8 reasons Croydon is more hipster than Shoreditch and Dalston combined

October 17, 2016, 4:07 am

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Hidden in the darkest depths of South London sits a borough once known for riots, rude boys and a ridiculous obsession with fried chicken.

As with Shoreditch and Dalston 10 or 15 years ago, Croydon has battled for years with its reputation. It was a place everyone would avoid, somewhere that people would scoff at and somewhere that even Kate Moss no longer wanted to be associated with.

Until recently.

Move over East London hot spots. Croydon is here and is quickly becoming one of London’s new hipster spots. And here’s why.

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October 17, 2016, 4:12 am

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Few garden sheds are put to good use.

They’re places for people to potter about in – either hiding from their spouses or trying to nurture plants in the wrong season.

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But an engineer from Hampshire has just spent the past five years in his dad’s shed building a Batman-style leisure powerboat (or Batboat, as it’s known in the DC Comics series).

And he’s just won the backing to start mass producing them.

Chris Phillips, 35, had to sell his Maserati to fund the project and… Read the full story

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October 17, 2016, 4:19 am

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The best Halloween makeup ideas often take days to come up with and hours to perfect as you fiddle with fake blood and face paint.

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But 21-year-old makeup artist Bonnie Corban, from Sydney, is getting us all excited for Halloween with her incredibly creepy – and well executed – looks.

Alongside working to film her looks for tutorials which she posts to her YouTube, Bonnie uses Instagram as her portfolio – which she’s been working on for around three and a half years… Read the full story

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October 17, 2016, 4:40 am

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“When I grow up, I want to work in fashion”, I proclaimed in my AS Level Textiles class. A 17 year old girl with a dream of designing her own collection one day and appearing in Vogue.

19, fresh faced and eager to learn, I set foot inside my first fashion house. And what an eye opener it was.

Eight years on, and a career change later, I look back with some fond and some not so fond memories.

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October 17, 2016, 5:01 am

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A pair of artists have designed a bag which will turn your hands into actual LEGO.

The Lego Playbox, designed by Junho Lee and Hyun Chul Choi of the School of Visual Arts of New York, uses yellow material attached to the handles to create the look of LEGO hands.

All you have to do is grab the bag to see your hands instantly transformed into a minifig’s.

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October 17, 2016, 5:29 am

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When Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office received a call from an 18-year-old man saying there was an intruder in his house, they responded immediately. 

The man had heard strange noises coming from within his home and his dogs had started to bark uncontrollably, so he called the police after barricading both himself and his pets in a room away from the ‘intruder’.

The police came out, with several deputies arriving at the scene to find the man very afraid, convinced there was someone in the house.

After a search of the property, they found the culprit: One of the man’s dogs.

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October 17, 2016, 6:27 am

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While we may not be able to vote in the 2015 US presidential election, it doesn’t mean we can’t pick a side. 

Or a milkshake, for that matter.

Yes, American-themed restaurant The Diner is pitting Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump against each other in the form of freakshakes.

If you aren’t aware of what a freakshake is (if that’s the case, have you been hiding under a rock?), then you’re in for a (highly calorific) surprise.

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October 17, 2016, 6:33 am

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Airbnb have just announced that Bran Castle in Transylvania, the inspiration for Dracula’s castle, has been listed on Airbnb for this year’s Halloween. 

Horror fans will have the chance to win a spooky night at the vampire lair, which will be hosted by the great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker himself, Dacre Stoker, a well-respected vampire expert.

On October 31, two guests will relive the story of Jonathan Harker, the protagonist from Bram Stoker’s famous novel, Dracula, as they journey to the castle by horse-drawn carriage through Transylvania with the sun setting towards the horizon, surrounded by bats and the howling of wolves.

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9 pros of having a long distance best friend

October 17, 2016, 6:55 am

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Living thousands of miles apart from your best friend can be hard at times but now and again there are positives to be had from an otherwise sucky situation.

If nothing else, it makes sure that the time you spend together is quality, and you make the most of your visits.

We like to look on the bright side, so here are a few pros that come from having a long distance friendship.

1. Airport reunions are adorable

 

Other bezzies meet up at the local Wetherspoons on a bleak rainy night after work whereas you guys get to reunite and hug it out at the… Read the full story

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October 17, 2016, 7:58 am

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Greggs deliveries right to the front door, you say? The future could well and truly be here as the pastry giant is trialling a new service that will see certain savouries and sweets brought to you without you ever having to venture onto the high street. 

