her guarding issues – developed when she had to compete with her siblings for food as a puppy – resurfaced.

Despite their best efforts, the family, which had young children, had to return her to the shelter.

This heartbreaking photo was taken moments after she was returned.

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The dedication in this famous feminist’s book is moving people to tears

November 2, 2015, 1:10 am

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Gloria Steinem, a kick-ass feminist who rose to prominence in the late 1960s, has released her new book, My Life On The Road.

Which is awesome in itself, but it’s the book’s dedication that’s moving people to tears.

Instead of dedicating her book to friends or family, Steinem dedicated it to the man who allowed her to have an abortion in 1957, a decade before they were legalised in the UK.

And it’s giving us the chills.

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Why this little girl went as herself for her school’s Superhero Day

November 2, 2015, 1:20 am

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This little girl didn’t need a costume for her school’s Superhero Day last week. That’s because she’s a badass superhero for real.

Josie Butler was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia in June 2013.

Proud mum Alyssa regularly shares pictures and updates on Josie’s progress on Facebook. She’s now been in remission for two years but still receives treatment.

Last Wednesday, while all her friends at her school in New Hamburg, Missouri, dressed as their favourite superheros, Josie simply put on a cape and went as herself.

After all, if superheroes are characterised by their bravery and their fighting spirit, Josie’s got both in spades.

Her mission? ‘Destroying cancer one day at a time.’

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British Sausage Week 2015 recipe: Cheesy melting middle sausage rolls

November 2, 2015, 2:05 am

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This week is British Sausage Week, surely one of the best weeks of the year as we celebrate the Great British banger in all its glory.

These cheesy melting middle sausage rolls are so easy to make and yet so spectacularly moreish (not to mention impressive looking) that you’ll find yourself struggling to part with them.

You can easily customise them to using your favourite sausages and melting cheese, the flavour combinations are endless so you can roll these out (literally) whenever you fancy and never get bored.

9 things you only know if you have OCD

November 2, 2015, 2:08 am

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There’s a lot of confusion around Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Michelle Mone, who has not been diagnosed, recently caused a stir on Good Morning Britain with comments about ‘loving her OCD’.

But, as someone who has been diagnosed, I’m far more offended by the TV show Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners.

It cashes in on the misery of every single person that suffers with OCD, knowing it’s inappropriate.

While the media continues to portray OCD to be a beneficial trait of choice, the general populace, including Michelle Mone, will fail to grasp the fact there is a D at the end of OCD. It’s a disorder.

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Christmas is coming: Starbucks launches its festive red cups

November 2, 2015, 2:30 am

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Take down your pumpkins and wipe that fake blood off your face. Halloween is over. Christmas is coming.

How do we know this? Because Starbucks is rolling out its festive red cups nationwide tomorrow (November 3). And, um, it’s November.

All the favourites are back.

First up, the Gingerbread Latte – that’s gingerbread swirled into espresso roast and velvety steamed milk – now comes finished off with a warm gingerbread-flavoured, caramel-coloured cream, and is sprinkled with wafer crumb.

Half of us think we could fall in love with Siri

November 2, 2015, 3:31 am

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Siri knows you better than anyone else.

She (or possibly he?) has seen your secret photos, knows your most embarrassing playlists and has answered your weirdest questions.

Plus she organises your life and is queen of the sassy comeback.

It’s a beautiful relationship based on total trust, so perhaps it’s not all that strange that nearly half of us could imagine falling in love with her.

After all, we live in an age where we make robots to have sex with. Creating an emotional connection with artificial intelligence seems pretty normal in comparison.

According to Fusion, 40 per cent of the 12,000 surveyed by digital assistant app Assistant.ai, said they could imagine falling in love with their virtual assistant.

Another quarter said that ‘maybe’ they could.

But, it’s more than just a lack of a physical body that’s creating barriers to a beautiful romance – Siri’s personal views… Read the full story

12 things you know if you grew up in a small town

November 2, 2015, 3:52 am

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Small towns are known for being quaint and cute and having lots of families and/or old people – sometimes more old people than families.

The things we town babies know differs quite a bit from those city kids.

Such as the following:

1. Nobody knows where you are really from

Whenever anyone asks, ‘where are you from again’ you always respond with ‘near *insert nearest city*’.

Then when you go to the effort of pointing it out on a map you get the reply ‘oh, I didn’t think it was there.’

No, well that’s because you’d never heard of it before!

2. Nights out are for 18-year-olds

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November 2, 2015, 4:41 am

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Living with psoriasis can be a daily, sometimes all-consuming, battle. But, despite an estimated 1.8 million people living with the condition in the UK, it’s often misunderstood and ignored.

It’s why 25-year-old Holly Dillon started the #GetYourSkinOut campaign, which coincides with Psoriasis Awareness Week (Nov 1-8).

Holly, who has Guttate psoriasis – a form of psoriasis that appears as small, salmon-pink droplets on the skin – recently asked photographer Lewis Khan to help her document the realities of living with the condition.

She hopes by sharing the intimate portraits, and asking others to do the same using the #GetYourSkinOut hashtag, she will not only raise awareness, but will help… Read the full story

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14 questions you’re tired of hearing if you don’t like tea

November 2, 2015, 4:43 am

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To admit that you don’t like tea in Britain is akin to committing a crime – and yet it’s a trial that many of us face every day.

All we want is some peace and quiet to enjoy our non-tea based drinks, but no doubt you’ll have experienced some, or all, of the below questions when admitting that you’d rather not have a cuppa, thanks.

1. Aren’t you having tea?

No, thanks. I… I don’t like tea (insert break for long, tense pause)

2. You don’t like it, like, at all?

Nope. It tastes like hot, milky must.

3. Really?!

Yes, really. Why would I lie about this? It’s made me a social pariah.

4. How do you even function in the mornings?

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November 2, 2015, 5:45 am

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This week has been rough.

On Wednesday, my thoughts went into overdrive, my speech came out in double-time and my heart rate started reaching for the stars.

I was having a panic attack.

I’ve slipped into old habits: saying ‘yes’ to everything and ending up not being able to see over a mountain of work.

I felt overwhelmed and didn’t even know where to begin.

I also did that horrid comparison thing.

Told myself I’m a failure and I’ll never amount to anything.

Took myself for a few rounds.

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November 2, 2015, 6:14 am

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December is the best month to get pregnant in apparently

November 2, 2015, 6:34 am

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Mummy knew what she was doing when she kissed Santa Clause underneath the mistletoe.

According to new research, getting it on over the festive period results in healthier babies than those conceived in other months.

Researchers at Indiana University analysed over 270,000 pregnancies between 2004 and 2009.

They found that there are an extra three surviving babies for every 200 pregnancies started in December, whereas June is a ‘toxic’ month with more premature babies.

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November 2, 2015, 6:51 am

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‘The best extant definition of a gentleman is “a man who never gives offence unintentionally”.’

This quip in a London periodical may have rung true in 1905, but more than a century since we are still obsessed with that elusive, esoteric term ‘gentleman’.

In the time that has passed the image of the gentleman has shifted and fallen through the crack, somewhere between Debrett’s public schoolboy and 4channers’ fedora tipping squire.

But the central tenets of gentlemanly conduct remain respect, courtesy and generosity.

Maybe it is time to reclaim the term, and refit it for modern life.

Whether gallant, suave or urbane, a modern gentleman does the following.

1. Gets his round in, and doesn’t skimp on it.

2. Never sends dick pics unsolicited, but when solicited, doesn’t hesitate.

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