43 h. ago I see time as a grid in my mind. I remember the birthdays of friends I haven’t seen for 65 years

Judy Stokes, a retired GP, shares her experience as a spatial-sequence synaestheteRead more stories of synaesthesia in the way I feel seriesDid someone with spatial-sequence synaesthesia design the calendar app on mobile phones? Because that’s how time and dates look in my brain. If you say a date to me, that day appears in a grid diagram in my head, and it shows if that box is already imprinted with a holiday, event or someone’s birthday. Public holidays and special events like Christmas and Easter are already imprinted for the year, and the diagram goes backwards to about 100,000BC and then forwards all the way to about the year 2500 before tapering off.It was only in my 60s that I discovered there was a name for this phenomenon – not just the way time appears in this 3D sort of calendar pattern, but the colours seen when I think of certain words. Two decades previously, I’d mentioned to a friend that Tuesdays were yellow and she’d looked at me in the same strange, befuddled way t...

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47 h. ago Ant and Dec declare 'big news' as they share fresh announcement with fans

They shared an announcement that revealed a 'first' for their career

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60 h. ago Coronation Street fans declare 'we knew' as real relationship exposed on cobbles

Debbie and Carl Webster's real relationship was exposed in the ITV soap

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61 h. ago Huge TV host becomes latest big name set to join Celebrity Traitors as talks reach advanced stage for second series

ALISON HAMMOND is in advanced talks to appear on the next series of The Celebrity Traitors. The Great British Bake Off and This Morning presenter is among a slew of big names approached by the BBC, including Gavin & Stacey star Ruth Jones and actor Danny Dyer. A source said: “Alison is on the BBC’s...

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2 d. ago Is new Harry Styles music on the way? Star teases fans with mysterious 'We Belong Together' voice note

After building anticipation with cryptic posters around the world, Harry Styles has sent fans a short voice note declaring “We belong together”.

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3 d. ago Cheryl fans declare 'she's back' as she shares rare social media post

The Girls Aloud star send fans wild as she was seen sharing a new post on social media

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4 d. ago Prue Leith reveals the HUGE mistake she made with Mounjaro jabs that left her 'starving, feeling awful and sleeping all day' after weight loss attempt seriously backfired

The Great British Bake Off judge took to This Morning to open up about her experience of using the jabs to hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard.

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4 d. ago Coronation Street fans declare 'we need more' as actress speaks out on 'friendship' 

Fans are commenting on Betsy Swain and Lauren Bolton's relationship in Weatherfield

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5 d. ago Great British Bake Off's Ruby Bhogal opens up on 'devastating' miscarriage

Baker Ruby Bhogal, who finished as runner-up on the Great British Bake Off in 2018, has shared some heartbreaking news

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5 d. ago Bake Off star Ruby Bhogal shares devastating miscarriage news

The Great British Bake Off's Ruby Bhogal, who came second on the Channel 4 show in 2018, has revealed the heartbreaking news that she's lost her baby

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5 d. ago Great British Bake Off star Ruby Bhogal is left 'heartbroken and really lost' as she suffers a miscarriage weeks after finding out she was pregnant while on a second honeymoon

Great British Bake Off star has revealed she has suffered heartbreaking miscarriage just months into her pregnancy.   

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6 d. ago Great British Bake Off winner announces bakery closure in heartbreaking update

He has described it as a "painful decision" amid the pressure of running a bricks-and-mortar bakery, saying: "The workload was relentless, the margins unforgiving, and the emotional toll heavier than we'd allowed ourselves to admit."

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6 d. ago Adolescence star Stephen Graham cosies up to his wife Hannah Walters as he reunites with the cast of the Netflix hit at the Golden Globes after it was tipped for more awards glory

The English actor, 52, couldn't wipe the smile off his face as he took to the awards' red carpet with his beloved wife and fellow actress Hannah Walters, 51.

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6 d. ago Adolescence star Stephen Graham cosies up his wife Hannah Walters as he reunites with the cast of the Netflix hit at the Golden Globes after it was tipped for more awards glory

The English actor, 52, couldn't wipe the smile off his face as he took to the awards' red carpet with his beloved wife and fellow actress Hannah Walters, 51.

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8 d. ago Prue Leith's recipe for later life: Great British Bake Off judge, 85, declares she's not too old to have 'romance, love and sex' and reveals why she's ditched exercise

Prue Leith shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.

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8 d. ago ‘Lad knows how to hold a grudge’ – Raul Jimenez’s celebration vs Chelsea explained as he trolls Robert Sanchez

FANS declared “lad knows how to hold a grudge” after Raul Jimenez trolled Robert Sanchez with his goal celebration on Wednesday. The Mexican striker opened the scoring in Fulham’s 2-1 west London derby win over Chelsea at Craven Cottage. Harry Wilson netted Fulham’s winner after Liam Delap had pulled one back for the 10-man visitors,...

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9 d. ago John Whaite claims doctors said his ‘muscles saved him’ from being killed by car

‘Strictly’ finalist, who also won ‘The Great British Bake Off’ in 2012, reassured fans that he was OK after being assessed by doctors

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9 d. ago Strictly’s John Whaite rushed to hospital after being run over in near

The former Great British Bake Off winner was struck by a car while crossing the road at night

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9 d. ago Bake Off star John Whaite hit by car in accident that ‘could have been fatal’

‘Strictly’ finalist, who also won ‘The Great British Bake Off’ in 2012, reassured fans that he was OK after being assessed by doctors

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1 week ago Strictly star John Whaite reveals he has been rushed to hospital after being run over in near

The Great British Bake Off star, 36, took to Instagram to recall the terrifying moment he 'rolled over the bonnet, went splat on the road before crawling to safety'.

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