22 h. ago Phasmophobia Easter 2025 event lands next week – everything we know about Cursed Hollow so far

Kinetic Games is prepping for another festive Phasmophobia makeover, with a three week Easter event and a new reward split based on player feedback.

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3 d. ago Expert picks the top campsites to pitch a tent in across Europe this summer

The options are endless

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5 d. ago Easter holiday spend of £1,272 on average for families with children – survey

A quarter of people surveyed for MyVoucherCodes are going on a UK-based trip this Easter, while 13% are opting to travel abroad.

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7 d. ago Top 10 campsites to pitch up to this Easter based on reviews, ratings and popularity

Camping can create some holiday memories on a budget

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2 w. ago From sex toy safety to supply chains: why testing vibrators isn’t as fun as you might think

The unsexy truth behind reviewing vibrators; thoughtful Mother’s Day gifts; and last-minute flower delivery• Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWhen people learn that my job as a sexual wellbeing specialist involves reviewing vibrators for the Filter – as their official Vibe Rater, if you will – they assume I’ve got it easy. That my work, in every conceivable way, must be a pleasure. But I get my hands dirty, probing everything from sustainability to sensitive data security to supply chains, to ensure buyers don’t get (non-consensually) shafted. Vibrators are coming out from under the covers. They used to feel shameful and secretive, picked from a mail-order magazine or a poky shop with blacked-out windows; today, we’re infinitely more liberated about toy ownership. We’re putting our hands in our pockets, too: the global sex toy market was valued at approximately $37.5bn last year, and it is projected to climb to $83.85bn within the next decade.But navigating ...

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3 w. ago Church that recently moved to a new base in Wishaw is holding an Easter fun day

Family tickets cost £5 with lunch provided and each child attending receiving a goodie bag

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3 w. ago Bank of England to make interest rates decision this week amid 'fog of uncertainty'

Experts have predicted what they think the Bank of England will do at its next interest rates review

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3 w. ago ‘Will Freya find a lovely birthday gift for mummy?’: why the Sylvanian Families movie is the anti

The trailer for the new film about the dainty woodland creatures will wash over your brain like a warm 70-second bath. Does every toy movie need to be an Oscar-worthy social commentary?This Easter, a new movie based on Sylvanian Families will be released into cinemas. If you’ve been keeping up with films based on toys for the last decade or so, then you’ll be forgiven for feeling a modicum of dread upon hearing this news. Because ever since Barbie took a billion dollars and found itself nominated for a bunch of Oscars, a toy movie isn’t allowed to be a toy movie any more. It has to be an auteur-driven toy movie; one that also functions as a commentary about the capitalist machinations that drive the toy industry.It’s everywhere. In 2022, Emily V Gordon and Jon M Chu announced that they were making a Play-Doh movie that would be about “creativity, imagination, and the purpose of art”. JJ Abrams is making a film based on Hot Wheels that he describes as “emotional and grounded and grit...

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