US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has urged the UK to stand with Washington in reining in Iran’s “bloodletting and lawlessness”, as Tehran took the first conditional steps to extricate itself from the landmark nuclear deal it had signed with the west, Russia and China in 2015. Iran said it was acting in response to…
Are these the worst supermarket substitutions ever?
An ill-judged supermarket substitution can derail major life events. This week, Sheree Scanlon ordered a birthday cake candle for her daughter, in the shape of a five. Tesco was out of fives, so sent two twos and a one instead. However, Scanlon didn’t want to top her child’s unicorn cake with a maths lesson. When…
Busy Philipps speaks about her abortion and condemns Georgia’s six-week ban
The actor Busy Philipps condemned Georgia’s six-week abortion ban, signed into law yesterday, on her talk show Busy Tonight by revealing the story of her own abortion at age 15. Click Here: kanken mini cheap “I had an abortion when I was 15 years old, and I’m telling you this because I am genuinely really…
Harry and Meghan reveal royal baby’s name is Archie
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have introduced their newborn son to the world and revealed he is to be called Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. The name was announced shortly after the Queen met her eighth great-grandchild for the first time at Windsor Castle, where earlier the couple showed him off to the cameras. In a…
How hedgehogs became the latest victim of the obesity crisis
Name: The obesity crisis. Age: Very modern. Appearance: Seriously fat. Yes, I gather that two-thirds of the UK population are overweight and a quarter are obese. I think that’s true, but you are talking about the human obesity crisis, aren’t you? I am. Which one are you talking about? The hedgehog obesity crisis. Hahaha! What…
Theresa May rebuffs fresh calls to resign
Theresa May has no intention of setting out a fresh timetable for her departure, Downing Street has signalled, with a spokesman insisting she is determined to “get Brexit done”. The spokesman dismissed calls from Conservative backbenchers for the prime minister to step down, saying she had already “made a very generous and bold offer” to…
Israel says it will not allow in activists targeting Eurovision
Israel has said it will block activists who plan to disrupt the Eurovision Song Contest from entering the country, as anxiety mounts that the event, watched by a global TV audience, will become a focus for protests against the country’s treatment of the Palestinians. The world’s longest-running televised song competition will take place on 14-18…
‘Sonrise at Windsor’: what the papers said about the royal baby
News of the royal baby filled the front pages of several papers on Tuesday – and many, many pages beyond. While there were no new pictures of the Duchess of Sussex or the baby, the Mail, Mirror and Express heroically still managed to devote 23, 11 and 11 pages of coverage respectively to the birth…
‘We’re living in emergency times’: nature writer Barry Lopez’s dire warning
While Extinction Revolution was gearing up for another impressive protest, Barry Lopez was considering a pair of sparrows mating atop a cantilevered sign on New York’s Upper East Side. It wasn’t the most momentous of couplings, hardly the millions-strong gathering of geese he witnessed in his award-winning book Arctic Dreams or as moving as his…
I have just discovered my brother secretly wears women’s underwear. What should I do?
I am trying to wrap my head around the fact that my younger brother wears bras and knickers. He doesn’t know that I know. This came up 25 years ago when some of my knickers were found in a suitcase hidden in a closet. Now he is 40 and I just found out he wears…