Easter afternoon teas in London to treat yourself with this bank holiday weekend

March 24, 2016, 11:31 am

≫ Next: Waffle Day: 15 reasons why waffles are the BEST dessert

≪ Previous: How to fix a jumper you shrunk in the wash

$

0

0

Easter’s not just about stuffing your face with chocolate is it?

No it’s also about stuffing your face with beautiful sandwiches and cakes and scones too.

In all seriousness, though, we all know the break is a time for family and friends.

And chocolate. And cake.

Anyway, if you feel like spoiling someone (or yourself) this bank holiday weekend with something other (or as well as) chocolate, here’s some suggestions for top afternoon teas in London.

Easter Afternoon Tea, from £30, Lancaster London

Read the full story

---

Waffle Day: 15 reasons why waffles are the BEST dessert

March 25, 2016, 12:00 am

≫ Next: 13 reasons Easter is the best bank holiday of the year

≪ Previous: Easter afternoon teas in London to treat yourself with this bank holiday weekend

$

0

0

Waffles lovers everywhere rejoice, because today is officially Waffle Day!

If you’re a waffle fan (which we hope you are, because they’re amazing) then you will know that waffles are hands down the best dessert ever in the whole history of food.

Waffles are fluffy, filling and are safe to be consumed whilst running for the bus in the morning.

They are simple, yet delightful, and if you had to choose one type of food to eat for the rest of your life…well obviously it would be waffles.

1. Filling

Just look how FLUFFY they are, guaranteed that just one would keep… Read the full story

13 reasons Easter is the best bank holiday of the year

March 25, 2016, 1:00 am

≫ Next: 23 bunnies that are SO ready for Easter weekend

≪ Previous: Waffle Day: 15 reasons why waffles are the BEST dessert

$

0

0

Read the full story

23 bunnies that are SO ready for Easter weekend

March 25, 2016, 2:23 am

≫ Next: This student’s Facebook post brilliantly takes down the shame around asking for a tampon

≪ Previous: 13 reasons Easter is the best bank holiday of the year

$

0

0

It’s here. It’s happening. Unless you’re unlucky enough to be at work (*ahem*), a four day weekend filled with chocolate consumption, relaxing, and hanging out with family is ahead. Hooray.

You’re excited. We’re excited. Everyone waiting for an excuse to eat an inappropriate amount of chocolate is excited.

And these Easter bunnies are definitely jazzed, because it’s their time to shine.

We had National Puppy Day. Every day on the internet is cat day, let’s be honest. But today, it’s all about that bun. And these rabbits are SO ready.

1. Like this rabbit, who literally cannot contain its excitement

Read the full story

This student’s Facebook post brilliantly takes down the shame around asking for a tampon

March 25, 2016, 2:59 am

≫ Next: Easter 2016: 13 fabulous free things to do with the kids in London this Easter holidays

≪ Previous: 23 bunnies that are SO ready for Easter weekend

$

0

0

It’s not a secret. We all know that periods are a thing that exist, and that loads of people in our lives have to go through them.

So why do we still treat having a period as such a shameful thing? Why do we feel like we have to smuggle tampons up our sleeves and in our pockets on our way from our desk to the toilets?

It’s ridiculous. And people are getting tired of it.

Which is probably why a Facebook status written by Chance Ward, a student at California’s Occidental College, has been shared more than 1,700 times, and liked more than 7,000 times.… Read the full story

Easter 2016: 13 fabulous free things to do with the kids in London this Easter holidays

March 25, 2016, 3:02 am

≫ Next: Penelope the piglet thinks she’s a puppy and it’s straight up adorable

≪ Previous: This student’s Facebook post brilliantly takes down the shame around asking for a tampon

$

0

0

Don’t get stuck at home with the kids on a massive sugar rush caused by chocolate overload this Easter holidays. There’s absolutely tons of fun things happening in London and even better, loads of them are completely free.

Here are 13 free things to do with the children this Easter:

1. Sea Food!

Create fantastic fake seafood and visit the brilliant children’s gallery.

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, various times and dates.

Find out more.

2. Get arty

Free family art workshops throughout the holidays, plus an Easter Fair on Sat 26 and Sun 27 with a £1 Easter trail.

Horniman Museum, Forest Hill, various times and dates.

Full details.

Read the full story

Penelope the piglet thinks she’s a puppy and it’s straight up adorable

March 25, 2016, 3:26 am

≫ Next: The 21 unbearable emotional stages of working over the bank holiday weekend

≪ Previous: Easter 2016: 13 fabulous free things to do with the kids in London this Easter holidays

$

0

0

Meet Penelope. Penelope is a teeny tiny piglet.

But she doesn’t really believe that. Penelope is convinced she’s a puppy, and nothing will convince her otherwise.

Penelope was rescued by animal lover Claudio De Nigris after she was rejected by her mother immediately after birth. When she was first adopted, she needed regular bottle feedings, constant care, and had to stay inside to keep safe.

Once she was ready to venture outside, Claudio let Penelope loose in his farm sanctuary in Eboli, Italy.

