BBC Food recipes: 10 recipes you should probably download now (just in case)

May 17, 2016, 1:13 am

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UPDATE: The BBC has now said that the 11,000 recipes are not actually being deleted. They’ll be archived and BBC Food will disappear, but the recipes will just move over to BBC Good Food.

Crisis averted.

Which means we don’t need to panic about all our favourite recipes disappearing forever, which is nice

. But the whole incident has given us major trust issues. So we’ll be copy/pasting our favourites into an actual, physical recipe book just in case.

Because seriously, who knows which recipes could be lost in the moving process? It’s just not worth the risk.

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May 17, 2016, 1:41 am

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‘Why can’t I wear trousers like the boys?’

It’s a simple question. Why can’t female students wear pieces of clothing that let them feel comfortable, run around freely, and do all the stuff that male students do?

Why did Australia’s Our Lady of the Nativity Primary School decline one female pupil’s request to wear trousers to school, simply because of their uniform policy?

These are the questions the parents of six-year-old Asha wanted answered when they created a petition calling for all schools to have legislated dress codes with gender equality.

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This graphic designer makes the most Instagrammable biscuits you’ve ever seen

May 17, 2016, 2:56 am

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There aren’t many ways you can go wrong with a humble biscuit.

Even a plain rich tea is plenty satisfying with a nice cuppa. We’d happily take a Garibaldi without complaints. All biscuits are brilliant.

But that doesn’t mean they can’t be better.

Graphic designer Holly Fox has taken the modest biscuit we know and love and transformed it into an art form.

With her trained design eye, love of colour, and impressive icing skills, she painstakingly decorates her biscuits so they’re as visually satisfying as they are tasty.

Just look at these flamingos.

 

We almost don’t want to eat them, they’re so pretty.… Read the full story

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May 17, 2016, 3:43 am

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There’s a massive ice cave in China that never melts

May 17, 2016, 4:22 am

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Look, some of us aren’t really into beaches and sunny spots next to palm trees. For us, wanderlust is about mountains, and the Northern Lights, and seeing reindeer.

If you fit squarely into that second group, this is a place you need to know about.

Turns out there’s a massive ice cave – yes, a cave made entirely of ice – in China. At 85 metres deep and 2,300 metres above sea level, it’s the largest ice cave to be discovered in China.

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May 17, 2016, 4:49 am

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The only rubbish part about a spontaneous, super romantic proposal? You might not be able to capture it on camera so you can show everyone else how adorable your special moment truly was.

Which is what makes this proposal so genius.

Lorenza Pardo and Louis Bruno have been together for five years, ever since they met at university. Lorenza is currently 26 weeks pregnant with their child, so they decided to do a sweet maternity photoshoot to celebrate her bump and their new life together.

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Turns out Burger King hot dogs don’t quite live up to expectations

May 17, 2016, 5:20 am

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Remember when Burger King announced they’d be making hot dogs, and we were both excited and confused?

Is a hot dog a type of burger? Is it a sandwich? Could Burger King be trusted to make a truly great hot dog?

These were the questions that swam around our hangry minds. And now, one of them has been answered.

Can Burger King be trusted to make a truly great hot dog? Erm. No. No they cannot. Evidence of this: the wildly different reality of Burger King hot dogs versus the glossy sauce-drizzled sausages in the adverts.

Here are the hot dogs in the advert:

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May 17, 2016, 6:13 am

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All hell broke loose last week when Instagram had some sort of crisis and decided a Microsoft PowerPoint layout (or something extremely similar) was just the perfect look for their new logo. 

Instagram users were totally not okay with this change – which came just as soon as we’d all finally got over the fact we now have to turn on some notifications if we want to see our friends’ latest posts. Totally not okay, Instagram.

But thank god, there is actually a way you can backtrack Instagram’s latest change – so that you can once again see the old, basic app design back on your home screen – and it… Read the full story

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This is why old books smell so good

May 17, 2016, 7:03 am

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True book-lovers know the drill. You head into a library or used bookshop. You find the book of your dreams. You take it home, curl up on the sofa, and open your book.

But before you dive in, there’s one all-important step: holding the book up to your nose and giving it a good sniff.

Because the smell of old books is heavenly. It’s comfort. It’s home. It’s everything we want in life and more. We wish we could find a perfume that smelled just like books. We wish there were candles that would fill out rooms with the scent of libraries.

It’s glorious.

But why do old books smell so amazing? And… Read the full story

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May 17, 2016, 7:05 am

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A group of students have come up with a cunning plan to help anyone who can’t afford a meal out. 

Let’s just take a moment to have a think here. How on earth could anyone possible get a free meal out without some sort of discount code or voucher?

The truth is: you can’t.

