So you can’t afford to go to Ibiza ( sad face) but you want to feel the sand between your toes before the summer is out.
You are in luck.
Because some genius has dumped 150 tonnes of sand on to the roof of the Camden Roundhouse, so you can go along and pretend you’re on holiday.
Kids nowadays really think that they are living in the best era possible, what with their shiny smartphones, Nando’s loyalty cards and brightly coloured high top trainers. In reality they fail to understand that in fact the true golden age was the 00s.
The years 2000 – 2009 gave us addictive tv shows, decent pop stars and allowed us to wear velvet tracksuits as a fashion statement. You could say it was the best of times.
So kids, listen up and prepare to be educated.
1. Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie
Whilst you’re too busy with the glamorous antics of the Kardashian clan we had the original reality tv queens Paris and Nicole.
Even better was the fact that we got to see them forced to… Read the full story
Forget everything your mama told you, playing with your food is absolutely totally acceptable.
If you have the artistic talents of Tisha Cherry that is.
After a childhood spent hanging out in her father’s restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen, New York, Tisha grew fascinated with food and how it was presented.
Her website explains: ‘Her rebelliousness and fascination with plating turned into a serious culinary hobby that formed Art in the Eats.’
Tisha plays around with all sorts of grub, but we’re particularly enamoured with her Oreo cookie art, because, Oreos.
Check these out…
Sorry, what year is this?
A Nigerian man has divorced his wife on the grounds that she didn’t cook for him enough, and when she did, she served it too late.
According to Vanguard Newspapers, 57-year-old (spoilt brat man) Olufade Adekoya told the court: ‘My wife had failed in her matrimonial obligations. She does not prepare my food on time and I have warned her several times, but she would not listen to me.
‘Most times, I go to the canteen to eat when I am hungry. There is no point in harbouring a wife that makes me hungry. I am totally fed up. Please separate us; I am no more interested in the marriage.’
It’s easy to feel a little insecure about not having a massive group of friends, especially when everyone on social media keeps banging on about #squadgoals.
But a new study suggests that we really shouldn’t get too worried about not having many friends in our 30s, as happiness later on is more about the quality of friendships at this age, not quantity.
The study, led by Cheryl L. Carmichael of Brooklyn College, claims that happiness in middle age can be predicted by two different friendship related factors: the number of friends you have in your 20s, and the quality of your friendships in your 30s.
You should try not to fall in love with Paddington because he lives all the way in Australia and long distance rarely works out.
He also already has a happy home with his owner Annie and four cat siblings and no one wants to be a home wrecker.
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The problem is that it’s hard not to listen to that flutter your heart makes when you see his soft and wrinkly face.
And it’s almost impossible to ignore the sensation of your melting soul when he cuddles up on the sofa with his feline friend Butler.
57-year-old Aurora Bellandi and her 58-year-old husband Giuseppe are attempting to sue their local hospital for a failed abortion… which happened 15 years ago.
The Bellandis, of Rimini, Italy, are asking for €1m (approximately £700,000) for ‘psychological trauma’ and maintenance costs for their now 14-year-old daughter, Elisa.
And most amazingly of all, Elisa is supporting them.
The unusual case, has just as unusual a back story.
Aurora was 43 when she accidentally fell pregnant with Elisa. The couple already had an older son and were worried about how they would cope financially, and what’s more, due to health complications (Aurora suffers from ovarian fibroma), doctors recommend she abort the child.
Getting a bit bored of your same old earrings?
Why not try giving yourself some fake leather ears?
Artist Akiko Shinzato has a pretty out-there update on the statement jewellery trend, trading in the standard chunky necklace or delicate ear cuff for something a bit bolder.
By which we mean: SPARKLY STUFF ALL OVER YOUR FACE.
Who needs to see when you’ve got Swarovski crystals over your eyes?
On her site, Akiko explains that her new Another Skin collection is all about ‘people’s obsession with their appearances’, and how easy it is to change and manipulate how you look.
Residents of the small Caribbean islands Saba and St. Eustatius can now have their pizza cravings satisfied in the most exciting way.
Instead of having their slices delivered by a learner on a motorbike, these islanders are having freshly baked cheesy goodness delivered by plane.
Their pizza dreams had been raised and then cruelly dashed after an April Fool’s joke promised a helicopter pizza delivery service.
Luckily they didn’t have to wait long for their dreams to realised for real, as Domino’s partnered up with local airline Winair… Read the full story
Sean McCabe was given the devastating news that he had just two months to live after being diagnosed with stage four Hodgkins Lymphoma.
