Chinese New Year in London: What does the Year of the Rabbit mean? January 5, 2023 This month will see the start of the Chinese New Year, with the Year of the Tiger ticking over to the Year of the Rabbit. The main celebrations will take place on 22 January, although the build-up officially began on 30 December, day eight of the last month of the lunar calendar, with the Laba [...]
Teen actors from Romeo & Juliet sue for child abuse over nude scene January 4, 2023 The two teen actors that starred in a 1968 film version of Romeo & Juliet are suing film studio Paramount for child abuse, over 50 years on from when the film came out. Romeo & Juliet was a success and was nominated for four Oscars, but the two actors are taking legal action over a [...]
Sir Michael Caine shares Pele memories from working together on 1980s film set January 4, 2023 Pele, perhaps the world’s greatest footballer, but actor? The legendary Brazilian footballer died last week aged 82 after a battle with cancer, and will be remembered for scoring a Guinness World Record breaking amount of goals throughout his career. But he also appeared in seven films. In 1981 he starred opposite Sir Michael Caine in [...]
Here’s why you’ve had flu symptoms for so long December 30, 2022 “There’s a bug going round” is one of the most common and perhaps overused phrases in the English language. But right now it does seem like there truly is a bug going round, as more and more of us seem to be ill – with many claiming their flu symptoms are lasting longer than usual. [...]
Avatar: The Way of Water makes cinematic history at the box office December 29, 2022 The new Avatar film Avatar: The Way of Water has taken over one billion at the global box office, becoming the fastest film to reach that milestone out of all the films released this year. Only a select few films have made a billion this year, with others including Top Gun: Maverick and Jurassic World Dominion. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How to get rid of a hangover: Top chefs give us their foolproof tips, from revitalising smoothies to a hair of the dog December 22, 2022 Most of us plan on celebrating the time off over Christmas with a few drinks – but, inveitably, one must pay the piper for one’s excesses. That means hangovers – lots of them, each one incrementally worse than the last, until the festive break becomes one long cycle of drunk-hungover-drunk-hungover, repeating ad infinitum until, somehow, [...]
Restaurants with DJs and live music to book for New Year’s Eve in London December 21, 2022 It may still be days until Christmas, but that doesn’t mean you haven’t already left it extremely late to make your New Year’s Eve plans. If you feel a little old for clubbing, we have the perfect solution: go to a restaurant. This selection of dining venues all have special menus and live entertainment to [...]
