Ever wondered what peacock feathers look like up close? Like, really up close?
Erm, probably not. But now we’ve got the question in your head, we’re happy to say there are indeed some answers.
Photographer Waldo Nell has combined his passions for science, nature, and photography in one glorious project: macro photos of peacock feathers.
Nell creates the images by placing a peacock feather underneath a microscope and capturing hundreds of individual shots at different focuses and distances.
When Billy Butlin established the first of his holiday camps way back in 1936, he couldn’t have had any notion that it would still be going strong after all this time.
And with the iconic franchise celebrating its 80th birthday this year, it’s as good an excuse as any to take a look at those little things you’ll notice when you visit.
1. Nothing says ‘Welcome to your accommodation’ quite like folded elephant towels
(Deluxe rooms only. Sorry.)
2. No one says ‘Hi-de-Hi’, and we’re not sure if they ever did
There are also no… Read the full story
Family holidays are a paradox.
You have to take another trip when you’re done to recover from the exhaustion of being away. And that’s when they go well.
Other times, the weather, the location and the sheer hell of multitasking with young children leads to the sorts of errors and calamities.
All of the stories below are true. Not all of them are mine. But a lot of them are.
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1. You’re a week into your fortnight-long beach holiday, and it’s only rained twice: once for three days, and once for… Read the full story
Ah, Americans. They make perfect teeth look so easy, don’t they? But nobody tells you how long and painful the process of straightening your gnashers actually is, especially when you’re 13 and already have enough on your plate, like geography homework and sussing out whether Derek in 9C actually likes you or if he just fancies your best mate.
If you were unlucky enough to have to have braces in the noughties, here are 17 things you’ll definitely remember (because they are etched indelibly into your brain):
1. Half a gallon of rubber being poured into your mouth, which then produced a cast from… Read the full story
Being a parent is lovely when you don’t have children.
You get to live in a little fantasy bubble populated by clean and happy children, your household runs like a well oiled machine and your pre-baby body still has sex.
But that bubble will burst as soon as baby arrives and parenting turns from make-believe to just make do.
So just how does the reality live up to those probably frankly unrealistic expectations of yourself and your little one?
From birth to those tricky teenagers years and on to leaving home… GO:
Labour
Expectation: I’ve written a birth plan, I know what to expect, I can do this.
Reality:… Read the full story
So you’ve just married the love of your life at the wedding of your dreams and you’re on Cloud 9 after a blissful honeymoon.
But when you arrive home newlywed life really kicks in, unveiling the truth about what being married really entails, which can be a bit of an eye-opener for some.
So for all those bride and grooms-to-be out there, here’s 15 facts you might want to know before saying ‘I do’.
If you’re not living with your hubby or wifey then there has to be some give and take on what furniture gets to stick around… Read the full story
Makeup shopping is probably something you should just do yourself.
Or, at least, if you’re going to send someone else, be very specific about what you want and ensure they’re familiar with concepts such as matte lipstick and eyelash glue in advance.
Don’t be this girl, who really didn’t think it through when she sent her poor, clueless, 26-year-old boyfriend out to pick up some beauty essentials for her.
Over the weekend, Imgur user and confused boyfriend in question Bluefiz shared screenshots of the text conversation that occurred after he was sent, totally unprepared, into the baffling world of the beauty aisle.
It’s fair to say, she probably… Read the full story
Meet Jo Jo, the cutest dental nurse you’ll ever see.
Jo Jo the six-year-old golden retriever is a trained comfort dog.
She was among the first responders to comfort students at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in 2012.
For the last couple of years, she has worked a regular weekly shift as a dental nurse for Dr. Paul Egger and Dr. Thomas Resnick at the Pediatric Dentistry of Northbrook office in Illinois.
She’s a key member of the team – so much so, that she’s even listed as a member of staff on the dentist’s website.
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a method often used to discern whether someone is a healthy body weight or not.
It’s a calculation of your size, taking into account your height and weight. However, it’s considered by many experts to be a crude and often unreliable measure. It doesn’t, for example, distinguish between fat and muscle.
But, don’t take our word for it. Because one Indiana teenager has explained exactly why the method is so outdated and unhelpful.
Asked to define BMI and then calculate her own for a homework assignment, the eighth-grade student (so, approx. 14-years-old) decided to school… Read the full story
In light of Transgender Day of Visibility, Transgender teens were using the hashtag #MomentsInTransition to celebrate their journey of transitioning.
But, the hashtag was so successful that it is still going strong, with teens sharing their ‘then and now’ photos with the world, as well as opening up about the mental health battles they have overcome whilst becoming the person they feel they are inside.
