76 m. ago Meet the members of the Dull Men’s Club: ‘Some of them would bore the ears off you’

An international club where dull people meet online to share the tedium of everyday lives is immensely popular. But for one man it’s a place of poignant connectionGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe 18th-century English writer Samuel Johnson once wrote, ‘He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others’. It’s a sentiment eagerly embraced by The Dull Men’s Club. Several million members in a number of connected Facebook groups strive to cause dullness in others on a daily basis. In this club, they wear their dullness with pride. The duller the better. This is where the nerds of the world unite.“Posts that contain bitmoji-avatar-things are far too exciting, and will probably get deleted,” warn the rules of the Dull Men’s Club (Australian branch). Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Woman's lip filler dissolving treatment goes wrong and she's left looking like Bratz doll

Kimia Awazi, 24, visited a popular clinic for a budget dissolving treatment - but she instantly regretted it when her lips began swelling uncontrollably

Politics

3 h. ago You say we need more babies, rightwingers? Come back to me after you’ve fought in the trenches of soft play | Emma Beddington

A ghastly coalition of tech bros and religious conservatives is pushing a baby boom. Let’s see how they feel when they’ve dragged a screaming child out of an excrement-fouled ball pitI absolutely cannot fathom the number of populist rightwing politicians and commentators who have looked at the smouldering mess that is the world currently and thought: “I know what this situation demands – more toddlers.” Population-boosting discourse and policies have spread across Europe (Hungary, Poland, Greece, Italy and beyond), while in the US an unholy coalition of tech bros, religious conservatives, blowhard podcasters and the politicians who pander to them have gone loudly pronatalist. JD Vance used his first speech as vice-president to proclaim: “I want more babies in the United States of America”; Elon Musk called declining birthrates “a much bigger risk to civilisation than global warming”; and Trump is considering various procreation-incentivising policies, including a $5,000 “baby bonus”...

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3 h. ago Pope Leo criticizes political nationalism and prays for reconciliation and dialogue

Pope Leo XIV has criticized the surge of nationalist political movements in the world as he prayed for reconciliation and dialogue

Politics

4 h. ago I was killed by a truck and a divine voice said it wasn't my time... here's why I can't wait to die again

Up to 15 percent of the world's population have had a near-death experience, with many revealing that they saw heaven - but not everyone came back willingly .

Events

5 h. ago We love living in Britain's WHITEST neighbourhood: Two Sri Lankans are the only ethnic minorities in the area

Brotton in North Yorkshire is a village with a unique claim to fame: it is the area with the UK's 'whitest' population. Of 1108 people recorded in the all but two identified as White

Events

6 h. ago Tourists abandon popular European holiday destination known for its cheap prices

Once a place for affordable holidays, recent price increases have left tourists looking elsewhere

Culture

10 h. ago 'I found the perfect 'blonzing' product for summer and it rivals rhode's popular blushes'

'Blonzers' are on the rise for summer, and Mirror's shopping writer Grace tested out Refy's newest blush drop to see how it looked on the skin

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10 h. ago Classic UK romantic film that made Hugh Grant household name is airing on TV tonight

The actor is one of the nation's most popular movie stars

Society

11 h. ago Raising school fees torments many Africans. Some expect the Catholic Church to do more to help

Sub-Saharan Africa has the world's highest school dropout rates and a driving factor is that parents are being crushed by unpredictable school fees

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11 h. ago From climate damage to making us lazy and dumb, why is it OK to rely on ChatGPT?

Ellie Muir has noticed that her friends are becoming reliant on OpenAI’s popular generative language model ChatGPT, using it to do everything from deciding what’s for lunch to writing work emails. But when one query on the platform uses 10 times more energy than a normal Google search, does our dependency on AI have darker consequences?

Events

11 h. ago UK households urged to dissolve 54p tablet in water and feed to certain plants

Gardening can be a massive headache when your plants are struggling - fortunately this easy hack involving one popular tablet will have them growing bigger and healthier

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12 h. ago 'I live in Benidorm and tourists make this same mistake every time they visit'

A Brit living in Benidorm has uncovered a popular questions tourists are asked - and in many cases there's an ulterior motive to pinch mobile phones from unassuming visitors

Society

16 h. ago Abandoned UK Butlin's resort once wrecked by tornado is now huge holiday park

Tourists 'ran in terror' after a 90mph tornado flattened a popular Butlin's resort, uprooting trees from the ground and ripping roofs from chalets. Now, the site looks completely different

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18 h. ago Cities around the world are sinking at ‘worrying speed’ due to water pumping

Dozens of coastal cities around the world are sinking at an alarming rate due to pressures being put on local water supplies by their ever-growing populations and rising sea levels

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19 h. ago Small sport stirs up controversy in Spain as Basque Country makes its international debut

A small sport popular in Spain’s northern Basque Country has stirred up a political controversy that triggered court action and fanned the region’s long-held feelings of nationalism

Politics

25 h. ago Get £60 off 'best' Ninja air fryer in cheapest deal of the year so far on Amazon

Shoppers can now get the popular Ninja Foodi MAX Dual Zone Digital Air Fryer for a fraction of its usual cost on Amazon, for a limited time only

Economics

27 h. ago Brit tourist, 21, found dead on streets of popular party resort as probe launched

Portuguese police are understood to have ruled out any link to a crime and are said to be treating the death as a tragedy linked to excessive alcohol consumption

Society

27 h. ago Popular kids' toy sold on Amazon urgently recalled over 'serious' injury risk

Parents have been warned after a popular summer kids toy - sold on Amazon - was recalled over fears it could pose 'serious risk of injuries' due to 'accessible magnets with a magnetic flux index'

Events

27 h. ago Is this £12 toastie REALLY the best takeaway in the UK? We tried Deliveroo's most popular order to see if it's worth the hype

Taking the crown for one of the categories was Crunch - a viral foodie spot with locations in London 's Soho and Spitalfields Market.

Economics