If you’ve been anywhere near the internet, a hipster café, or a foodie friend in the last 12 months, you’ll have heard that turmeric is the hot new super-spice on the block.
All the cool kids have swapped their matcha lattes for golden milk (that’s tea made with turmeric, to be clear. It’s not as naughty as… Read the full story
I don’t know what you were doing as a teen, but if you were anything like me, it wasn’t anything useful.
Getting drunk on Malibu, reading loads of books and looking awkward was my thing, so… Read the full story
Editing on Instagram can get a bit much sometimes.
Over-filtered selfies and super-saturated scenic shots can really clog up your feed, giving a twisted (and unrealistic) view of reality.
But when editing is used for art instead of narcissism?
That’s a whole other story.
Take Instagram account Multiplanar, which posts highly-edited artistic shots of cityscapes, making them appear to be from the depths of a surreal, candy-coloured world that only exists in your… Read the full story
Stop everything and raise your Tim Tams in the air because we’ve found a contender for ‘most Australian news of the day’.
A wildlife sanctuary in north Queensland, Australia is asking local residents for ‘unwanted or elderly’ chickens to help feed up one of their… Read the full story
Have you ever thought about the way you hold babies?
Like, really thought about it?
We all know the basics – support the head, don’t hold them by one finger, avoid hanging them upside down, etc – but did you know that there’s meaning in which side you normally hold the little angel on?
Apparently, humans favour holding babies on the left-hand side – which is news to me as I’m pretty sure my niece normally gets slung over my right shoulder… Read the full story
If your New Year’s resolution for 2016 was ‘read more books’, but you only managed to get half way through the Girl on the Train, look away now. This four-year-old girl is putting us all to shame.
At just four years old, Daliyah Arana has already accomplished two very impressive things.
Firstly, on 10 January, she became the first ever Librarian… Read the full story
Like most women, I sometimes find it a little tricky to get off from penetrative sex.
At some point when it’s just. not. happening, I’ll often get the same reaction from the person I’m having sex with: disappointment, frustration, and the sense that they’ve somehow failed.
Each time, I explain that I don’t need to have an orgasm to have enjoyed a… Read the full story
Selective veganism is basically the vegan version of flexitarianism.
While flexitarians are mostly veggie with the occasional bit of meat or fish, selective vegans are mostly vegan with the occasional bit of eggs and dairy.
Maybe you’re strictly vegan at home but flexible when you go out to eat? Perhaps you’re 100% vegan until you’re offered free food? Or maybe you won’t touch dairy unless you’re hungover as hell.
While staunch vegans will see selective veganism as a cop-out, I… Read the full story
Living in the city is great, it really is.
You’ve got loads of amazing food options, all your favourite bands are guaranteed to tour there and you can get home by public transport any time of day or night.
But it can all get a little bit claustrophobic.
You leave your cramped little flat to get on a cramped little tube, tasting the sweat of loads of people you’ve never met in your life, before slithering off and sitting at a cramped little desk.
We need space godammit!
And these pictures by self-taught photographer Manuel Pita are the antidote to our spatial needs. Mentally at least.
Pita is a scientist by trade who takes photos under the pseudonym Sejkko. And we’re really glad he does.
His series on lonely houses explores ‘the connection between being at home and being alone’.
January is the month of getting extreme wanderlust.
Gone are the heady, festive days of December and in their place are long, bleak days of nothingness.
We’re even told that the most depressing day of the year is in January. Urgh.
But it doesn’t have to be – even if you can’t get away from some sun until later in the year, you can still get excited planning your getaway.
If our… Read the full story
Lentils get pretty a bad rap for their ‘gassy effects’, but it turns out the loading up on this beloved member of the pulse-family could actually help you get lose weight and get a flat stomach.
We should start by saying… Read the full story
The Know Your Lemons campaign is helping women to detect breast cancer symptoms through images of things they’ve already felt, like lemons.
Breast cancer is the most common form cancer in the UK, yet how many of us actually know what a ‘suspicious breast lump’ feels like?
I know I don’t.
Can’t stop wondering why that guy didn’t text you back? Is your mother-in-law giving you grief? Feeling left out of the parents group as a stay at home dad?
Andy has the answer.
Well, an answer anyway and that’s better than nothing.
Be warned he’s not here to mince his words.
If you’re ready to hear the truth, the whole truth and… Read the full story
Nasty Women is a fundraising art collective inspired by misogynist comments (remember when Donald Trump called Hilary Clinton a ‘nasty woman‘?) brought together over Facebook.
When artist Roxanne Jackson did a call out on social media for those interested in taking part in a ‘Nasty Woman’ art show, she did not expect to get hundreds of responses, but that is exactly what happened and the Nasty Woman… Read the full story
Love well and truly seems a thing of the past in the age of 21st century online dating.
Okay, allow me to clarify exactly what I’m talking about.
There is still ‘something’ out there we can identify as a bond between two people – but when I think of the romanticised idea of love at first sight, or the notion of long-term romances, I’m no longer convinced of their existence.
And that’s not to come across as bitter; I’m not a… Read the full story
As a sex worker, I always found it was advantageous to become a Triple Threat – not just offering domination, but also webcamming and phone sex too.
Then you can just watch the magic happen from the comfort of your settee.
The problem with webcams, however, is that it takes a lot more effort.
I mean, there’s no point in telling him you’re going to make him lick your stilettos when you’re… Read the full story
You can never have enough makeup, right?
But a large collection can be hard to keep organised – and if you don’t do it right, you’ll completely forget about some amazing products.
So if you want to learn how to store your makeup effectively and attractively, who better to turn to for the answer than our top beauty vloggers?
Here, eight of them show you how they take on the task of cosmetics storage – and you’ll be amazed at how many different ways there are to do it.
Fleur de Force
UK beauty and fashion YouTuber Fleur takes you through her makeup collection and shows you how she keeps it organised and streamlined in a dedicated set of drawers.
It’s enough to send you straight to Ikea.
Tanya Burr
Norwich-born beauty YouTuber and the creator of her… Read the full story
If you’ve never tried a hot gin and tonic – now is your chance.
A pop-up bar will be serving up gin cocktails with a heated twist on a rooftop in London this week.
Ham Yard Hotel has got together with Sipsmith to create an hour-and-a-half gin drinking experience – Hot Gin Roof – from 5.45pm Wednesday to Sunday this week until the middle of February.
Tickets are £18 each and include one hot gin and tonic to start (with a special tonic) plus another hot… Read the full story
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