The North East based bakery chain are initially rolling out the venture in Newcastle with a view to expanding it nationwide if it’s successful. Cobalt Business Park, which has 14,000 workers, is the lucky guinea pig and from this week, they will be able to order everything from sausage rolls to stotties for same day delivery.

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October 17, 2016, 8:34 am

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One of the great problems of commuter life is that there’s no convenient way of having a drink.

Go and buy one of those single glasses of wine from M&S and it’s not going to last you the whole journey.

Get some tinnies for the trip home and invariably they spill everywhere and you end up sitting in sticky gin for the next hour.

Buy a bottle of wine and chances are, you’re having to drink out of crappy plastic cups.

Well, not any longer.

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October 17, 2016, 8:54 am

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Fast food ain’t got nothing on this.

For those who want their food now – and aren’t worried about it getting a little shaken up – this restaurant where your food arrives by rollercoaster is perfect for you.

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October 17, 2016, 9:10 am

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A hamster-loving woman has taken entertaining her pets to a whole new level.

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Not content with wheels and tubes for them to play with, Beverly Bovrill, 49, from Devizes in Wiltshire, likes to spend her time building miniature sets for her six hamsters to inhabit.

Her creations include a hamster sized-Great British Bake Off tent, a snooker table and an adorably small living room.

The hamster sets have received plenty of attention on social media, which Beverly has been surprised about.

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October 17, 2016, 9:17 am

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When 34-year-old Sarah Hester, a photographer from Oklahoma City, hosted a photographer’s meetup in her studio, she invited a few models to shoot with. 

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Though familiar with the models, there was one who Sarah just couldn’t remember the name of – and so she started calling him Harry instead.

24-year-old Harry, real name Zachary Howell, was so good at his job that Sarah jokingly asked him whether he would do a… Read the full story

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October 17, 2016, 9:24 am

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EVERYONE!

Over the last few days, the internet has been shocked by the ‘revelation’ that the little white table in the middle of your pizza has a use. 

While many thought that the ‘pizza savers’ were there… because… they looked nice (?), it turns out that most people did know that the table pizza saver, which has been round for over 30 years, stopped pizza toppings getting stuck on the lid.

And they made their feelings clear, saying things like: ‘What did you think they were, a tiny table for gnomes to eat their pizza off?’.

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October 17, 2016, 9:26 am

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Being a vegan can be difficult at the best of times.

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Try going on holiday as a dairy-free, animal-free traveller and you’ll soon find yourself confined to eating rice or chips with chili sauce three times a day.

Oh, and a side salad – if it’s not been smothered in mayo or boiled eggs.

But that’s all changing.

And to prove it, vegan and vegetarian website HappyCow have released their list of the top vegan cities to visit.

So, which cities made the top five?

1. Berlin, Germany

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October 17, 2016, 10:33 am

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We’ve been petitioning for years, if not decades, for the tampon tax to be dropped.

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But it turns out that we’ve all been wasting out goddamn time.

Because women who can’t control their bloody bladders don’t deserve free tampons.

And a lot of people were confused.

Twitter user @ryanwilliams97 has pointed out that we should all pay for our own tampons if we’re unable to control ourselves.

He likens having a period to needing to pee, and said that if women can’t hold their blood in until… Read the full story

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October 18, 2016, 2:47 am

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For months, Josette Duran had been confused about why her son, Dylan, kept asking her to make him a second packed lunch he could take to school.

Finally she asked him why he needed two lunches, questioning how he wasn’t getting too full after eating double his usual lunches.

That’s when Dylan explained the truth: he’d been eating one packed lunch and giving the other to his friend.

‘He only eats a fruit cup for lunch,’ Dylan told his mum.

‘Can you make him lunch, too? I don’t think he has lunch money.’

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October 18, 2016, 2:56 am

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The internet has seen its fair share of dance trends.

This mum accidentally bought her daughter a t-shirt covered in a stylish orgy print

We had the TZ Anthem, The Whip/Nae Nae dance, The Pineapple Apple Pen song.

But nothing can compare to what critics will one day call ‘the greatest internet dance trend ever’ – The Mannequin.

It’s very simple, although requires some dexterity.

Here’s how to do it:

Get a mannequin head (how you get one is your business…).

Put on a hoodie and stick said head on top of your real head, tucking it into the hood so your head is hidden.

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October 18, 2016, 3:04 am

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Everyone who lives in a block of flats/halls of accommodation knows the hell of hearing your neighbours having sex.

If you’re single, it’s awful because not only are you kept awake by their thudding but you start to wonder if you’re the only person in the world not having sex. If you’re in a relationship… it’s exactly the same.

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