"The thing is, marriage is very hard. That is the sentence you should lead with. It’s really effing hard," Hailey Baldwin (fine, Hailey Bieber) told Vogue in their March issue cover story, in which she and her husband, Justin Bieber, opened up about what the magazine summed up as their "not-always-easy but absolutely all-in romance." If you still can't believe […]

14 Must-Read New Releases — All by Women of Color A 2015 study concluded that 79 percent of the publishing industry was staffed by white employees. While the industry has (hopefully) been working toward diversity in the past several years, there’s certainly no shortage of excellent writing from women of color. Just look at Jesmyn Ward, a black novelist who penned […]

Regulator Ofgem yesterday warned the average energy bill could soar by £117 a year, after raising the price caps on gas and electricity. The body insisted the increase was due only to suppliers’ rising costs and was not a licence for profiteering. But there are ways to ease the pain of spiralling energy bills. Turn it off. You can bring […]

Instagram is trying to get more people to watch longer-form video on IGTV: Starting Thursday, the app is adding IGTV previews that will appear in users’ primary feeds. Now, when users scroll through their Instagram feed, they’ll see when there’s a new video from someone they follow and will be able to preview the content before watching the full video […]

Stirling, Carlisle and Manchester are among the cities whose residents are most likely to be lowest in vitamin D this February, according to experts. Scientists from the University of Manchester considered factors including available amounts of vitamin D-effective UVB rays, as well as cloud cover, ozone and aerosol levels before coming to their conclusion. In 2018, compared to those in […]

Alicia Keys is hosting the Grammys this year, you guys. The 38-year-old, 15-time winner showed up on The Late Late Show on Feb. 6 to ask two-time host James Cordon for some advice on crushing the gig. His response came by way of a pretty stellar parody of "Shallow," the hit Grammy-nominated song sung by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper […]

Inside a derelict GP’s surgery in Greater Manchester, 15 homeless people have made a home. Consulting rooms have been turned into bedrooms with salvaged beds and a kitchen with basic equipment. The old waiting room is now a lounge with sofas, a TV and even a pool table, all donated by the local community. When snow hit last week, the […]

It’s absolutely no secret how big of a year Ariana Grande has had. The release and success of Sweetener, her fourth studio album, in August 2018 put her at the top of everybody’s most-loved lists — and sparked plenty of conversation. Most recently, singles from her new album Thank U, Next, have made headlines, including the titular first single, which […]

Oftentimes a girl’s relationship with her dad is one of the most important in her life. So when Prince Charles walked Meghan Markle down the aisle last year as she married Prince Harry instead of her own father, a few eyebrows were raised. Where was Markle’s father? Why hadn’t he walked her down the aisle? Why didn’t he even attend […]

Thank goodness it wasn't Friends. US playwright Anne Washburn was casting about for a pop cultural lens through which to scrutinise the contemporary condition, and it was a toss-up between Seinfeld, Cheers, The Simpsons and Friends. She settled on the cartoon family from Springfield, and went on to pen one of the first truly brilliant plays of this century. It […]