13 h. ago All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles review – a deliciously sweary, prize

The actor Paul Hilton brilliantly inhabits the character of a ranting working-class academic in this debut novelSome books feel so suited to the audio format that they could have been written with the voice in mind. All My Precious Madness is one of those. Mark Bowles’s debut novel, which won the audiobook fiction category at the inaugural British Audio awards (where, full disclosure, I was a judge), is a deliciously sweary monologue from a middle-aged malcontent.A sideways reflection on working-class identity and masculinity, the novel gives voice to Henry Nash, a man of little patience. Sitting in a London coffee shop and trying to write a monograph of his father, he rains judgment on the other patrons whose obnoxious phone calls he can’t help but overhear. An Oxford graduate turned writer and academic, Nash lives in a Soho flat where he has been known to furtively drop eggs on passersby who disturb him with their drunken racket. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Moment horrified London family watch sealed Sainsbury's granola bag moving 'due to mouse inside'

Family from Arnos Grove in shock after bag freshly bought from supermarket begins moving on kitchen table

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18 h. ago Watch: London family horrified as sealed Sainsbury's granola bag starts moving 'due to mouse inside'

Family from Arnos Grove in shock after bag freshly bought from supermarket begins moving on kitchen table

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22 h. ago Young people are ‘quiet quitting’ the UK – but where are they going and is it really any better?

As new stats reveal that Gen Z are leaving the UK in droves, Helen Coffey digs into the suprising hot new locations to set up shop, and whether the expat reality lives up to the dream

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36 h. ago Sainsbury's shopper 'disgusted' after new bag of granola starts 'moving'

Josie Wright, 16, bought a bag of granola from a Sainsbury's Local in Arnos Grove, London before noticing the sealed bag itself was moving

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2 w. ago How real is the hot chocolate in your cupboard? Some supermarket jars have less than 10% cocoa while others are the real deal

In the UK, to legally be called 'drinking chocolate' there must be a minimum of 25 per cent chocolate solid. Here's the ones that do.

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2 w. ago Is the hot chocolate in your cupboard FAKE? Some supermarket jars have less than 10% cocoa while others are the real deal

In the UK, to legally be called 'drinking chocolate' there must be a minimum of 25 per cent chocolate solid. Here's the ones that do.

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3 w. ago I bought a £2.69 To Good To Go bag from coffee shop — the contents left me in disbelief

Eager to see what all the fuss was about, I recently downloaded the Too Good To Go app and picked up a bag from a popular coffee shop —2 words sum up what was in it

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3 w. ago I bought a £2.69 Too Good To Go bag from coffee shop — the contents left me in disbelief

Eager to see what all the fuss was about, I recently downloaded the Too Good To Go app and picked up a bag from a popular coffee shop —2 words sum up what was in it

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3 w. ago I bought a £2.69 Too Good To Go bag from a coffee shop — I was stunned how much was in it

Eager to see what all the fuss was about, I recently downloaded the Too Good To Go app and picked up a bag from a popular coffee shop — the contents left me shocked

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3 w. ago ‘MigraWatch’ trainings to ‘Whistlemania’ events: Chicagoans fight back against ICE raids

Residents are organizing in response to raids across the city amid Trump’s wide-ranging ‘operation midway blitz’Anaís Robles didn’t expect to get teargassed. The co-owner of Colibrí Cafe, the coffee shop that opened this year in Chicago’s East Side neighborhood, saw commotion outside in mid October and ran to see what happened.Robles saw federal agents donning masks and decided to step back, she was half a block away when the tear gas canisters hit. “People were just in the streets, so to clear out the area, they teargas all of us, and like, multiple teargas [cannisters],” she said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago "You had a strop, left in a huff then turned into a keyboard warrior": Cafe owner slams customer after one

The Greater Manchester hidden gem coffee shop has asked the customer not to return

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3 w. ago I picked up a £2.69 Too Good To Go bag from a popular coffee shop – 2 words sum it up

The Too Good To Go app is a great way to save money on food, but some people have been left disappointed with the contents of the bags. I tried one myself and couldn't believe what I got.

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3 w. ago Tim Dowling: life on the road was so much simpler than being at home

On tour with the band there were no snapping tortoises, no dog kerfuffles and certainly no peeping scaffoldersIt is early morning, the low sun is glinting off wet tarmac. I’m in a coffee shop next to a petrol station, across the car park from the Travelodge where I spent the night, somewhere just north of Brighton. The middle leg of the band’s autumn tour is complete, and I’m on my way home. But first I want coffee.“Can I take a name?” says the woman behind the counter. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘I didn’t want to make it all about me’: Jake Weatherald on his path to an Ashes call

The opener is in line for an Australia debut after twice taking time away from cricket to protect his mental health and piling on the runs for TasmaniaJake Weatherald and Justin Galeotti travelled separately on the short journey from the coffee shop to the nets for their scheduled hit. They trained as usual and with Galeotti oblivious to the fact Weatherald had just fielded a life-altering phone call from Australia’s chair of selectors, George Bailey, telling him his baggy green dream had almost arrived. The uncapped Weatherald was in the 15-player Ashes squad for the first Test.“It lasted about two minutes,” Weatherald says about the call with Bailey. “I didn’t want to bring it up [with Galeotti] because I felt like it would distract from the net session. I didn’t want to make it all about me. We’d have been talking about it the whole time and not training.” Continue reading...

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