A squeeze will lift the flavour of other ingredients – now it’s time to make the citrus fruit the star of the showIf you’ve been reading a lot of these recipe roundups, you’ll know how often limes feature. If you’re cooking with avocado, you’ll often n…
Why divorce is up and marriages are down – except in Clitheroe
According to new figures released by the ONS, the number of people getting hitched has plummeted since the 1960s. But some places are bucking the trendName: Marriage.Age: The first recorded evidence of a wedding ceremony dates to 2350BC, in Mesopotamia…
Nigel Slater’s recipe for roast peppers, tomatoes and lentils
A succulent, juicy, midweek veggie feastSet the oven at 200C/gas mark 6. Wipe 4 large peppers, halve them lengthways, remove their seeds, then place them in a baking dish or roasting tin. Tuck around them 250g of cherry tomatoes. Bake for 40-50 minutes…
Venmo voyeurs: why do we let friends see our financial transactions online?
Some Venmo users enjoy the voyeurism of public payments – but soon the days of snooping on strangers’ spending habits will be overWould you ever want your friends to see how many taxi rides you share on a wild weekend out? Who you had Thai noodles with…
Rhik Samadder tries … backflipping: ‘My shorts are too tight – being upside down doesn’t help’
Inspired by a YouTube video and high on a dose of Olympic spirit, this week the activity is gymnastic. But will the results be fantastic?I once saw an inspirational video of a man teaching himself to backflip in a park, with a mattress behind to break …
A new start after 60: ‘I married for the first time at 70’
Antique dealer Deb Thea always thought she would marry – and while she waited for the right person, she created a happy, confident single life. Then, unexpectedly, love came alongDeb Thea didn’t want a conventional wedding. “I was 70. Walking down the …
Readers reply: which sport gives you the best all-round skill set?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsWhich sport gives you the best all-round skill set/fitness regime? James Bunwell…
Nigel Slater’s recipes for couscous with apricots, and mozzarella with tomatoes
Ripe fruit and a crisp herby topping for summer saladsFirst thing in the morning, while the kettle comes to the boil, I turn the fruits that have been slowly ripening on a white dish on the kitchen counter. Each fruit – a peach, an apricot or nectarine…
Can I make money selling Atomy products, or is it too good to be true?
As the Korean beauty firm launches in the UK, some critics are concerned about so-called ‘multilevel marketing schemes’A South Korean cosmetics company is making a major push into Britain, and claims that those who sign up to be a sales representatives…
Amia Srinivasan: ‘Sex as a subject isn’t weird. It’s very, very serious’
With her debut book, The Right to Sex, a 36-year-old Oxford don is dazzling everyone from Vogue to Prospect magazine. She discusses porn, gender dysphoria – and why her students are no snowflakesIf All Souls is one of the most inordinately beautiful co…