Once upon a time, pranking was balancing a bucket of water on a doorframe, or gluing a pound coin to the pavement.
Now a ‘prank’ is grabbing a woman without her consent, putting chilli powder on a woman’s tampon, making sexual innuendos to women in the street, and crawling under an actress’ skirt – with all the evidence captured by photographers or put on YouTube.
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Of all the delicious snacks and desserts in the world, macarons are some of the fanciest.
They feel both elegant and adorable. You eat one and you feel like a sophisticated French fashion blogger, rather than a hangry mess aggressively stuffing handfuls of Oreos into your mouth.
All macarons are beautiful.
But none are quite as adorable as the macarons created by Meghan Rosko (known as nutmegandhoneybee on Instagram).
Cosmopolitan reports that Meghan only started making macarons a year ago – which makes her skills even more impressive.
Today, in honour of International Coffee Day, Meghan shared some Starbucks inspired macarons (complete with a tiny iced… Read the full story
What would make you actually make the effort of running for ten minutes?
Being chased by something scary? Feeling lonely? A glass of water? Or the promise of a giant pile of nachos once you’re done?
If you’re only feeling moved by the third option, don’t stress – you’re not alone.
In fact, the majority of us are more motivated by hunger than fear, thirst, or loneliness, according to a new study.
Research conducted by the National Institutes of Health and published in Neuron conducted a series of experiments to find… Read the full story
Plumbers and princesses we’ve found the perfect place for you to stay on holiday.
Yes, gamers, someone amazing has decided to decorate their… Read the full story
So apparently October 3 is National Boyfriend Day.
Why? Because the internet says so, people are tweeting about it and therefore it must be a thing.
What a load of balls.
Here’s why National Boyfriend Day is the most pointless, meaningless, unnecessary made up national day of all time.
Many people are happily single and are far too busy having amazing careers and travelling to far off lands to worry about the fact elderly relatives can’t get their heads round the concept they may be… Read the full story
Salzburg – it may not be the first place you think of when considering a city break but it has some truly stunning sights.
From majestic architecture, twinkling fountains and dazzling gardens to eye-popping mountain views it’s a city with beautiful surprises around many a corner.
The beauty of the old town (Altstadt) especially is outstanding, making a trip to the old ‘salt fortress’ (Salzburg’s literal translation) unmissable.
Here’s 15 photographs that explain why Salzburg HAS to be your next city break destination.
As September ends and the nights start to draw in, women everywhere are searching for that cosy oversized jumper that will get them through the cold winter months.
And for those in relationships, that means pilfering their boyfriends’ wardrobes and making away with his favourite hoodie.
It’s the unspoken girlfriend privilege and often, long after the relationship had ended, the hoodie remains.
We’re pretty brazen about it too.
But, this autumn, men are fighting back.
Last week, 21-year-old student Godswill Muofhe from Texas… Read the full story
At first glance, this property for sale in Clement, Norfolk,… Read the full story
If you’re after the tastiest Sunday roast in Britain, some of you might want to set off on Saturday.
Because you’ll need to travel to a pub in Pontypridd, Wales.
The Bunch of Grapes pub is officially home to the best roast dinner in the British Isles, after impressing the Best British Roast Dinner competition judging panel, led by renowned food critic Charles Campion, who paid a secret visit to test out their Sunday lunch offering.
The other day, I was curled up in bed, all ready to settle down for an early night with my book when I noticed something out of the corner of my eye. Something lurking in the corner of my ceiling.
A huge, hairy spider.
He was just sat casually on my ceiling, not looking like he was going anywhere soon but he ruined my night. I couldn’t relax. How could I go to sleep knowing I might wake up with him sat on my face?
And then it dawned on me – it was spider season. That time of year where not… Read the full story
We all like fast food. For whatever reason, fast food burgers are completely delicious – just look at the insane queue outside In-N-Out the other week.
But we’re inviting you to hold your culinary horses for a moment, because this week is Slow Food Week.
No, it’s not a celebration of slowly cooked food.
The ‘slow food’ movement has been steadily growing over the past few years and can be summed up in three words – good, clean and fair.