Instead of breaking down, McCabe started planning his own funeral to save his girlfriend Lisa Williams and three children from the pain of organising it.
He told Wales Online: ‘Planning my funeral seemed like a way of easing the strain for them, as it would be one less ordeal for them to deal with.’
Preparing to say goodbye to his kids was the hardest thing McCabe ever had to do.
The 30-year-old security guard had even wrote… Read the full story
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Anyone for a round of ‘You think this game will end in sex but it won’t’?
Board games. Who plays board games anymore? Basically just old folk in care homes and hipsters on Sundays down the pub, right?
But there was a time – back when TV only had three channels and computers were only for science geeks – when board games ruled.
Families would spend hours, days, sometimes even weeks (Monopoly marathon anyone?) locked in board game-based combat, and it was bliss.
So, for those who are old enough to remember the days when boards solved boredom, here are the titles your favourite retro games and toys really deserved.
Fancy giving yoga a go, but think it’s a tad too up itself?
You’re in need of Trill Yoga, the badass new practice that celebrates all types of people and bodies – not just the standard super-slim, perfectly dressed, blonde yoga blogger type.
Coined by yoga teacher and writer Claire Fountain, Trill Yoga is all about keeping it true and real (that’s what trill means).
Meaning it’s all about feeling confident and free, without rules and restrictions.
Are you unable to function without a routine? Do you consider four hours to be a brilliant night’s sleep? Have you read all the baby books?
Find out what kind of parent you are in this quiz (if you can muster the energy to do so):
The world ‘gullible’ has been around for hundreds of years: it’s based on the old English gull (seagull) and ible (daft as a), but it’s still relevant today.
If people weren’t gullible most email scams wouldn’t exist, advertising would have to try an awful lot harder and politicians of all stripes would be kicked out of office and into the sea.
The good news is that there are three ways to become less gullible. You can have your gullibility glands removed in surgery, you can send off £5 for our free book ‘how to be less gullible’, or you could read these 47 top tips. Here are 47 signs that you’re… Read the full story
Making the lives of dementia patients easier, one meal at a time.
Sha Yao is an industrial designer who’s using her skills for good.
After her grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Sha began volunteering at a centre to learn more about the disease.
During her time there, she noticed a lot of patients struggling with eating meals, with many of those struggling with dementia eating less than they should, and frequently spilling food and knocking over cups.
She decided she wanted to do something to help, to make sure dementia patients are able to eat the food they need, that they are able to… Read the full story
Ah, Marketing. That sexy department full of glamorous and quirky individuals capable of weaving their magic and making even boring toilet paper look like this week’s sexiest must have item.
But despite all of the buzzwords, the ‘Four C’s’ and the countless quick wins and low hanging fruits there is much more you need to know about.
1. There is a special language
The majority of your meetings will be filled with buzzwords galore. As long as you learn the language and ensure that you mention ‘synergy’, ‘localisation’, and ‘big data’ you’ll be absolutely fine.
2. Reports are everywhere
Thought you’d head for a career in Marketing so you could avoid having to deal with big scary reports, percentages,… Read the full story
The advertising world has lost its mind.
Yesterday it was the not so tasteful #TasteTheBush wine campaign, today Birds Eye are suggesting we create chicken dipper canapes.
Madness. Utter madness.
Birds Eye have got food blogger Katie Bryson to ‘mix up’ the classic chicken dipper for a kids party canape.
She calls it very ‘civilised’ – no seriously, she does.
Now we love a chicken dipper as much as the next person, but it’s not really the stuff of canapes.
Leave canapes to fancy, stuck up salmon. We love you chicken dipper for your comforting simpleness.
We’ve contacted Birds Eye to see if they’re taking the piss – if we get a response we’ll let you know here.
Dylan Grosz was possibly given the best intern task ever when his co-worker asked him to investigate how to get a bigger burrito for free.
It’s a hard life, but someone’s got to live it.
Grosz was the ever helpful intern and happily took on the ordeal, he said: ‘I’m no religious scholar, but I’m pretty sure heaven is just one big Chipotle restaurant where the guac and chips are ALWAYS free.’
This task was not to be taken lightly, a scientific approach was required and thus the Dylan Grosz experiment was born.
Every day for two weeks he went to the same Chipotle at the same time to order five of the same burritos, leaving out guac and sour cream because no one wants… Read the full story
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