5 h. ago Your cups of tea always taste worse during a storm – and there's a scientific reason for it

Fall in atmospheric pressure during freak weather can physically reduce the boiling point of water from the 100C needed to make the perfect cuppa

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56 h. ago Did your cup of tea taste different this morning? Blame Storm Amy! Scientist reveals the surprising impact bad weather has on our cuppas

Storm Amy may destroy any possibility of a getting a proper cup of tea this weekend, according to a scientist at the University of St Andrews.

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1 week ago 'Tea addict' who drank 140 cups per week sheds 6st with simple change

Susan Garner shared how she lost 6st in weight without having to give up her love of tea

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1 week ago 'Tea addict' who drank 20 cups a day with 4 sugars sheds 6st

Susan Garner, 61, was addicted to tea and would go through an entire bag of sugar every three days

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2 w. ago Just 'a few cups of tea' daily could help lower blood pressure

Research has linked this popular drink to improved blood pressure levels.

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2 w. ago Sausages are 'juicy and tender' if you ditch the frying pan for better method

Many people make the same mistake when it comes to cooking their sausages, which can dry them out and make them taste a lot worse.

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3 w. ago Prince Harry and King Charles reconciling? Their feud was the only relatable thing about them | Polly Hudson

I may not live in a palace but I can say that even my most challenging of relatives has not slagged me off to OprahIronic, really, that something so quintessentially British could be such bad news for the UK. King Charles and Prince Harry met for a cup of tea on Wednesday, and that’s absolutely terrible for the monarchy. The family feud has been their most relatable content in years.This sign that a reconciliation is under way might be heartwarming on a human level, but aren’t the royals supposed to be focused on duty and sacrifice? In a world of “compare and despair” thinking, many were grateful for the opportunity to “compare and say: oh yeah” instead. Every family has its issues, and you could feel better about yours knowing that no one is immune. Also, let’s be honest, there has been a sliver of schadenfreude too, not to mention comfort in the idea that at least we’re not that bad. Even our most challenging relative is unlikely to have published a tell-all book full of varying r...

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3 w. ago Elgar on a ghetto blaster. A sea of flags and tributes to Charlie Kirk. VERY rude chants about Keir. Then the bottles and fists began to fly... IAN GALLAGHER attends the 110,000

Hard-Right activist Tommy Robinson and his supporters are definitely not everyone's cup of tea but it was they who gave the most vivid expression yet to the despair felt by many over migration.

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3 w. ago World's oldest volunteer, 103, still serving tea in hospital cafe

Beryl Carr, 103, is in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest female volunteer as she still serves cups of tea in a hospital cafe

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3 w. ago 'They can't be trusted!': Royal expert on how Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are 'bad news' for the monarchy

King Charles and Prince Harry met over a cup of tea at Clarence House on Wednesday in a move that insiders say is the first step on the road to reconciliation.

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3 w. ago Helen Goh’s recipe for plum and star anise frangipane tart | The sweet spot

The rich, fruity natural sweetness of plums works wonders with a soft almond cream inside a delicious pastryLate-season plums are wonderful to bake with; juicy and slightly astringent as you get closer to the skin, they soften into a rich, almost winey sweetness. And, when they’re nestled into soft almond cream and scented with star anise, they make a delicious tart for any time of day. Serve warm with pouring cream as pudding or cold with a cup of tea. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Prince Harry promised King Charles that details of their first meeting in 19 months would remain private

The Duke of Sussex spent 54 minutes having a cup of tea with King Charles at Clarence House in London yesterday.

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3 w. ago The cup of tea at Clarence House that could change everything: Prince Harry's meeting with King Charles is the first tentative step on the road to reconciliation, insiders tell REBECCA ENGLISH

Fifty four minutes - and one cup of tea. Not enough to erase almost six years of hurt, not to mention tens of thousands of words of vitriol.

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3 w. ago Prince Harry says his father King Charles is 'great' following their first meeting in 19 months... which was over a cup of tea and just 55 minutes long

The Duke of Sussex said of the Monarch 'Yes he's great, thank you,' when asked about the face to face meeting during a reception for the Invictus Games.

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3 w. ago The unconscious process that leads to creativity: how ‘incubation’ works

The creativity process has been divided into four phases – including one where you need to let your unconscious do the workAE Housman, the English classical scholar and poet, often took a walk after lunch. During one walk he was exceptionally creative – unconsciously. As he strode along, a stanza came to him, and almost immediately afterwards a second stanza wafted his way. He saw the words in front of him and had only to note them down. He knew he wanted to write a poem with four stanzas and after he’d written out the first two and had a cup of tea, he set off on a second walk. The third stanza occurred to him, and again he didn’t have to make any conscious effort. He waited on tenterhooks for the fourth and final stanza that would complete the poem.It failed to arrive. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago What is the endgame in this toxic immigration debate: is it friends and neighbours thrown out of the country? | Jonthan Liew

The notion of remigration was abstract, but the right is dragging it towards respectability. If the goal is homogeneous whiteness, they should say itDo they come for you at dawn or dusk? In the dead of night, or at family dinnertime? Will they come with masks and shields, or will they be kindly and sheepishly apologetic? Will they accept a cup of tea and a biscuit if offered? Will there will be bags already packed by the door, protocols prepped and drilled, a list of numbers to call? Will you go quietly and with dignity, or in a mess of curse words and screaming limbs?Perhaps right now this all feels a little fantastical and far-fetched. Perhaps it feels hard to imagine the great wave of remigration lapping up on the pristine middle-class doorsteps of Stroud or Stoke Newington. We can still have a chuckle about it. Maybe there’ll be a nice fat relocation cheque. A free one-way holiday on the British government. Always wanted to visit China at this time of year, and so on.Jonathan Li...

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