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This mum makes miniature versions of human meals for her dog every night

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Every pet owner has felt dinner guilt at some point or another.

There you are tucking into a juicy slab of chicken, smothered in gravy while your poor little pooch has to make do with a bowl of disgusting looking dog food or dry biscuits.

I have an anxiety disorder and people need to stop saying these things to meHow a hashtag about anxiety is helping people feel less alone

As they look up at you with their big doe eyes, you feel compelled to split your chicken breast. If only you’d made Frodo his own delicious supper like Ashton Burton’s mum,… Read the full story


VAT on private school fees isn’t going to make things fairer, trust me

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Keep out. (Picture: Getty)

The problem with rich kids, is their sense of entitlement. 

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I could tell you stories that would make you so angry you wouldn’t be able to finish this article. Stories about teenage boys telling the women who cleaned their school bedrooms that they wouldn’t f*ck them. Stories about girls stealing from shops at the weekend and then chucking their bounty in the bin, because it’s hilariously funny, or telling teachers that they can’t give them detention because their parents pay their wages.

‘Don’t touch that, it’s worth more than your house’, an ex-boyfriend once said to… Read the full story

How to make sure your vibrators and sex toys are safe

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When you’re happily masturbating away and enjoying the thrill of vibrations on your bits, the last thing you’re thinking about is whether your sex toy is safe and healthy.

You’re more likely focusing on how to stay silent as your housemates hover outside your room, or your brains being swept with waves of pleasure (if you’re doing it properly).

But seriously, the safety of your sex toys can be a concern.

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Buying cheap vibrators off the internet can end up leaving you with a bunch… Read the full story

Powerful photo series shows how anxiety actually feels

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How do you explain what it really feels like to have anxiety?

For loads of us, it’s hard. Not just because there’s still a lot of silence and shame around mental illness, but also because it’s a struggle to put the sensations and thoughts into words.

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How do you explain that – even though you know it’s not logical – you always feel like there’s something creeping up on you? How do you make it clear that when you say anxious, you don’t just mean worried?

For Jasmine Kate… Read the full story

Bunny crumpets are here because nothing says Easter like eating a rabbit’s face

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‘I saw the face of the Easter bunny in a crumpet’ (Picture: Asda)

What’s better than crumpets?

Novelty crumpets, of course.

We’ve had chocolate crumpets, we’ve had giant crumpets, now make way for the wheat-based wonder that is the Easter bunny crumpet.

Yes, it’s a crumpet in the shape of a rabbit’s face.

Well, a cartoon rabbit’s face – my dwarf lop looked nothing like this but let’s not get technical when there’s baked goods involved.

I suppose you could serve them with carrots or something.

This fake tan brand has been slating beauty bloggers for ‘having absolutely no authenticity’

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When Vogue called fashion bloggers ‘desperate’ and ‘ridiculous’ last year, we all had a bit of a chuckle.

It was a pretty bizarre outburst on their creative digital director’s behalf but not wholly surprising.

I have an anxiety disorder and people need to stop saying these things to meHow a hashtag about anxiety is helping people feel less alone

After all, Vogue is possibly one of the most traditional and successful print publications out there.

Their journalists probably have very little to do with Instagrammers and bloggers – and if they do, it’s probably to keep an eye on… Read the full story

How the #ThisIsWhatAnxietyFeelsLike movement is helping people feel less alone

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An estimated 3 million people in the UK are suffering from some form of anxiety disorder – but so many of us are struggling in silence.

We’re scared to talk about what’s going on our heads. We worry about stereotypes, and stigma, and that people won’t understand.

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It’s hard to put into words, too.

That’s a big part of why Sarah Fader, Psychology Today columnist and the CEO and founder of Stigma Fighters, a non-profit organisation encouraging people to talk about… Read the full story

Gouda news dairy lovers: a cheese festival is coming to London in May

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Earlier this week, we brought you news of a fried chicken festival that is coming to Kings Cross at the start of May.

And now we have EVEN BETTER NEWS.

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Because that very same weekend – 6 and 7 May – a cheese extravaganza is also going to be happening in north London.

London is undergoing something of a cheese revolution right now. Artisanal Wensleydale-like cheese is being churned up on an industrial estate in Tottenham. Fetta is being made in Brockley. Ricotta is coming out of… Read the full story


What happens after you have a threesome?

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The first time I had a threesome I was eighteen.

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We’d left school, we were all going our separate ways, and a combination of vodka and freedom saw me falling into bed with two friends. All the usual threesome activities took place, and then we passed a very uncomfortable night sleeping in a bed that was meant for two people.

That was the last time I saw either of them. The next day it was so painfully, horribly awkward, that we all seemed to unspokenly agree that it was best never to speak of it (or… Read the full story

The world’s biggest Zara store is opening this week

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Empty your wardrobes. Prepare your arms for multiple shopping bags.

I have an anxiety disorder and people need to stop saying these things to meHow a hashtag about anxiety is helping people feel less alone

The world’s biggest Zara is opening this week, and we are all doomed to overspend on biker jackets and printed trousers. Be warned.

WWD reports that this Friday Zara will open their biggest store ever.

It’ll be located in Madrid, in the financial district of Paseo de la Castellan, and will span a glorious 65,000 square feet. Whoa.