Let’s delve deeper. When dining out, what’s the one thing that practically always ensures you’re given your meal free as an apology?

A goddamn hair in your food, that’s what.

And now, these students are cashing in on it.

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Bad marks at school? Just follow in this girl’s footsteps and bribe your teachers with cake

May 17, 2016, 7:11 am

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If there’s one way to get on your teacher’s good side, it’s by using the power of food. 

And no, we don’t mean leaving a shiny apple on their desk – because really, who even does that?

No, we mean by baking them a massive cake. There’s no way it can’t get you some extra credit or forgiveness (unless they hate cake that is, in which case, what sort of person are you apologising to, really?).

Take this girl, for example, who had a habit of arriving late to one particular teacher’s class.

Granted, that can be annoying. Especially if it’s happening all the time.

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This is how much of your life will be spent having sex

May 17, 2016, 7:50 am

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Ever wondered how much of your life you’ll waste vacuuming? Or pairing your socks? Or re-watching episodes of Friends?

Yeah, us too. And it’s pretty miserable.

But one timing stat we hadn’t really considered was how much of our life we spend having sex. Mostly because we’re not really conscious of how long sex actually lasts for us. Getting out a stopwatch or keeping an eye on our phone’s clock feels wrong.

Thankfully, Reebok‘s done the hard record-keeping work for us. In their new study they reveal how much of our lives we spend getting it on. And it’s actually a lot less… Read the full story

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May 17, 2016, 8:20 am

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May 17, 2016, 8:37 am

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An important question: which would you rather be in bed with, pita bread in hand – a hot dude or a big bowl of hummus?

It’s a thinker. It’s tough. But one Instagram account has ingenious answer for one of life’s greatest conundrums: why not both?

Hot Dudes and Hummus is, as its name would suggest, an Instagram account dedicated to photos of hot men eating hummus.

Inspired by the Hot Dudes With Kittens and Hot Dudes With Food accounts before it, Hot Dudes and Hummus is the creation of four university students from a range… Read the full story

International Museum Day 2016: London museum exhibitions you need to see right now

May 17, 2016, 3:43 pm

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It’s International Museum Day so turn off that television, give Candy Crush a rest and go and learn something at one of these cracking exhibitions.

Will anybody really be impressed that you watched Homes Under the Hammer today? Doubtful. Would you proudly tell anybody that you had that extra pint after work? Nope. But knowledge, as they say, is power, and there is no better day to go and pick some up than International Museum Day.

London is world famous for its choice of museums, here are just a few of the great exhibitions you can go and have a look at right now!

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National Vegetarian Week 2016: 12 daily struggles every vegetarian goes through

May 17, 2016, 11:00 pm

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You’ve finally done it – ditched the meat and turned veggie.

The problem is, the whole vegetarian thing (or at least eating less meat) is a lot harder than you might think.

The smells, the advertisements, colleagues feasting chunks of gorgonzola… it’s enough to reignite our repressed carnivorous urges.

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It may be difficult, but with even Arnold Schwarzenegger telling us to eat less meat, it must be time to stick to our veggie guns.

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May 17, 2016, 11:50 pm

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You can set alarms for every 8 hours. You can do a sneaky underwear check. But is there any other way to protect yourself from a leaking tampon and period stains?

Apparently so. A new startup has just unveiled the my.flow tampon. It’s the first smart tampon that notifies the wearer when it needs to be changed.

My.flow works through a super long tampon string that reaches out of your underwear and attaches to a snap-on bluetooth sensor. This bluetooth sensor can then… Read the full story

Teenager creates DIY Beyoncé inspired look for prom, nails it

May 18, 2016, 12:21 am

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Okay, everyone get out your pens and take note: this is what slaying looks like.

India Ross is an 18-year-old student from St. Louis, Missouri. She hopes to be a fashion designer and – like most of us – has a ton of love for Beyoncé.

So when prom season rolled around, India knew there was really only one place to look for inspiration for her prom look. Queen Bey. Obviously.

She decided to emulate Beyoncé’s flawless 2015 Met Gala look (a wise choice).

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May 18, 2016, 12:50 am

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This 17-year-old Instagrammer flawlessly transforms herself into beauty icons through history

May 18, 2016, 1:32 am

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Forget bronzed contours. These are the kind of makeup skills we’re interested in right now.

17-year-old student Annelies Maria Francine, from Belgium, is a total genius when it comes to using flawless makeup and spot-on clothing choices to transform herself into beauty icons through history.

Seriously. She nails it every time, whether she’s posing as the Girl With a Pearl Earring or vamping it up as Scarlett O’Hara (although her best looks tend to be Audrey Hepburn inspired).

Take a look at some of her most incredible emulations below, then check out her Instagram for more.

Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face

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