9 h. ago Fatboy Slim: ‘I was in the same class as Keir Starmer – he’s one up on me now’

The electronic producer and DJ Norman Cook talks about learning the violin with Keir Starmer, his love for his label maker and crossing swords with MobyGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailYou did violin lessons with Keir Starmer when you were a child. Who was better at violin?I can’t actually remember the violin lessons. But I was in the same class at school as Keir for five years, so I remember him well. He must have been better at the violin than me, because I did it for about one term. My parents could take no more noise, so I would say Keir was better. It is quite weird when one day you see someone on the telly and go, “Oh look, it is Keir Starmer from 4B.” I think he’s one up on me by becoming prime minister.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

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11 h. ago My boiler has broken and I’m finding solace in a slice (or several) of toast | Rachel Cooke

There are whole chapters in cookbooks dedicated to it and now an endless variety of new things to spread on top, including butters with a waiting listMy subject today is toast, which is much on my mind right now, a buttery ticker tape that calls me constantly to the kitchen. Our boiler has packed up, the new one won’t be installed for a week, and though it’s only the central heating that’s down (the cooker’s fine), the freezing cold has turned me into a toast monster. It’s all I want, a feeling I haven’t had since I was a student and living in a house that was so badly insulated, we sometimes had to break the ice on the water in the loo. How many loaves can a person get through in a week? Come back to me in a few days for an answer. I’ll give you a tour of my chilblains at the same time.What is amazing about toast is the way it has lately become so pimped. This started a few years ago: I first noticed it in Moro Easy by Sam and Sam Clark, a cookbook that came out in 2022 and whose o...

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12 h. ago Ludovico Einaudi: ‘The way you blend the elements you eat is similar to composing a piece of music’

The pianist and composer talks about his passion for chillies, teas and saucepans, and cooking for his dad’s remarkable literary dinner partiesI live in Torino [Turin], a town where I grew up, where I was born. There’s a famous dish from there called bagna cauda. It’s a meeting of the garlic from the area of Piedmont, the mountains, with the anchovies coming from the sea in Liguria. It’s a very simple dish, a bit like a broth, perfect in winter, and you eat it with raw vegetables of the season. But there’s so much garlic in it that, when you eat it, you need a couple of days away from other people.There is a connection between how you eat and how you make music: the way you blend the elements that you eat, the colours, it’s similar to composing a piece of music. If I take my solo piano repertoire, I would associate it with a very simple food, with few elements and few colours, not overelaborate. If I think of a piece of mine with more instruments, more orchestral, I would ...

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12 h. ago Arsenal v West Ham, Ipswich v Tottenham and more: clockwatch – live

Goal updates and key action from Saturday’s gamesLive scores | Tables | Fixtures | Email Will hereBournemouth (4-3-3): Arrizabalaga; Hill, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Christie, Adams, Cook; Kluivert, Semenyo; Ouattara.Subs: Dennis, Brooks, Scott, Evanilson, Adams, Sinisterra, Soler, Jebbison, Winterburn. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago The secret daytime TV tier list revealed: From bitchy feuds, mean comments and cruelty of the daytime sofa clique

Breakfast television shows might try to project an air of bonhomie to propel viewers into the day ahead, but there's evidence to suggest the welcoming sofas can be a dangerous place to perch.

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17 h. ago LIZ JONES: I texted David to get a man's perspective on my humiliating betrayal. His answer enraged me

It's Sunday morning. I have just fetched Swirly (my racehorse) and Quincy (Nic's enormous grey Russian trotter) in for breakfast, before walking my border collies in the paddock.

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17 h. ago BBC star Matt Tebbutt calls for Naga Munchetty to be 'cut off' after savage swipe

BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt were left red-faced after an awkward exchange with Saturday Kitchen host Matt Tebbutt

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18 h. ago TV chef says 'f*** that' after filming in Welsh seaside town named 'worst in Britain'

Chris 'Flamebaster' Roberts visited the Welsh town for his BBC Wales show Chris Cooks Cymru and said he 'loved every second' of his visit

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18 h. ago BBC star Matt Tebbutt asks for Naga Munchetty to be 'cut off' after awkward exchange

BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty told Saturday Kitchen presenter Matt Tebbutt he "could have prepared better" as he welcomed Irish author Marian Keyes onto his show

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20 h. ago BBC Breakfast halted for 'breaking news' as host forced to cut interview short

BBC Breakfast presenter Charlie Stayt was forced to cut his interview with former UK ambassador to Ukraine Simon Smith short due to a breaking news announcement

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20 h. ago Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for peazotto with pickled peas | The new vegan

The freshness of pureed peas and mint and the tartness of lemony pickled peas combine to give pasta ‘rice’ a perky, vibrant liftToday’s recipe is inspired by an Italian method of preserving, sott’olio, which translates to “under oil”. The most delicate of vegetables, such as peas, are picked at peak ripeness, plunged briefly in vinegar, then stored in oil to preserve them until desired. I’ll admit that my recipe wantonly uses frozen petit pois, which are then in part pickled and in part whizzed up to make a stock in which to cook the orzo; nevertheless, eating it brings its own warm and welcome Italian sunshine to my English kitchen in cold, dark February. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago BGT Alesha Dixon's breakfast 'super juice' stops her getting tired and ill

It costs just under £2 to make a version of your own - and it's packed with natural vitamins and nutrients

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21 h. ago Inside Carol Kirkwood's life from devastating heartbreak to finding love again

The BBC Breakfast star is a much-loved face on screens each morning

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21 h. ago Our farm shop breakfast was so good we bought more sausages to take home

The family-run farm has its own shop, butchery and cafe

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22 h. ago How to turn leftover cooked pork into a classic Spanish bean stew – recipe | Waste not

Leftover cooked pork and bones are essential ingredients in this hearty Asturian winter stewFabada Asturiana is classic Spanish cooking at its simplest and best. This stew of creamy white beans cooked slowly with pork and cured meat is traditionally made with fabes de la Granja (or judion beans), morcilla (Spanish black pudding), chorizo and lacón (cured pork shoulder, and similar to pancetta); it’s also the perfect dish for using up leftover roast pork. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Tim Dowling: ‘I’m happy to cook. It’s just the painful hand burns I object to’

My wife has developed an aversion to cooking while becoming increasingly fussy about what she’ll eat. Lucky me When the oldest one left home for the second time about six years ago, my wife made an announcement.“That’s it,” she said. “I’m never cooking again.” Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Tesco confirms popular breakfast products have been discontinued in all stores

The products in question are Tesco's Apricot Wheats and the branded version from Kellogg's which are both small wholegrain wheat squares with a fruit-flavoured filling

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22 h. ago What is Lion's mane? Enormous health benefits of putting the superfood in your morning coffee

Many have talked about the health benefits of this 'new' superfood from inflammation, brain function and gut health but it is more than a health trend, as it has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine

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23 h. ago Americans rip into London’s ‘best full English breakfast’ in viral TikTok

Americans rip into London’s ‘best full English breakfast’ in viral TikTok  Yahoo News UK

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23 h. ago 'Asos £63 teddy coat kept me warm in the freezing Scottish weather and reeled me in compliments'

Asos' mushroom brown 'teddy' coat is the perfect mix of stylish and cosy, says our head of fashion

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