The magical Zara store of dreams will sell womenswear, menswear, childrenswear, and… Read the full story

18 things people who suffer from social anxiety can understand and relate to

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It’s a condition that is difficult to understand and one that can have much a more serious impact on a sufferer’s life than many realise. Social anxiety is a strain on more than just a social life and not something that goes away just by avoiding parties. 

There’s so much more to it than not liking crowded social situations – simple things such as the doorbell ringing, a meeting at work or an unexpected phone call can be terrifying if it catches your social anxiety on a bad day.

Some days it bearable and others overwhelming. And some days you can skip merrily out of the house and smile at every… Read the full story

Melbourne is becoming the vegan capital of the world

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10 years ago, vegans were a marginalised community of people reduced to eating brown rice and boiled vegetables.

You couldn’t really go out to eat and no one really respected your environmentally friendly life choices.

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These days, however, everyone seems to be dabbling in plant life.

And nowhere is that more obvious than in Melbourne.

The Australian city is being touted as the vegan capital of the world, with vegan dessert bars apparently becoming more popular than McDonald’s sundaes.

How soon is too soon to move in together?

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So Megan Markle is moving in with Prince Harry, making them the first royal couple to cohabit. 

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(Wills and Kate lived together at uni, but we’re told that it was purely platonic. It would probably be treason to question that, so I won’t.)

It’s a big deal because he’s royal and she’s American, and because he publicly defended her in the press. But even if they weren’t super duper famous, their moving in together might have raised eyebrows.

Harry and Megan met… Read the full story

Introducing Crussh’s new vegan menu

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Whether it’s for your health, the sustainability benefit, or because you’re a friend to the animals, there are lots of reasons that you might be looking for vegan lunch. 

Vegan food has, historically, not had the best rep. There’s only so much hummus and roasted vegetables that a person can eat.

Luckily, vegan food is a whole different kettle of quinoa these days, and restaurants like Crussh bringing out inventive, fresh menus is all part of that transition.

10 delicious vegan Easter recipes from creme eggs to simnel cake and hot cross buns

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Easter is all about chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, right?

With the odd hot cross bun and slice of simnel cake thrown in for good measure.

But none of these Easter goodies are suitable for vegans surely?

Well, think again.

It’s really easy to get your hands on a free-from-chocolate egg this year, and many of the major supermarkets have got on the bandwagon and are offering dairy-free products.

You can get a vegan Easter egg with chocolate orange discs from Asda and Tesco even has a white chocolate egg with buttons on offer.

Or for… Read the full story


Vegan Burd: The vegan chocolate taking Scotland by storm

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Mmm, delicious and addictive stuff (Picture: Vegan Burd)

Well-known and loved by vegans across Scotland, Vegan Burd is a brand that is fast building momentum across the rest of the country.

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Glaswegian vegan, blogger and chocolate fan Adele Rawlston decided to start making her own chocolate last year to recreate childhood sweeties that she missed.

Us Scots do love our sweeties and the chocolate bars with comic names include Yer Bound Tae, Rollaz and A Wafer A Break quickly gained popularity across Glasgow where Adele was selling them at local markets.

Adele told Metro.co.uk, ‘I’m… Read the full story

Here’s what happened when I tried recipes from celebrity chefs and experts on my fussy eaters

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Dinner times are an ongoing battle in my house.

I have been blessed with not one but two fussy eaters and of course, the list of food they will eat is the polar opposite of one another.

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I have found myself desperately trying to think of anything but the fail-safe chicken nuggets, chips and beans to give to them – these are the only meals where they will both clear their plates.

It’s embarrassing to even write about, especially as my husband is a former chef.

We have always cooked… Read the full story

This beauty vlogger brilliantly took down the pressure to wake up flawless

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Along with all the other appearance-based pressure women face on a daily basis – have flat abs if you want to go to the beach, make sure to have smooth skin, ensure you’re slim but not too slim, to name a few examples – there’s an overwhelming emphasis right now on the idea of being naturally beautiful.

It’s not enough to look good with makeup that makes you feel good. Your beauty only ‘counts’ if it’s makeup free and unfiltered, apparently.

But just to unlevel the playing field, a lot of the ‘natural’ beauty we see all over Instagram isn’t actually entirely natural.

8 things nobody will… Read the full story

Valiant squirrel eating a taco in a tree is the hero we need right now

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When you’re feeling down and lost, there’s one thing that will always give you hope: an animal battling the odds and managing to eat a delicious snack.

Loads of us want to have sex with Siri because we're lonely and bored

We’ve had pizza rat. Then we had a squirrel eating pizza.

Now, we have taco squirrel.

Taco squirrel is a squirrel who once sat in a tree and ate a taco.

We do not know this squirrel’s name. We do not know its story. We do not know what was inside the taco.

All we know is that this squirrel wanted a taco and… Read the full story

Loads of us want to have sex with Siri because we’re lonely and bored

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Siri is a wonderful thing.

If typing a question into Google is just too much of an effort, it’s there to help.

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It knows your name. It’s polite. It sometimes throws up sassy answers.

And that apparently is enough to make over a quarter of regular users harbour ‘sexual fantasies’ about their iPhone’s digital assistant.

That’s right – according to Mindshare, 26% of regular users want to f*ck Siri.

Researchers interviewed 1,001 smartphone users above the age of 18 and found that loads of them were starting to develop ‘deeper emotional attachments’… Read the full story

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