Why Alcohol Makes You More Tired As You Get Older
You probably don’t need an expert to tell you that alcohol messes with your body, especially when you’re well past your 20s. Alcohol can make you more anxious as you age, for example (hello, “hangxiety”) and just generally make you feel worse – including more tired. If a night out is starting to lead to…
Men Reveal The Moment They Realised Their Partner Was ‘The One’
A lot of dating content focuses on everything that’s wrong with modern romance, and, to be fair, there’s plenty to talk about. From women sharing horror stories about first dates to bizarre dating trends like Shrekking, it can be hard to stay optimistic about the state of dating in 2026. Dating can be a minefield…
Why Gen Z Keeps Doing The ‘Boob Rest’ Pose In Photos
If millennials had the “teapot pose” – one hand jauntily on the hip, elbow sticking straight out like a teapot handle – Gen Z has the “boob rest” pose. Younger celebrities – Selena Gomez, Dua Lipa, Hailey Bieber, Millie Bobby Brown and Zendaya – have all been photographed on the red carpet with their hand…
My Husband And I Divorced After 33 Years. There Was No Drama.
Our 33-year-long marriage ended over Zoom. Not in a courtroom. Not with slammed doors, raised voices or a dramatic final goodbye. Because we were still living in the aftermath of Covid-19, our divorce hearing happened quietly through a computer screen … as casually as any routine virtual meeting. I wrestled with what to wear that…
The ‘Mil/Mal Effect’ Could Affect Your Food Choices
Ever heard of the names “kiko” and “bouba”? These are made-up nouns that scientists invented to test how we link images to language. When people are shown a blobby shape and a spiky shape, then asked which one suits “kiko” and which is a better match for “bouba”, they overwhelmingly dub the round one “bouba”….
Health Experts Warn Against This Common Parenting Habit
Some parenting habits are so routine, you probably don’t give them a second thought. Maybe you taste your child’s food with a spoon before handing that same spoon to them, blow on a too-hot bite before giving it to them or take a sip from the same cup before handing it over. While these moments…
Where To Watch 10 Films With The Most 100% Re On Rotten Tomatoes
With so many streaming services at our fingertips today, picking something to watch is often as much of a time-filling activity as the movie we land on itself. In the modern day, one metric many of us use to help settle whether a film is any good is the review site Rotten Tomatoes, which has…
Why Is Netflix's Monster So Controversial? 11 Times The Show Faced Backlash
Evan Peters, Ella Beatty and Charlie Hunnam in their respective seasons of Monster Since it premiered with its first season about Jeffrey Dahmer, Netflix’s anthology series Monster has become one of the most talked-about shows of the 2020s – but it’s often not for the reasons any creator would hope for. The premise of the…
Fact vs. Fiction: What Really Happened In Monster’s Lizzie Borden Story?
Ryan Murphy’s Monster anthology series has always taken artistic liberties when it comes to its central figures, but the Netflix show went even further with this than usual with The Lizzie Borden Story. The fourth season is based on the infamous yet little-recorded tale of a 32-year-old woman in Massachusetts who, in 1982, was tried…
Labour MPs Urged Andy Burnham Not To Call Early Election
What a difference a year makes. Labour members will start gathering in Liverpool this weekend for their annual conference with a noticeable spring in their step. The party now has a confirmed, if slight, lead in the opinion polls as Andy Burnham continues to enjoy a honeymoon period after replacing Keir Starmer as Labour leader…