Read the full story

The 21 unbearable emotional stages of working over the bank holiday weekend

March 25, 2016, 4:22 am

≫ Next: 13 bad habits you fall back into whenever you go home

≪ Previous: Penelope the piglet thinks she’s a puppy and it’s straight up adorable

$

0

0

Oh, hey. It’s a four day weekend, the possibilities stretch ahead of you, and everything is glorious.

Except not really. Because you are working as normal, because your job is not one that abides by calendars and holidays. Everything is awful. Why must you go through such horror?

At least you’re not alone. Take some comfort in the fact that as you miserably trek to work at 7am while everyone’s tucked up in bed, there are others like you.

Sobbing. Sneaking Easter eggs from under their desk. And working all bank holiday long.

These… Read the full story

---

13 bad habits you fall back into whenever you go home

March 25, 2016, 4:30 am

≫ Next: 13 things you’ll know if you’ve been on holiday with a baby

≪ Previous: The 21 unbearable emotional stages of working over the bank holiday weekend

$

0

0

Even if you haven’t lived with your parents for some time, you still think of it as ‘going home’. It’s a place where you can relax, be yourself, and, crucially, not do any cooking.

Whenever you go home, though, you quickly revert to old bad habits that you thought you’d successfully shaken off. Here are some of those habits that we all find ourselves falling back into.

1. Your ‘young voice’ makes a return

“Can I have a cup of tea, Mum, pleeeeaaaase?”

2. It becomes very hard to get off the sofa

You sit on… Read the full story

13 things you’ll know if you’ve been on holiday with a baby

March 25, 2016, 5:00 am

≫ Next: Eating chocolate could improve your workouts

≪ Previous: 13 bad habits you fall back into whenever you go home

$

0

0

Holidays are great. Long lie-ins, walks on the beach, maybe a few cocktails.

But what happens when you’ve got a small person in tow?

Is it possible that you could still enjoy a long, leisurely lunch whilst your baby gurgles away happily in their pram?

Well yes, it is possible.

It’s also possible that you’ll be frantically caking your little cherub in factor 50 sun cream, whilst simultaneously brushing away rice-cakes and sand.

Here are 13 things you will know to be true if you’ve holidayed with a baby.

1. Holiday lie-ins are now a thing of the past – hello 6am starts

2. Early starts mean early finishes – there may be a cool bar around the corner, but… Read the full story

Eating chocolate could improve your workouts

March 25, 2016, 5:11 am

≫ Next: 13 awkward things all parents do on social media

≪ Previous: 13 things you’ll know if you’ve been on holiday with a baby

$

0

0

Eating chocolate as a pre-gym snack – it’s officially been science approved.

We already know how great dark chocolate is for our health. Seriously, every other week there’s a study telling us to eat one small square a day (rather than an entire bar of Dairy Milk).

And now, a new study suggests that dark chocolate has the power to seriously up your workouts, improving your stamina and endurance. Which is pretty sweet.

Researchers at Kingston’s university asked nine recreational cyclists to… Read the full story

13 awkward things all parents do on social media

March 25, 2016, 6:30 am

≫ Next: Watch as this man’s face lights up after finding out he’s going to be a granddad

≪ Previous: Eating chocolate could improve your workouts

$

0

0

You thought that your parents couldn’t make your life any more awkward, but then they proved you wrong by jumping on to the social media bandwagon.

Admittedly a few alarm bells did ring when your parents sent you a friend request, and quizzed you at length on how this whole Facebook/Twitter/Instagram malarkey works.

But like the good and decent human being that they raised you up to be, you did the kind thing by adding them and helping them set up their profile.

Little did you know that awkward situations would ensue.

1. They ‘Like’ EVERYTHING

There’s no doubt about it…we all love a good like on a selfie or a status about how we’ve just run our personal best.

But parents take this positive reinforcement a step too far by liking every single thing that we post. Even when it’s something as unimportant as you asking them on Facebook if they’ve received the ASOS parcel due for delivery today.

That… Read the full story

Watch as this man’s face lights up after finding out he’s going to be a granddad

March 25, 2016, 6:44 am

≫ Next: You’re burning your candles all wrong: How to prevent candle tunneling

≪ Previous: 13 awkward things all parents do on social media

$

0

0

This man found out he was going to be a granddad in the most beautiful way. 

In a totally tear-jerking video posted to YouTube, the couple gave their father (or father-in-law) a Build-A-Bear teddy for his birthday.

After opening the box and pulling out the bear, the grandfather-to-be looks slightly confused by the gift, but thanks them nonetheless.

Of course, he didn’t realise what was to come.

The couple, Sean and Jenn, told him that if he were to press the belly of the bear, he would hear a heartbeat, and if he were to press the hand, he’d hear a message.

When he… Read the full story

You’re burning your candles all wrong: How to prevent candle tunneling

March 25, 2016, 6:59 am

≫ Next: Easter recipe: Chocolate peanut butter ball with salted caramel

≪ Previous: Watch as this man’s face lights up after finding out he’s going to be a granddad

$

0

0

Every lover of candles knows the struggle.