According to the executive chairman of Slow Food UK, Shane Holland, slow food is defined as quality, healthy food – the production… Read the full story
If you grew up in the 80s, there were certain things that always topped your Christmas list every year: A puppy (a perennial, regardless of decade), a Mr Frosty and a Teddy Ruxpin.
Teddy Ruxpin was the original talking teddy bear – a storytelling bear with an entire cassette player in his butt, who moved his lips and blinked his eyes in time to the story.
He might have been pretty basic – and, yes, in hindsight, quite sinister – but Teddy Ruxpin blew our tiny 80s minds.
Look, we didn’t have the Internet back then. We didn’t know.
Anyway, Teddy Ruxpin was first released in September 1985 and was the best selling toy that year and the following year.
He even got a shoutout in the film Ted, when Mark Wahlberg’s character wishes he’d got a Teddy Ruxpin instead of his sweary bear. ‘Sometimes when I think back to that Christmas… Read the full story
There’s nothing worse than having to wait for your train when you’ve forgotten your book, all the free papers have gone, or you just don’t feel like falling down the rabbit hole of the Internet via your smartphone.
Which is why France’s idea to install free short story vending machines is genius.
The idea was trialled a year ago in the country’s Grenoble train station, where it went down so well that they decided to roll it out across more stations.
Vans have done many a wonderful collaboration, but this latest one may have just taken the crown – Vans x Toy Story.
Yup, the comfy skate shoe experts have teamed up with Disney Pixar’s finest to release a collection that kids and adults alike will want to wear on their trotters.
Your fave Old School, Sk8-Hi and Era shoes have been given makeovers and boy, have they gone to town – one pair features the aliens with glow-in-the-dark eyes, and some of them even feature ‘Andy’ scrawled on the soles, just like how he writes his name on his toys in the films *squeal*
Here are some leaked… Read the full story
So you’ve finally arrived in the Big Smoke.
You may have come from the other side of the world or just a few miles outside the M25, but wherever you’ve come from you’ll soon realise that there’s no place like London.
Even if you have worked in the capital and commuted before, it doesn’t prepare you for living here.
London is a whole new world. You’ll love it and you’ll hate it but it’ll be the best decision you will ever make.
Here’s 21 things you realise when you first move to London…
1. You’ll… Read the full story
Pregnant women have been listening to whale music for years to calm them down. And apparently it works for them (even if it drives everyone else mad).
So maybe it’s not that unsurprising then that soothing music might also work for animals.
Relax My Cat and Relax My Dog are apps which try to do just that – relax pets via calming music.
They’re part of roundwaves, a company founded by Manchester-based entrepreneur Amman Ahmed, with the £1,000 he had left over from his student loan.
‘We started producing music to help people sleep and then study, before I… Read the full story
None of us look good with panda eyes, but we often still reach for our non-waterproof mascaras as they tend to make our lashes look better than the waterproof ones.
These eight mascaras, however, are waterproof ones that not only perform well against water, but give you the lashes you want too. Practical AND pretty.
It’s your party, so you can cry (or get caught in the rain…) if you want to.
Bobbi Brown No Smudge Mascara, £21, Bobbi Brown
It can be hard to get a good curl with waterproof mascara, but this one really curls, defines and lengthens without feeling too heavy or at all clumpy.
Clinique High Impact Waterproof Mascara, £17.50, Clinique
This mascara stands up to heat as well as water and sweat.
Its formula is wetter than a typical waterproof mascara, so you don’t get any flakiness or clumping.
Expect intense volume… Read the full story
If you’re the kind of person who refuses to set foot in a Lush shop because of its trademark candy-sweet, flowery, overpowering smell, I am inside your worst nightmare.
Standing in a heating tunnel in the middle of the Lush factory surrounded by towers of bath bombs of every size, shape and colour, my guide, Michelle, passes me one to sniff.
I breathe in. My senses are already so overpowered I can’t smell anything for a good three seconds before realising this Christmas one smells of marzipan.
You can smell the Lush factory, in Poole, before you see it.
Or, rather, factories.
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