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16 signs you’re the fun one in the office
Check out this tap dancing micro pig video, girls, it’ll make your day (Picture: Getty) Are you the effortlessly cool Barney Stinson of your company? Maybe you consider yourself the Tim of The Office...
View ArticleThese are the top 20 books everyone should have read by the time they leave...
How many have you read? (Picture: Amazon) A survey of 500 teachers by TES magazine has determined the 20 books everyone should have read by the time they leave school. So, are you teacher’s pet, or was...
View Article21 things you only know if you cross-stitch
Our stitching isn’t this artfully disorganised (Picture: AP) Cross-stitching is ridiculously twee. It’s old fashioned and fiddly and completely, totally addictive. Because nothing is as relaxing as...
View ArticleListening to music makes you more effective at work, says science
POTUS knows it This is for all those wannabe hoodrats who were banned from listening to 8 Mile while they did their maths homework. And for all those who like a little disco inferno while they fill in...
View Article7 illustrations people who love their bed will understand
Surely, this is the true definition of happiness (Picture: Lingvistov/Instagram) Is there anything more blissful than knowing you’ve got hours of uninterrupted sleep ahead of you? No work to interfere...
View ArticleHow Nana Betty became a bridesmaid at the age of 89 – and totally stole the show
Nana Betty keeps the bridal party entertained during the photos (Picture: sweetwaterportraits.com) When Christine Quinn got married in May this year, one particular lady was the life and soul of the...
View ArticleWhat a dominatrix taught me about dating
Meet through friends – not out on the lash (Picture: Richard Taylor) When it comes to my love life, you’d be forgiven for thinking I was a masochist. Single for four years and only attracted to the...
View ArticleEveryday sexism? Your office air conditioning is programmed for 40-year-old...
Sexual discrimination is in the air – in virtually every office in Britain. If your office is currently full of women in scarves, clutching hot water bottles, while the men are basking in T-shirts, a...
View Article13 things I wish I’d known before becoming a musician
(Picture: Getty) If you’ve ever pretended a tennis racket was a guitar or a hairbrush a microphone, you’ve probably imagined being a musician. All that money. All that sex. All that excitement. Sadly,...
View ArticleKendal Mint Cake has had a boozy makeover
It’s a lot sexier than that peppermint slab (Picture: PA) That mint flavoured slab of sugar you probably first tasted on a school trip, while on a forced march up a mountain, has had a boozy makeover....
View Article20 signs you’re from Yorkshire
(Picture: Getty) To the rest of the world Yorkshire is just another English county, but those who occupy it will argue differently. Yorkshire folk view themselves as the chosen ones and beam with pride...
View ArticleParents create visual bucket list for their five-year-old who is going blind
5-year-old Lizzy is slowly losing her sight (Picture: Mansfield News Journal) Five-year-old Lizzy Myers has been diagnosed with a rare genetic condition that means she will eventually go blind. So, her...
View ArticleWelcome to Iran’s versions of McDonald’s and Pizza Hut – Mash Donald’s and...
Hmm, there’s something familiar about this Tehran restaurant (Picture: PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images) Well, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Welcome to Iran’s fake fast food chains....
View Article21 things you only know if you’ve been a shop assistant
Not all customers were this happy to see you (Picture: Serr Novik) At some point or other, most of us have worked in a shop. Whether it was stacking supermarket shelves, hanging T-shirts in a high...
View ArticleThere’s a space age camp site in Amsterdam, and we want to go there immediately
It’s out of this world (Picture: UrbanCampsite) Urban Campsite Amsterdam isn’t like any campsite you’ve ever seen before. Didn’t make it on to the Mars One mission? Well fear not, as you can have your...
View ArticleStunning underwater ‘Whale Whisperer’ shot wins this year’s National...
Breathtaking (Photographer: Anuar Patjane) It beats our pic of Auntie Betty falling into the pool. Mexican Anuar Patjane Floriuk’s beautiful underwater shot of divers swimming with a humpback whale has...
View ArticleAre these Mumbai taxis the most stylish taxis in the world?
(Picture: Taxi Fabric) Mumbai may now have the most stylish cabs in the world. Fact. A Kickstarter campaign has given the city’s young artists the chance to share their work by designing cool new taxi...
View ArticleCecil the lion is being immortalised in a Beanie Baby and a new ‘Cecil’s...
Cecil in stuffed toy form – but it’s all in a good cause (Picture: TY INC.) To be fair, our 90s inner child would LOVE this. Cecil the lion is being immortalised – in the form of a stuffed toy....
View ArticleMcVitie’s launch scrummy limited edition ice creams inspired by your...
The ultimate ice cream biscuit sandwich(Picture: McVitie’s) Hold the tea. McVitie’s have launched a range of limited edition ice cream treats inspired by your favourite biccies. From Rich Teas to...
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