They like ice-cream – but only homemade. Carrots – but only served whole. And don’t even think of cooking with any herb or spice livelier than parsley ...
Name: The Aristocrat Diet.
Age: As old as the aristocracy.
Continue reading...From spirituality captured on a smartphone to childhood photos conjured up by AI, the Photo London x Hahnemühle student award has unearthed some astonishing talent
Continue reading...Mark Carney takes firm line with Donald Trump during White House visit; supreme court allows ban on transgender troops to take effect. Key US politics stories from Tuesday 6 May at a glance
In the White House on Tuesday, the prime minister of Canada told Donald Trump: “As you know from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale.” Trump agreed: “That’s true.”
Mark Carney continued: “Having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign … it’s not for sale. Won’t be for sale, ever.” “Never say never,” said Trump. Carney smiled and mouthed “never, never, never, never.”
Late-night hosts discuss the president’s unusual take on his oath of office and blaming Biden for economy’s ‘bad parts’
Late-night hosts recapped Donald Trump’s refusal to commit to defending the constitution and blaming Joe Biden for his hits on the economy.
Continue reading...Robert Frazer and James Taylor respond to an article by Jason Okundaye on phone-filming at gigs
I confess that I was once one of the phone zombies whom Jason Okundaye rightfully criticises for obsessively recording concerts and performances (Do yourself, the world and me a big favour: stop phone-filming at gigs, 3 May). Eventually, however, I learned to put the phone away when I realised that if I was just watching through a screen, then what was the point in paying for a ticket? I may as well have been sitting at a computer at home.
When it comes to popping the question, gen Z is turning its back on the grand romantic gesture
Name: Quiet proposals.
Age: This is about gen Z, so we’re talking people aged between 13 and 28, though hopefully no 13-year-olds are involved.
Continue reading...Saint John boasts Canada’s largest oil refinery – and a huge gulf between rich and poor. Chris Donovan captured life in a city overshadowed by pollution
Continue reading...The Last Week Tonight host decries Trump’s fearmongering on immigration and disregard for the rule of law
John Oliver took a deep dive through the Trump administration’s brutal and bewildering campaign of deportations on Sunday evening, starting with the White House’s “nauseating social media posts”. Posts to the official White House Instagram account include a video of shackled people led on to a plane soundtracked to the song Closing Time by Semisonic, along with the caption “you don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here.”
What could possibly go wrong with taking a razor to your lashes? Apart from irritation, infections and ‘eye boogers’, that is
Name: Stubby lashes.
Age: Genetically? Ancient. Done deliberately? New.
Continue reading...Comments from legal team and Trump administration officials could prevent Luigi Mangione from getting a fair trial
During a 25 April proceeding in Luigi Mangione’s Manhattan federal court case for allegedly murdering UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson last year, the judge implored prosecutors to watch what they say – including top honchos of Donald Trump’s justice department.
Judge Margaret M Garnett pointed prosecutors to a district court policy barring lawyers on both sides from making “public commentary that could impede Mr Mangione’s right to a fair trial”.