4 d. ago Sally Phillips: ‘I saw Hugh Grant and I screamed. I was surprised he was human

The comedian and actor on what she has learned at clown school, showing her Austin costar Michael Theo around London and the weirdest thing she has done for loveWhat do people approach you about most: Smack the Pony, Bridget Jones, Alan Partridge or shoving cake into Alex Horne’s armpits?I profile them as they come up. If it’s a man about my age, it would normally be Alan Partridge. If it’s a man in his 30s, it might be Taskmaster or Veep. If it’s a woman, it’s harder to tell. Smack the Pony seems to be having a revival among women in their 20s but it could easily be Bridget Jones and Miranda. It’s starting to happen with Austin, too, which seems to be something that families watch together. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago The brutal truth about men that every woman considering IVF must know

We never thought starting a family would be so hard. Month after month, nothing happened. Doctors, blood tests, invasive procedures, and the words no woman ever wants to hear: 'You'll need help to conceive.'

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1 week ago Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for crispy butter bean, chorizo and cos salad | Quick and easy

In the happiest and tastiest of accidents, what began as an experiment in reinventing the caesar salad turned into a quick favourite supperI was thinking of billing this as a caesar salad with an extreme makeover. One night, I started making a caesar salad, then wondered what would happen if I made a coriander-pesto mayonnaise and mugged off the anchovies in favour of chorizo. Then I thought about turning it into a full meal, at which point it stopped being anything like a caesar salad. If you’d prefer a vegetarian version, choose a vegetarian parmesan and omit the chorizo in favour of a heaped teaspoon of smoked paprika and a scant teaspoon of sea salt flakes. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ukraine summit as it happened: Zelenskyy says security guarantees are ‘starting point’ to end war; Moscow

Putin could meet Ukraine leader within 2 weeks, says German chancellor

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2 w. ago Wylie thought he was fit and healthy. Now he's fighting for his life at just 39 after doctors dismissed his 'vague' symptom

Wylie Dixon was excited to build a future with his beautiful wife Ked - from travelling across Australia to starting the family they had always dreamed of. Then the unthinkable happened.

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3 w. ago Brain tumour survivor feared the worst after starting to feel ill again, but a miracle had happened

Alexe Cherrington was told she only had days to live if she didn't undergo immediate surgery, and that it would be virtually impossible for her to have children

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3 w. ago What is going on with Marjorie Taylor Greene? | Arwa Mahdawi

The far-right Republican and conspiracy theorist is suddenly speaking (a small amount of) sense. Weird!Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write: Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right conspiracy theorist and bigot who also happens to be a Republican congresswoman, has suddenly started to speak (a small amount of) sense. It’s unclear what exactly precipitated it, but the Georgia congresswoman has declared war on her fellow Republicans.“The course that [the Republican party] is on, I don’t want to have anything to do with it,” Greene told the Daily Mail last week. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Baby playgroup lost everything in devastating fire, then started again and the same thing happened

What are the chances of it happening twice

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