When the coronavirus pandemic began and we were largely confined to our homes, digital interactions became essential for both work and socialising.
At first it was fun. Logging onto Zoom or Skype we got a glimpse into our coworkers’ homes, caught up with people we hadn’t spoken to in ages, and became obsessed with winning the weekly quiz.
The world’s leading Instagram scheduling tool has announced that Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson tops the 2020 Instagram Rich List for celebrities, athletes, influencers and other professionals.
Now in its fourth year, the annual list has become a barometer of Instagram influence. The list is based on how much each user can charge for a single Instagram post, which in some celebrity cases...
When the world went into lockdown there were many uncertainties and one might have been: how will my relationship fare? Will being cooped up together 24/7 be too intense? Will we fight more?
Well, a few months on, you’re still together, and – perhaps surprisingly – even happier and stronger than before.
Maybe there’s even a part of you that’s dreading the end of lockdown...
Kim Kardashian regularly teases fans with bold new hair colours like lime green or baby blue that more often than not turn out to be very convincing wigs, but last night the beauty mogul revealed she’s now a redhead and this time it’s for real.
“You guys I dyed my hair red,” the 39-year-old says in a video posted on Twitter. “Do you love it?”
Huge amounts of food are thrown out every year, not because it’s gone off but because people don’t know how to reheat it.
The average household throws away £500 worth of food every year, while millennials (those aged 18-34) throw out the equivalent of 633 meals a year because they don’t know how to reheat it.
A poll by cookware brand Pyrex found many younger people would...
With more than 35 years of industry experience, a regular guest slot on This Morning, a hugely successful blog and YouTube channel, and an army of 427k Instagram followers so loyal they even have a nickname for themselves (‘the freaks’), Caroline Hirons is nothing short of a skincare phenomenon.
The 50-year-old has just launched her hugely hyped book Skincare, billed as ‘the ultimate...
Nightlife has been at the pointy end of the coronavirus crisis, and the world’s clubs and bars are having to get creative to avoid empty chairs at empty tables.
These are some of the strangest measures put in place by venues to ensure the show can go on…
Seated dancing
You could have bodybuilders for bouncers and a dance floor the size of a...
Veg growing can be endlessly rewarding, but this spring, there was a huge increase in people ripping out their lawns to build veg beds, and adapting their windowsills into mini-greenhouses for the first time.
Lockdown turned many of us into fledgling gardeners, and now those hopeful seeds planted during a crisis, are growing up – and nothing quite beats your first homegrown courgette...
With so many sun-drenched holidays being postponed or cancelled, and more than our fair share of rain descending after a surprisingly bright spring, if it’s a tan you’re after this summer, there’s pretty much only one option: fake it ’til you make it.
It seems more people than ever are turning to bronzing products during lockdown, with searches for fake tan up 33%, compared to the...
This is the time of year we’d normally start preparing for a summer holiday abroad: getting a new bikini, digging out sunglasses and buying our annual bottle of sunscreen.
Unless you’re a skincare junkie who applies SPF every day (and bravo to you), the fact you might be swapping your holiday for a staycation this year could mean you forget about sunscreen.
Arguably the world has seen two sets of people emerge: those who’ve been laidback during lockdown and those who’ve been more productive than ever, Katya Jones falls firmly in the latter camp.
“I’m learning two languages; I’m playing piano again; I’m teaching my friend Russian; I’m teaching my mum dancing over FaceTime,” the Strictly Come Dancing professional says on a Zoom video call...
Until this weekend’s cancelled Glastonbury Festival loomed closer in the diary, we didn’t realise it was possible to get FOMO over an event that isn’t even happening.
It turns out, you totally can, especially if you’re tuning into the BBC’s ‘virtual festival’ which is torturously airing classic sets on TV and iPlayer throughout the weekend, reminding us of how epic Glastonbury really...
Dion Dublin is angry, or at least, very dispirited.
When he made his senior debut for Cambridge United in 1988, racism was running rife in the world’s football stadiums, and John Barnes was famously pictured back-heeling a banana off the pitch that was thrown from the crowd during a particularly nasty Merseyside derby.
That was supposed to be a ‘different era’, but the now...
Dr Helen Flaherty, Head of Health Promotion at Heart Research UK gives a healthy heart tip :
Measure your waistline
Your waist circumference is an indicator of your risk of developing some serious health conditions, including heart disease. People who carry too much fat around their middle have a higher risk of developing heart disease, however, this risk can be reduced by...
Actor Yara Shahidi has penned a powerful essay about being a black and Iranian woman born in the year 2000.
“I was born into a perceived ‘post-racial’ world with smartphones – undermined by the fact that our societal fates are predetermined based on our ethnicities – and the same technologies that have connected us also surveille our Black and Brown communities,” she wrote for Porter...
I have never really liked staying at home and not having anything to do, especially with younger brothers running around driving me crazy! So, during my time in lockdown I started to find new and interesting ways to keep me occupied.
Even though lockdown is easing, we still aren’t back to where we were before, going shopping with friends, going out for lunch and other exciting things...
