39 m. ago MasterChef host Grace Dent shares true feelings on John Torode after scandal

Food critic Grace Dent is set to present Celebrity MasterChef alongside John Torode after former host Gregg Wallace was dropped from the hit BBC show

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59 m. ago My kids start sentences in one language and end in another. I hope school doesn’t shrink their joyous, noisy worlds | Shadi Khan Saif

Maybe there’s room for something gentler: letting children know they don’t need to change any part of themselves to belongMost mornings in our house feel like a friendly little language carnival spinning through the kitchen. Before the kids even put on their shoes for school, they’ve already cycled through three languages – joking in Hindi, arguing in Pashto and sprinkling English on top like chocolate chips tossed over their cereal.We don’t plan it or rehearse it: it just happens. Pashto is the language of feelings and family business like complaints, alliances, who stole whose pencil, who touched the remote. Hindi came to us through the back door: Bollywood songs and movies playing in the background, cousins in Karachi and the kind of street-style banter the kids pick up from YouTube faster than I can keep track of. And English, of course, is the language that binds the whole day together with school notices, breakfast negotiations, reminders about homework. Continue reading...

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59 m. ago Mind guru Gilbert Enoka: ‘England are about to go to war, and I want to be in the trench with them’

The mental skills coach famous for the ‘no dickheads’ policy coined during 21 years with the All Blacks now faces his and Brendon McCullum’s acid test in the Ashes“We’ve got a smooth lake at the moment,” Gilbert Enoka says, relaxing in the bar of England’s team hotel in Perth a few days before the battle for the Ashes gets under way. “But the series is going to start and then there’s going to be really, really choppy water in terms of what we actually have to sail. All I want is to help the guys develop structures that can help them be reliable when those waves come.”Enoka is the mental skills coach most famous for instigating a “no dickheads” policy during his 21 years in the All Blacks dressing room, and a man whose path to the pinnacle of team sport is as remarkable as the impact he has had since getting there. He spent much of his childhood in an orphanage before moving back in with his mother, who had settled with a new partner Enoka describes as “alcoholic, dysfunctional”. At ...

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67 m. ago Coleen Rooney pokes fun at I'm A Celebrity stars with telling move after 'secret advice' to new campmate

The WAG and TV personality took part in the hit ITV reality show last year, where she finished as runner-up

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69 m. ago King Charles shows 'true feelings' for Princess Beatrice and Eugenie amid 'horrid' time

A royal expert has claimed that the monarch is bringing the daughters of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson into the royal fold, despite their parents’ recent scandals

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70 m. ago Strictly legend says 'wasn't really fair' and admits why Vicky Pattison 'wouldn't have gone' if it were for one change

Vicky and her professional dance partner Kai Widdrington were booted out of the BBC One dance competition

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90 m. ago 'A man abused his partner during the time he was cheating on her with me – I didn’t know and feel physically sick'

This week, Lala offers advice to a reader who found out a man she was dating was in a relationship the whole time and has now been sentenced to prison for domestically abusing his partner. She didn't know and feels physically sick (TW: this column contains mention of abuse)

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96 m. ago Dick Van Dyke says 'this is something I still want to do' as he shares 'secret' to longevity

Dick Van Dyke, who turns 100 on December 13, has shared a secret to his longevity as he admitted that if he doesn't keep up one aspect of his weekly routine, he "really can feel it"

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1 hour ago Strictly's Kai Widdrington breaks silence after shock exit with Vicky Pattison

Strictly Come Dancing professional Kai Widdrington has broken his silence after he and his partner Vicky Pattison were eliminated from the BBC competition

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1 hour ago Why Timothee Chalamet just can't wipe the smile off his face after split from Kylie Jenner

It's news that will have been welcomed by Timothee's fans, who made no secret of the fact they disapproved of the actor dating a reality TV star'

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1 hour ago Georgina Hayden’s quick and easy recipe for roast hake with caper anchovy butter | Quick and easy

