My Mate Bought A Toaster What does your Amazon purchase history say about you? An uncomfortable amount, it turns out. In this weekly podcast Tom Price asks guests to submit their Amazon accounts to his ruthless judgement. Tom Price scrolls back years, uncovering the stories behind objects like puzzles for …...Read More
From My Mate Bought A Toaster to Crowdscience, Backlisted and Job Centre: This week's top podcasts
'Will and Jada's turbulent marriage? They'd told me all about it already'
Sunday, July 12 Movie superstar Will Smith and his actress wife Jada Pinkett Smith have sparked worldwide shock and bemusement by publicly discussing their turbulent 22-year marriage, including a hitherto unknown break-up, during which Jada had an affair with singer August Alsina. Piers Morgan writes: 'I remember thinking when I …...Read More
JARV IS... album review: Each track in Beyond The Pale is an event
JARV IS... Beyond The Pale Out now Rating: An act called JARV IS… who could that possibly be? At a time when millions of people are facing up to wearing masks, Jarvis Cocker has opted for something fairly transparent. This may be a relief to his record company, as his …...Read More
DEBORAH ROSS: Chaos. Drugs. But one of the best series I've ever watched
Cursed Netflix, Friday Rating: I May Destroy You BBC1, Monday and Tuesday Rating: Cursed is the latest fantasy series from Netflix, and you could say I did the opposite of binge-watch, in that I scarcely made it through the first episode (of ten). I barely watched. Looking for a new …...Read More
From How To Build A Girl to The Young Offenders and Burton & Taylor: This week's best on demand TV
AMAZON PRIME How To Build A Girl In 2014, Caitlin Moran’s novel How To Build A Girl became a bestseller. Based loosely on her own experiences, it tells the story of teenager Johanna Morrigan, who decides to reinvent herself as rock music critic Dolly Wilde, complete with outlandish clothes, dyed …...Read More
Will every person over 50 get a flu jab on the NHS this winter?
Every Briton over 50 could be offered a free flu jab this winter as Ministers 'consider all options' to avoid a double-whammy scenario of a bad flu season and a second wave of Covid-19. 'It's still under discussion and will depend on vaccine stocks, but it makes sense to extend …...Read More
Mysteries of the senses: The boy who broke almost every bone in his body - but didn't feel any pain
Most young siblings spend their summer holidays building dens together, or imaginary castles out of cardboard boxes. But playtime for Paul Walters and his sister Vicky, from Essex, was somewhat more dangerous – usually landing them in hospital. Those of a faint disposition may want to stop reading now. They'd …...Read More
You CAN have a good death in hospital, insists top surgeon
If you're anything like me, you probably spend a fair bit of time wondering where to go on holiday, where to have lunch or where to go for a nice walk. But do you ever consider where you want to die? That's not a question that ever troubled me until …...Read More
Princess Beatrice follows Royal Myrtle tradition for her stunning bridal bouquet
Princess Beatrice upheld royal tradition as sprigs of myrtle were included in her breathtaking bridal bouquet. The princess, who is ninth-in-line for the throne, married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, yesterday at the Royal Chapel of All Saints, in the grounds of Royal Lodge, in Windsor Great Park. Both the Queen and …...Read More
Katie Price's mermaid granny... and why you should never swim with a snapping turtle
Splash! 10,000 Years Of Swimming Howard Means Allen & Unwin £16.99 There are all sorts of swimmers, and all sorts of reasons for swimming. The author of Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert, would swim in the Seine twice a day, relishing what he called ‘a thousand liquid nipples’ travelling all over …...Read More