The posts are giving others insight into what goes on inside a person’s mind when they feel they are not who they’re meant to be.
The photos are truly uplifting and are being shared with pride, as a reminder of the journey they’ve faced, and their perfect end result.
Do you think you could love Derek the wombat like your own child?
Do you think you could shower him with cuddles and hugs whenever he needs them (which is often)?
Then you might be the person for the job.
Discover Tasmania is currently looking for a Chief Wombat Cuddler for their celebrity baby wombat Derek.
Yes, it’s that coveted professional wombat cuddler opening you’ve been looking for.
Derek the little wombat won hearts after a clip of him running along the beach on Tasmania’s Flinders Island was viewed thousands of times on YouTube last week.
So, the tourist board is now offering one lucky person (plus a friend) the opportunity to smother the little guy in cuddles. The winning applicant will be flown with a friend to Flinders Island for a three night stay. As well as being on hand for wombat snuggles, you’ll… Read the full story
Death. It’s a bit of a downer.
Nobody likes to consider their own mortality, and why would you?
Between work and family and buying loo roll there’s enough to think about without adding your inevitable death to the mix.
Yet for anyone waiting for an organ transplant, death is never far from your mind.
You are forced into a macabre, my-life-depends-on-someone’s-death circle of life, like The Lion King, as directed by Tarantino.
Two and a half years ago, I was stuck in this circle.
No, we didn’t know hedgehogs suffered from alopecia either.
But, they do,… Read the full story
Cooking. For some of us it’s an art, for others, a chore.
But whether you fancy yourself as the next Delia Smith or see cooking as mere drudgery, there’s a very good chance that you’re cooking at least one thing wrong.
Here are 13 foods that many of us could be making much better.
1. Meat and poultry
If you… Read the full story
Holy cannoli! As Batman might have said, had he ever found himself in Sydney patisserie Pasticceria Caruso.
The Aussie bakery is in the business of churning out cannolis – Italian pastry tubes traditionally filled with sweet, rich ricotta or mascarpone cream – and makes around 400 a week.
But, their real showstopper is the ‘Bazooka Cannoli’, a giant pastry shell filled with 50 regular cannolis.
The Bazooka has been around since 2012, but it only exploded onto Instagram recently after pictures emerged from a baking class showing how it’s constructed.
Thick, sweet chocolate and vanilla cream is… Read the full story
24-year-old Amber Rose has lost a massive 13 stone (83kg) after an embarrassing encounter forced her to do something about her unhealthy diet.
A size 28, Amber had been having to buy two plane tickers every time she went on holiday. But she finally reached her breaking point when a stranger presumed she was pregnant.
She weighed 25 stone (159kg).
‘I had to buy two plane seats every time I went on holiday, it was costing me a fortune,’ she says.
‘I also needed a seat-belt extender to fit over my bulging stomach, I was so uncomfortable but I couldn’t envision how I’d ever be any different.
‘It was mortifying going away… Read the full story
Unless you and your friends were ridiculously well behaved in school, there’s no doubt you’ll have faced some sort of punishment during your years of education.
Whether it was because of your own behaviour or if a friend got you in trouble (which, let’s face it, has happened to the best of us), we all know that detention was the worst.
But can you even recall what it was that meant you spent an hour after school writing line after line describing what it was you did wrong? No?
Well, these guys can, and some of the reasons behind their punishments are pretty amusing – and totally stupid.
After one Reddit user asked the question: ‘What’s the stupidest thing you got in trouble for at school?‘, lots of other users were more than happy to spill the beans.
My friend was being a smartass and the teacher said, “I don’t think you’re… Read the full story
Five-year-old Phoenix Parker is a regular little Doctor Dolittle.
Phoenix’s parents Rachael and Dave Parker run the idyllic Greener Pastures Sanctuary for farm animals, in Waroona, approx. 110kms from Perth.
So, the little girl has grown up with a huge motley crew of furry brothers and sisters.
The centre, which sits on 100 acres of peaceful green pastures, is a permanent and temporary home to rescued animals such as horses, cattle, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks and pigs.
There’s quite a lot of work to do day-to-day, so Phoenix likes to lend a hand.
There’s no denying that London’s supper club scene is flourishing to an extent that some might call out of control.
It’s no longer enough to buy a ticket for a cosy home-cooked dinner in someone’s flat – in 2016 it’s all about the theme.
Here are 10 of the most unique supper clubs London can offer this spring:
Cocktails And Crack
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