Tender hake in a punchy flavoured butter makes for a quick midweek supper or a knockout dinner-party show-off, and all in half an hourI love this one-tray dinner; it feels elegant but easy, and worthy of both a midweek meal and if you are entertaining. The punchy anchovy and garlic butter does all the hard work, and gives the impression of more effort than was actually exerted. But what to serve it with, I hear you ask? Well, it wouldn’t be out of place with creamy mashed potato, buttery polenta or a salad. Just make sure to baste the fish halfway through cooking, to get all the flavour and juices back into it.The Guardian aims to publish recipes for sustainable fish. Check ratings in your region: UK; Australia; US. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Strictly's Balvinder Sopal says it's 'real people's lives' as she breaks silence

The EastEnders actress and her professional dance partner Julian Caillon were seen fighting for their place in the BBC show

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2 h. ago 'More scandals mean more money': Brittany Miller's grovelling 'apology' for faking stage 3 cancer was watched by millions... but now insiders tell MOLLY CLAYTON why she REALLY did it

Brittany Miller seemed to have it all - a successful TikTok platform, two beautiful children and a doting partner. Little did her followers know there was a skeleton in the closet.

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3 h. ago I get headaches and feel dizzy whenever I use my phone... but I'm fine when it's switched off. What's wrong with me? DR SCURR reveals the controversial 'condition' to blame

I've been taking omega-3 and collagen as my statins' information sheet said patients should be on a low-cholesterol diet. A GP said it was a precaution,so I took the statins and had pains down one side.

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3 h. ago Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? winner shares true feelings about Jeremy Clarkson

Judith Keppel was the first person to win the £1million jackpot on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2000 and has now revealed what she really thinks of host Jeremy Clarkson

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3 h. ago Dick Van Dyke admits he's 'diminished' and increasingly housebound as he reveals wife Arlene, 54, is the secret to happiness in old age ahead of his 100th birthday

Dick Van Dyke has told how he is increasingly housebond and feeling 'diminished' as he approaches his 100th birthday next month.

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3 h. ago Parents wrongly arrested over school WhatsApp group messages say they hope 'thought police' will 'think twice' after being awarded £20,000 in damages

Maxie Allen, 50, says he feels 'vindicated' after he and his TV producer partner Rosalind Levine, 46, received a £20,000 payout from Hertfordshire Constabulary.

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4 h. ago Undisciplined? Entitled? Lazy? Gen Z faces familiar flood of workplace criticism

A new generation of younger workers are being derided as delusional and unreliable, just as millennials wereGen Z is undisciplined, apparently; entitled, some critics claim; and purportedly hates work. One viral column in the Wall Street Journal went so far as to suggest this entire generation was potentially “unemployable”.As younger employees establishing themselves at work continue to face relentless criticism from the higher rungs of corporate America, those old enough to remember the arrival of the last generation could be forgiven for experiencing a sense of deja vu. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place | Julian Richer

I have been fortunate, and I know it. Now I’d like more successful people to admit that meritocracy is a mythJulian Richer is the founder of Richer Sounds and the Fairness FoundationWhen you think about what has got you to where you are today, what pops into your head first? Perhaps hard work and determination, aided by a degree of talent? No doubt these have played an important role. But how much do you think that factors outside your control – what we might think of as luck – have influenced your path in life, for good or ill?I believe that many of us – especially those who consider ourselves successful – underestimate the role that luck has played in our lives. And I’m not just talking about random life events, like winning the lottery, I’m thinking about luck in the broader sense of the circumstances into which each of us is born.Julian Richer is a retail entrepreneur, author and philanthropist who founded Richer Sounds in 1978. He is the founder of the Fairness Foundation Conti...

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5 h. ago ‘A blast of gritty, unvarnished relief’: why Breaking Glass is my feelgood movie

The latest in our ongoing series of writers highlighting their most rewatched comfort movies is a trip back to 1980s London and the predatory music industryI used to watch Breaking Glass when I worked a very corporate job in the City. With its vision of London at the end of punk and the beginning of the Winter of Discontent, the film provided me a blast of gritty, unvarnished relief in the light of endless training courses and encouraged groupthink.Released in September 1980, it was disliked by critics (Q magazine memorably quipped: “Breaking Glass? More like Breaking Wind ”) but through today’s eyes feels relevant again. Continue reading...

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