Maybe I am alone in this, but the whole ‘Netflix and Chill’ thing has never quite worked for me in the way that it’s intended.
Rather than being a one-way street to sofa sex, I often fall asleep 20 minutes into a film and spend the rest of the evening dribbling attractively onto a pillow.
If you want to have any sort of hanky-panky with me, the key is to keep me… Read the full story
Look, we enjoy looking at the pretty clothes at London Fashion Week just like anyone else with an enjoyment of fashion, nice fabrics, and sequins.
But we all know that no matter how deeply we fall in love with the clothes, we’ll never be able to actually take them home and wear them in real life.
You know, because each fancy dress costs thousands. Which we can’t afford. Because we have… Read the full story
If you thought you were good at standing your ground, you’d better think again – because one little girl is totally deserving of the ‘Queen of arguments’ title.
After being told by her father that the correct way to count to five was ‘1, 2, 3, 4, 5,’ the little girl, Aleah, refused to have… Read the full story
How much information about yourself is stored on your iPhone? It might just be that there’s way more than you think.
When one Twitter user discovered someone’s phone had been left behind in a bathroom, she attempted to find out who the phone belonged to in order to get it back to them.
And, surprisingly, it was way easier than she thought it’d… Read the full story
Despite being a self-assured, relatively fit, modern day woman, I’m embarrassed by weights rooms.
I know, I know. Strong is sexy. Serena Williams not Kate Moss. Ab cracks over thigh gaps.
But the thought of feebly lifting a minimal weight like a wobbly Mr Burns, surrounded by men watching has always filled me with dread.
So much so that in the three months I’ve been a member of my current gym, I’ve never even bothered to find out where the weights room is. I thought that there was a mirror at the end of the gym… Read the full story
We are a generation obsessed with turning everything into unicorns.
True devotees of the mythical and beauteous animal, we’ve tried to style our hair into unicorn horns. Made our toast into unicorn toast. Dressed horses up as unicorns to take us to work.
But have you ever stopped to think about what actually makes a unicorn a unicorn – apart from their swirly colours?
Probably not.
Unicorns are so much more than their looks. They also, apparently, make… Read the full story
‘Gas grills are a sin in Argentina,’ our tour guide declares. You have to prepare meat in exactly the right way here. It is unsurprising in a country that prides itself on its strongly flavoured, barbecued meat. Fear not if you are a meat avoider, however, as there are many other foodie delights to be found in Buenos Aires.
Like toast? Well snap a photograph and stick it on social media.
Today is National Toast Day 2017 – a day dedicated to making an otherwise dull February a little bit more jammy.
But why do we need a day to celebrate toast? Here’s everything you need to know.
February 23 is National Toast Day and what better way to celebrate than having a slice of the good stuff?
The making of a good toast is different for everyone and that’s before you’ve even delved into the matter of the topping.
Do you have fluffy white bread for example or a malted brown loaf?
Is sourdough better or a seeded bun?
Then there’s the… Read the full story
February 23 is National Toast Day, a celebration of this beautiful slice.
But is it possible to have toast without bread?
You might think the obvious answer is no, but think again because you can make toast out of sweet potatoes by simply popping slices of it in your toaster.
Does it work? And is it actually… Read the full story
Breast milk is apparently nature’s liquid gold.
It will protect your baby from illness, infection and obesity and has health benefits for the mother too.
As it goes, only 17% of UK babies are still exclusively breastfed at three months and yet, against all the odds, most of us do not enter adulthood as chubby dunces with empty wallets and snotty noses.
Having passed nine happy months as a formula-feeding mum, there are some home truths I really want to get off my chest.
Breastfeeding isn’t… Read the full story
For years, we’ve had one bit of information drilled into our heads at every opportunity: to be a healthy person and general proper adult, you need to be eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a day.
When we actually manage to eat five healthy things, we feel pretty damn smug. It’s… Read the full story
It feels like every other month, cat-lovers are warned about the various horrors of toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that can be transmitted through cat poo.
We’re warned that our cats could be the cause of our severe PMS. We’re advised to keep pregnant women far, far away from all felines. We’re… Read the full story
Parents of the world, listen up: World Book Day is approaching rapidly.
And if you have a child at primary school, the chances are, you’ll receive a letter a or two days before WBD, announcing that your child must come to school dressed as a character from their favourite book on the day.
For some of you, this will fill your heart with excitement as you rummage through your fabric box and imagine a joyful evening spent with the sewing machine.
For the rest of us, though, it means two things: panic and… Read the full story
Oi, coffee-lovers – if your regular iced coffee is feeling a little ‘meh’, listen up.
Starbucks is finally bringing the Nitro coffee trend over to the UK, so it won’t just be available in hipster cafés and specialist cold brew spots.
For anyone not in the know about the hot (or cold, more accurately. Ha.) new coffee trends, Nitro Cold Brew is made by taking Cold Brew coffee (that’s coffee that’s been brewed by steeping coffee beans in cold water for… Read the full story
We love a questionable crowd fund?
Yesterday, we made various members of the Metro.co.uk team try a bottle of extra dry Progrigo.
Our editor, who apparently loves really dry wine, was keen to have a cup (white, plastic). And after a day of chewing nicotine gum, she concluded that it was one of the best sparkling wine’s she’s tried – because of its delicious dryness.
Read the full storyDisclaimer: there are plenty of ways to let go of your worries without needing to find a drug addict to date. This is personal experience and not a method I’d recommend trying for yourself.
One of the best decisions I ever made was to date a drug addict.
Yes, you read that right. Before I go any further, I should make one thing clear – I’m not saying this because I did drugs with him.
I’ve seen what long-term drug usage can do to people, and I definitely… Read the full story
