The basic rules of wine etiquette: How to look suave this party season December 28, 2022 It is a social season and wine is being popped, poured, sipped and slurped across London. I am a big advocate of enjoying your beverage however you see fit, but for those attending more than one fancy do this winter there are some basic rules of wine-etiquette the casual imbiber might want to know. Though [...]
Twixmas dining: The best restaurants to eat between Christmas and New Year’s Eve December 28, 2022 We all know what we’ll be eating over the next couple of days – turkey, stuffing, pigs in blankets, consumed in quantities such that the effects will still be visible around your midriff come February. But what happens once the leftovers have been hoovered up on Boxing Day? While many restaurants remain closed, some central [...]
Three Christmas TV shows to watch before New Year’s Eve December 28, 2022 After days of eating, eating, then eating some more, nobody wants to think about what to watch. Which is why we’ve found three unmissable Christmas TV shows to put on while you’re in your food coma. No decision making, no scrolling, just watch these three and thank us later. Betwixmas – the odd No Man’s [...]
Women reveal what turns them on most about a partner’s bedroom December 28, 2022 Tidiness is what turns women on the most in the bedroom when it comes to things that aren’t sex, according to new data revealed by bedding experts Pizuna Linens. They had surveyed women about potential ‘icks’ in the bedroom as well as the things they like most from sexual partners’ bedrooms and 81% said a [...]
An introduction to Games Workshop, from Warhammer 40k to Blood Bowl December 27, 2022 Across the world Christmas stockings will have been filled with inch-high wizards and goblins made by Games Workshop. The Nottingham-based company has a share price higher than that of Marks & Spencer, and while supply chain issues and rising production costs have seen it slip from its pandemic peak, it continues to be one of [...]
Best of 2022: How George the Poet is changing the national conversation December 26, 2022 It seems almost unbelievable that Harry and Megan’s wedding – global audience: 1.9 billion – was opened by… a podcaster. But George Mpanga, better known as George the Poet, is no ordinary podcaster; he’s a musician and a thinker, pushing the boundaries of the medium so far he’s created a genre all of his own. [...]
King Charles’ Christmas message breaks TV viewing records December 26, 2022 King Charles’ first ever Christmas message has broken TV viewing records, becoming the most watched Christmas speech by a monarch since official records began two decades ago. The King’s speech was also the most popular Christmas TV programme on Christmas Day, with a combined audience of over 10 million viewers. It was almost double as [...]
What to watch this Christmas: Top TV shows of 2022, from Severance to 1899 December 25, 2022 That we’re living in a golden age of TV has become something of a truism, but even against that backdrop 2022 has been an excellent year for new shows. Here are just a few of our favourites, from top comedies to steampunk science fiction and crime noir. Bad Sisters – Apple TV The latest show [...]
Britain’s most-Googled Christmas film has been revealed December 25, 2022 You know the joke about Mariah Carey being defrosted every Christmas, right? If not, in a nutshell, the search traffic for Mariah Carey and her Christmas song All I Want For Christmas Is You starts increasing every year around November when Christmas obsessives get excited. Social media users start screenshotting the increased search traffic around [...]
Cancel culture: Will 2022’s cancelled celebrities make 2023 comebacks? December 24, 2022 If we’ve learned anything about cancel culture in the last few years, it’s that being cancelled doesn’t necessary mean, well, being cancelled. Harvey Weinstein had been cancelled. But then there he was, sipping on a drink in a public bar, without a care in the world. J.K. Rowling had been cancelled too. But then there [...]