At some point, every woman reached into her drawer and pulled out a bra that was either snug or just plain uncomfortable. It’s no fun to wear a bra that’s too tight or ill-fitting, but it happens to the best of us! And while it can be easy to toss those poor underwires into the trash, there are ways that we can make our bras last longer by simply investing in more than one type. So...
Earlier this year, we made two Cuggl stair gatesDon’t Buys because they failed key tests that are part of the EU safety standard for stair and safety barriers. Argos removed these models from sale at the time. It told us yesterday that it had carried out intensive independent testing of its entire range. Following this, Argos is now expanding its recall to include seven models in total...
In the spring of 2012, Chicago videographer Adam Dew received a mysterious phone call from his former business partner Joseph Beason. “I have something to show you,” Beason said with urgency in his voice. Later that day, Beason showed Dew a series of slides. The slides had been found 14 years earlier by his sister, who had been hired to dispose of the belongings of an elderly woman who had...
It’s a window into ordinary family life. The busy Californian mother needed to exchange the queen air mattress they had recently bought because it had a hole in it. She needed a new broom and dustpan that she was planning to get from a home furnishings shop – the same one she planned to return the pillow cases she didn’t want, and the empty Sodastream gas canisters to exchange for new ones. She...
The neon stripes running through the chewing gum Peter Juul Regnersgaard produced from his bag after a meal with colleague and roommate Morten Ebdrup in 2017 worried both men. Something about the lurid colour unsettled them – as did the wads of discarded gum dotting the pavements around their apartment in Copenhagen. “We spent some time that evening and the days after Googling how chewing gum is...
Kevin begins his day by swimming laps at his neighbourhood pool, just around the corner from his house in St. Louis, Missouri. Along with his towel and trunks, the 25-year-old takes with him a collection of supplements and medications he has assembled over nearly a decade. His haul consists of an antidepressant, protein shake, Amazon-bought supplements including zinc, sunflower lecithin, and...
Kayla Williams has never said the word “suicide” on TikTok, even though she uses the platform to discuss mental health issues with her 80,000 followers. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the 26-year-old student from Berkshire, England, has posted multiple videos about suicidal ideation and her stay in a psychiatric ward. Some of these clips are lighthearted, others far more serious. Yet...
The nation’s paths and pavements have taken a serious pounding during lockdown, with millions of miles walked to relive the boredom, keep fit and see friends. Taking a stroll is free, great for all ages and doesn’t require much in the way of equipment, but if you’ve been bitten by the hiking bug and want to explore further afield it’s wise to invest in a few choice items. A sturdy pair of walking...
Phones and digital cameras took all the process and ritual out of photography. No more inserting film. No more waiting to see if, once again, your latest Snappy Snaps delivery of prints was a bunch of duds. However, most of us tend to take all of our photos with a phone, and leave them quietly mounting like miscellaneous junk shoved under a bed. The pillows may be close to touching the ceiling...
o piece on puttanesca is complete without a knowing wink to the literal translation of the name: “tart’s spaghetti”, as Delia rather coyly has it, or whore’s pasta, as it is more commonly known. Usually this is just an excuse for a double entendre about the dish’s coarse, fiery flavours. Whatever the truth about its origins and myths, I think the most oft-quoted story, that it was a cheap dish...