Yesterday, we found out that the world had lost a true princess. A legend.
For many of us, Carrie Fisher was a legend of the screen and of real life.
Tributes flooded in from all around the world.
And on Twitter, parents have been sharing photos of their babies and toddlers dressed as Princess Leia.
It all started when one user – Single Mom Survives – tweeted a picture of her daughter wearing… Read the full story
The one thing no-one can ever take away from us Brits is our collective sense of humour and all-round good egginess.
There have been a number of moments in 2016 when British pride has never been stronger.
When twelve-year-old Agung Dewi fell sick with food poisoning two years ago, her father, Oka Yasna, looked to the joy of dogs to keep her spirits up.
Her condition was severe.… Read the full story
We’re not saying a poem can’t get you a job – but these ones probably won’t.
That doesn’t mean they are not hilarious.
Almost everyone gets nervous before a job interview, especially if it is one you really care about.
My mum’s advice to combat nerves is to have… Read the full story
We didn’t think there could be many things more truly soul-destroying than seeing someone standing on their chair, holding an iPad over some food so they can Instagram their meal.
But then someone decided to flip the script a bit.
Not by saying ‘hey, put down your iPad – or at least use a phone – and eat your damn food’, to be clear.
Nope. Quince restaurant in San Francisco flipped things in a more literal sense, by putting the iPad underneath the food.
*Sigh*
— Richie Nakano✨
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Welcome to the awkward phase when it is no longer Christmas, and we’re still a little way away from NYE.
You’re at a bit of a loss with what to do with yourself, you’ve stuffed your face with as much food as possible, watched every single box set going, spent enough time with your grandparents and now you’re stuck for ideas.
Welcome to a period of not knowing what day it is, lounging in sweatpants and having no desire to leave the comfort of your spot on the sofa.
What day is it? What time is it? Is it time to eat yet? Or is it appropriate to have a nap?
All these questions will run through your head on a… Read the full story
The best Christmas gifts – the ones you remember for years afterwards – tend to be the presents people spend serious time and emotional effort on.
They’re the handwritten book, rather than the expensive watch. The polished ring that used to belong to your grandma instead of the blowout gift card.
Or they’re the entire script of Bee Movie, written out inside a Christmas card.
Conner Fastenau and his girlfriend Nicole Dudley are a ‘pretty meme-y couple’.
Deciding where to go on New Year’s Eve can be a tough one.
Should you go to a bar? A club? A house party? Do you even want to go out?
How much are you willing to spend? Where do you want to go? What music do you want to slither in to the new year with?
We know, we know – our heads are hurting too. Which is why we made this… Read the full story
Is there a dialect more colourful than Scottish? There are some genuinely fantastic words that have come from the north of the UK – and that includes some of the ruder swear words. Put it this way, you don’t know swearing until you work some of these brilliant words into your rant.
But how well do you really know Scottish swear words? Do you ken your fuds from tour bawbags and your boabbies from your doabers?
Take our challenging quiz and find out:
Ah, the 90s. A time when we slicked our lips with frosted brown lipstick, doused ourselves in Impulse spray, and covered our hair, cheeks, and the entirety of our shoulder area with sparkling glitter gel.
We knew that the 90s had made a comeback. We noticed the chokers, the centre-parted hair, the mini buns.
We didn’t expect glitter gel to return. But it has.
And because we’re in 2016, it’s been repackaged with a unicorn reference.
Because in 2016, everything bloody well has… Read the full story
No matter how much champagne gets downed at a New Year’s party, there will always be half-empty bottles left behind.
This will cause some bright spark to pipe up with advice: ‘Put a silver spoon in it, that’ll stop it from going flat’.
Then there will be either general agreement to ignore the plonker who thinks this is a genuine tip, or a collection of drunk people gathering up the cutlery to drop it in the booze.
But is it… Read the full story
Babies, babies, we love babies.
They’re little bundles of cells that have been brewing in human organs, like mighty fine cups of tea.
They then pop out all fresh and innocent and squishy, ready to be moulded into fine specimens of human. It’s a bloomin’ miracle!
And yeah, they might wail and poop themselves and ruin your social life/sleep schedule/sex life (delete as appropriate) but it’s totally… Read the full story
Some people just want to watch the world burn in a horrible, melted cheese mess.
In the final week of 2016, PopSugar Food decided to give this hellish year the farewell it deserves: a horrifying food mashup created to instill fear and disgust in the hearts of anyone who enjoys eating things.
This week PopSugar Food created a video teaching people how to make wine and cheese shots.
Wine and cheese shots,… Read the full story
For all the misery surrounding it, 2016 has been a year of liberation for one community.
Transgender models featured in mainstream fashion, appearing on magazine covers, in campaigns and on catwalks.
Trans celebrities continued to dominate our screens and newspaper inches – from Caitlyn Jenner to Kelly Malone.
And in Britain at… Read the full story
Because sometimes life gets in the way of you moving in together.
Having a partner is a wonderful thing.
You get to devote yourself to this one person and share different parts of your life.
You have someone to make plans with, cook with, have long walks… Read the full story
No matter how depraved, idiotic or bad humankind can get, animals are always perfect.
Cats and dogs will forever be innocent, blessed creatures who do nothing but provide succor and comfort to us miserable two-leggers.
No where is that more apparent than on Twitter. Often a cesspit of misandry and bullsh*t, Dog Twitter stands alone in its innocence and joy.
And no car crash of a year can take that away from us.
It’s all well and good to be stocked up on bubbly for New Year’s Eve, thanks to the best champagne offers and deals out there.
But it would be a bit awkward if you ran out of glasses for your guests, leaving half of them to drink out of a mug.
The champagne coupe, or saucer, was the most popular shape to use for champers until the early 20th century (think The Great Gatsby), having been designed in 1663 in England – despite popular legend suggesting it was designed by the French based on the shape of Marie Antoinette’s breast (coupes have since been modelled on Claudia Schiffer’s breast, by Dom Perignon in 2008, and Kate Moss’s left breast, by Mayfair restaurant 34).
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