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We all know that fast food and lots of booze aren’t good for us. But what about the hidden health risks we’re all blind to? From hustle culture to rapid weight loss, there are plenty of things that may sound good on the surface that are secretly bad for you. To help you live better, […]

The 5 stages of realising you’ve got no tasty snacks left in the house because your teenage kids have eaten them all. 1. Denial “I’m absolutely sure I put the crisps in this cupboard. I quite clearly remember buying a huge multipack 2 days ago. And I restocked the biscuit tin. How are there only […]

Stick to Football on Gary Neville‘s YouTube channel, The Overlap, is a joy for football fans, or simply anyone who likes a good laugh. The podcast features Gary Neville, of course, alongside Jamie Carragher, Roy Keane, Ian Wright, Jill Scott and special guests. One 2024 episode saw the always forthright Roy Keane venting his spleen […]

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Let’s face it, life can suck a lot of the times. The world is a pretty grim place with a lot of unkindness, so we need all the niceness we can get. That’s why we’ve put together a list of blessings we wish for you to make your life that little bit better. 1. May […]

If you were a kid in the ‘70s/’80s then chances are then you probably watched at least some of these TV shows way back in the day. How many do you remember and how many had you completely forgotten about until this moment? 1. King Rollo 2. Bod 3. Mr Benn 4. Willo the Wisp […]

Over on Twitter the good people of @TheCinesthetic asked people to share the things that make them laugh not matter how often they watch it. Specifically, this. Name something that’s forever funny no matter how many times it’s repeated. — cinesthetic. (@TheCinesthetic) June 27, 2025 And it prompted no end of brilliant responses … the […]

A new spicy prompt popped up on Twitter recently and the responses haven’t stopped flooding in since after @TheCinesthetic asked this. what is the sexiest non-sex scene you’ve ever seen? — cinesthetic. (@TheCinesthetic) June 27, 2025 Viewers are waxing poetic about chemistry that jumps off the screen, the slow burn of a loaded stare, and […]

Freelance journalist and researcher Dan Reilly has interviewed many celebrities who are more than household names – they’re legends. Amongst his archives, you can find conversations with Mick Jagger, Aretha, Ringo Starr and the much-missed, multi-award-winning singer Tony Bennett. At the end of a 2023 interview on the game-changing strikes by WGA and SAG-AFTRA members, […]

The trailer for a new Netflix romance has been causing quite a stir on Twitter, but not necessarily (definitely) in a good way. It’s called My Oxford Year about a young American who comes to study at Oxford University where she falls for a ‘charming local’ played by Corey Mylchreest, a romance that ‘profoundly alters […]