54 h. ago Best sofa deals for Black Friday 2025, picked by interiors experts

Get the perfect sofa for your home for less this Black Friday – here’s how

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3 d. ago Get perfect fried eggs that don't stick every time — no oil or water needed

Fried eggs are a quick and delicious meal or snack at any time of day, but they can sometimes feel a bit of a chore, especially if they stick to the pan or you use too much oil or butter.

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4 d. ago Max was perfect. He was my cheerleader and I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him... until my friend sent me a video that changed everything and I realised what he was hiding

Juggling work and childcare during the school holidays, Tracy was running on empty as she helped her seven-year-old daughter Asha into her leotard for gymnastics club.

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4 d. ago Trump administration planning to allow oil and gas drilling off California coast

Plan, which Gavin Newsom, the governor, has said would be ‘dead on arrival’, will allow six lease sales from 2027 to 2030The Trump administration is planning to allow oil and gas drilling off the California coast for the first time in decades, according to a draft plan shared with the Washington Post.The move is guaranteed to set up a battle with the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, a staunch opponent of offshore drilling. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago As climate alarmism fades, SNP must come clean about its stance on oil and gas

Just as Scotland stopped burning witches, it’s time to end the persecution of oil and gas workers

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6 d. ago Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for chilli crisp topped noodles with tofu and cabbage | Quick and easy

You’ll be surprised how easy it is to make your own chilli crisp oil, and then how quickly this noodle dish comes togetherI make variations of stir-fried mushrooms and tofu with noodles (or rice) all the time, but this one, topped with a homemade peanut chilli crisp oil, has gone straight to the top of my repertoire. And the chilli oil couldn’t be easier to make, plus there’s enough to stash in the fridge for the week to come – spoon over eggy crumpets, fried rice or cheese on toast. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Mary Berry shares simple trick to make bacon extra crispy every time

Mary Berry has shared her top tips for cooking bacon to perfection, including a simple trick to make it extra crispy every time - and it's all about the oil you use

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6 d. ago ‘It shows such a laziness’: why I refuse to date someone who uses ChatGPT

It’s the ultimate ick: trying to form a deep, lasting connection with a person who outsources original thoughtIt was a setting fit for a Nancy Meyers film. We were in Oregon wine country, in a rustic-chic barn that reeked of stealth wealth, for a friend’s rehearsal dinner. “This venue is perfect,” I told the groom-to-be. He leaned in as if to tell me a secret: “I found it on ChatGPT.”I smiled tightly as this man described using generative AI for the initial stages of planning the wedding. (They also hired a human wedding planner.) I responded politely. Inside, however, I resolved: if my future spouse came to me with wedding input courtesy of ChatGPT, there would be no wedding. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago My search for the perfect steak frites in Paris, the staple of French brasserie cuisine

It’s on every prix fixe menu in France, but which restaurant serves up the best incarnation in the capital? I stomped and chomped my way across the city to find outI once ate seven bowls of ragù bolognese over the course of a single weekend. I was in Bologna, to be fair, and on a mission – to get to the bottom of spag bol (yes, I know it should be served with tagliatelle). A few years earlier, I did something similar with a Polish stew called bigos (a sort of hunter’s stew). I wanted to learn about its variations, its nuances, and I wondered what you could find out about a place if you dived into one dish in particular. In the case of bigos, I gleaned that the Polish are prepared to wait a long time for things to be done.My friend Tom suffers from a similar obsession (just last month he dropped a dozen scotch eggs on a bank holiday Monday) and so when he said he was heading to Paris to eat multiple steak frites, I wasn’t exactly surprised. He wasn’t just goi...

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8 d. ago Best Black Friday sofa deals for 2025, picked by interiors experts

Get the perfect sofa for your home for less this Black Friday – here’s how

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9 d. ago How to make the PERFECT chip: Beef dripping, just enough salt... and exactly the right potato

Matthew Ryle, executive chef at London's Maison François, shares a Michelin-worthy dinner party menu

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9 d. ago How to make the PERFECT chip: Beef dripping, just enough salt... and of course, exactly the right potato

Matthew Ryle, executive chef at London's Maison François, shares a Michelin-worthy dinner party menu

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1 week ago Best sofa deals for Black Friday that you can shop right now

Get the perfect sofa for your home for less this Black Friday – here’s how

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1 week ago The ultimate Christmas gifts for travellers and frequent fliers

From the most comfortable travel pillow we’ve told all our friends about to waterless beauty perfect for stocking fillers

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1 week ago Best Black Friday sofa deals to expect – plus offers to shop right now

Get the perfect sofa for your home for less this Black Friday – here’s how

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1 week ago Perfect portraits: from groups to selfies and candid snaps, how to capture your loved ones in style on your phone

Whether you are capturing candid moments of family and friends or taking perfect portraits of your pets, portrait photographer Kirsty Hamilton has the know-how you need to take scroll-stopping shots on your phone

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1 week ago Black Friday deals for him that will make the perfect present

These leading brands are offering discounts across everything from men’s clothing and footwear to furniture, beer machines, luggage and tech

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1 week ago AD FEATURE: brsk Friday is on and it’s full stream ahead with savings of up to £360

Black Friday is the perfect time to upgrade your broadband with fantastic offers from brsk

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2 w. ago Gemma was the perfect best friend. She helped me through my break

In the depths of heartbreak after splitting from my partner of three years, I joined a small recovery group for people exploring patterns of love and attachment in the hope it could give me closure.

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2 w. ago Fried eggs will be 'perfect every time' if you add 1 thing to them

If you struggle to make fried eggs perfect every single time, one man has got the perfect hack to ensure that they come out looking and tasting good - and it's so easy

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