Earlier this week, a heat wave blazing through Vancouver killed millions of mussels, snails, and clams; they were boiled alive in their shells. Meanwhile, all over Instagram, other bivalves met a different kind of fate: Oysters, glistening in half-shells, sat pretty on enviable beds of crushed ice. What makes oysters […]
FEAR STREET PART 2: 1978 – (Pictured) BTS of SADIE SINK as ZIGGY. Cr: Jessica Miglio/Netflix © 2021 Spoilers are ahead. In Fear Street Part Two: 1978, the solution to breaking the Shadyside witch’s curse seemed so obvious. In hindsight, perhaps, a bit too obvious. The Netflix slasher film, inspired […]
It’s official: we live in a side hustle nation. According to new research, more than two-thirds (68%) of working Brits have some kind of secondary income. More women than men took on a lockdown side hustle, the research by 118 118 Money found, but men are earning more from them: […]
Pret‘s ever popular Christmas sandwich is back in stores this week, even though the festive season is still months away. The hearty club – which contains turkey with a port and orange cranberry sauce, plus herby pork stuffing, baby spinach, mayo and crispy onion – will be available from now […]
Mid-summer style is always a hassle. The weather is too hot and too humid to wear any fabric that might stick to your skin. But Katie Holmes has an outfit ready to battle the tricky July weather should you need to go outside. On Thursday, the Dawson’s Creek actress was […]
In late June, sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson ran the 100m dash in just 10.86 seconds, quickly becoming a favourite to win the gold in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Even Michelle Obama took notice, complimenting Richardson on Twitter, and writing: “We are all so proud of you.” As fervent as support for […]
Over the past year, actress Andie MacDowell has let her signature dark brunette curls grow out naturally, gradually revealing a salt-and-pepper silver tone that’s the definition of elegant. This week MacDowell posed on the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival, debuting — for the first time publicly — her soft, […]
‘When we’re writing, we try to imbue our friendships with just as much emotion and care and tension as a romantic relationship.’ Partners in life and writing Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta talk love and friendship in their dazzling debut novel, The View Was Exhausting. Words by Mikaella Clements and […]
The progesterone-only oral contraceptive pill (desogestrel 75 micrograms) will soon be available to women in the UK without a prescription. This comes after a reclassification of the progesterone-only pill by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which was authorised on 8th July. That means that this particular kind […]
Though the post-vax world promises to bring more optimistic days, there’s still a lot of comforts to be found in the loungewear we lived in during our year of lockdown. (I, for one, have had to clear entire drawers for the sweatsuits, silk pyjama sets, soft bralettes, and cotton undies […]