You buy a fancy new candle. You light it. You relax in joy. You blow it out. And then over time, you end up with a big sooty mess of a candle, with the outer edges unused as the middle burns away.

It’s called tunneling, and it sucks. Once it happens your only option is to try to chip out the wax and turn it into a new candle. And – let’s be honest – who can be bothered with that?

But according to Cosmopolitan UK, there’s a simple hack to prevent this particular… Read the full story

Easter recipe: Chocolate peanut butter ball with salted caramel

March 25, 2016, 7:03 am

≫ Next: Man completely wins at Tinder with this one brilliant chat-up line

≪ Previous: You’re burning your candles all wrong: How to prevent candle tunneling

$

0

0

For many people Easter revolves around chocolate and this chocolate dessert is guaranteed to impress anyone around the table.

When it comes to a showstopper chocolate dessert this is your go-to. Recently I went deep into the Easter Bunny’s test kitchens to seek expert tips on how to do this and enlisted the help of none other than top luxury chocolate makers Godiva‘s very own master chocolatiers to find the perfect techniques and chocolate.

It’s important to go for the best quality dark chocolate for this and it needs to be around 70% cocoa.  You can customise the filling and decoration any way you fancy.

---

Man completely wins at Tinder with this one brilliant chat-up line

March 25, 2016, 7:17 am

≫ Next: People are revealing the cringiest ‘reply all’ email they’ve ever received

≪ Previous: Easter recipe: Chocolate peanut butter ball with salted caramel

$

0

0

If you’ve ever used Tinder, you know that not everybody enjoys a chat-up line. 

But, clearly, some do. And this girl was one of those who do.

When her match asked her whether she’d prefer a ‘classic Tinder pickup line’ or a modest ‘hey’, she went for the pickup line.

And, by the beard of Zeus, she was not disappointed.

That time I clocked Tinder…

MORE: Has this guy got the BEST Tinder game ever?

MORE: Girl ruthlessly ensures her ex-boyfriend never gets a Tinder date again by completely screwing up his bio

People are revealing the cringiest ‘reply all’ email they’ve ever received

March 25, 2016, 7:24 am

≫ Next: Marble nails are so dreamy: How to create a stone-inspired manicure

≪ Previous: Man completely wins at Tinder with this one brilliant chat-up line

$

0

0

It would be a genuinely horrific thing to accidentally send a nude to your boss instead of the guy you’ve been seeing, right? 

Well, proving that not all fears are irrational, that exact thing has actually happened.

Even if it isn’t a mortifying naked shot you inadvertently share, there are plenty of truly embarrassing things you can accidentally send to a work colleague.

Such as details of a personal problem or an embarrassing medical issue meant only for the eyes of your best work friend…

Oh, the shame.

The worst part is that these things really do happen in real life to real people. And they’re talking about them in a forum which asked:… Read the full story

Marble nails are so dreamy: How to create a stone-inspired manicure

March 25, 2016, 7:28 am

≫ Next: This light-up phone case will help you master the art of selfie taking

≪ Previous: People are revealing the cringiest ‘reply all’ email they’ve ever received

$

0

0

Marble nails are so dreamy, but so complicated.

The look involves blending and swirling complementary shades of polish for an organic, natural, cracked stone effect.

Unless you’re getting acrylics or you have a seriously good salon on speed dial though, creating the effect at home using nail polish is a pretty tricky job – though it can be mastered with practice.

But magnetic polishes are another way to cheat your way to marble-effect nails.

They contain iron powder that forms dark, wavy shapes when you apply a magnet.

Barry M do magnetic nail polishes, as well as… Read the full story

This light-up phone case will help you master the art of selfie taking

March 25, 2016, 7:34 am

≫ Next: Holy Saturday 2016: What is it and why do we celebrate it?

≪ Previous: Marble nails are so dreamy: How to create a stone-inspired manicure

$

0

0

A company called Lumee have created the perfect phone-case for selfie lovers that gives you ‘beautiful and flattering light whenever you need it’.

Which means, pretty much always.

 

The case lights up on both sides of the phone, and comes with a dimmer switch to control the level, a rechargeable battery and a charging cord. It can also work as a torch, should you need some extra lighting when your iPhone torch just isn’t bright enough.

The light works for FaceTime too, as well as taking videos and selfies – meaning you can video-chat your loved one all night long without… Read the full story

Holy Saturday 2016: What is it and why do we celebrate it?

March 25, 2016, 8:00 am

≫ Next: 13 things you’ll only know if your partner’s your best friend

≪ Previous: This light-up phone case will help you master the art of selfie taking

$

0

0

Did you know that the Saturday before Easter is known as Holy Saturday?

Chances are that you may not have known this, and regarded it as just another Saturday – albeit a bit cooler because it’s part of a bumper bank holiday weekend.

Do you know why Christians commemorate it? And the way in which it fits into the wider story of Easter week?

Luckily we’ve put together a guide of what is meant by Holy Saturday, how it is commemorated, and the history behind it.

Read on to learn more.

What is it?

Christians view the day before Easter Sunday as Easter Saturday and it is also known as Holy Saturday, Black Saturday,… Read the full story