INGREDIENTS 250g whole almonds (with skin on) 450g flour 200g icing sugar 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 220ml canola oil 1 egg 1 drop of Egg Yellow food colouring 100g whole almonds (with skin on), sliced METHOD 1. Preheat oven to 180 deg C. 2. Line a baking pan with baking paper. Spread the […]

Pupils are being suspended for drugs and booze at the fastest rate in nearly a decade. Almost 50 kids are sent home every school day for turning up high, sneaking substances into playgrounds or trying to deal them to classmates. In the school year 2016/17 there were 8,965 occasions in England when ­children were temporarily kicked out for breaching drug and […]

The puppy, Rudolph, was adopted earlier this month after his miraculous story went viral. (King’s Harvest Pet Rescue) A “miracle” puppy that miraculously survived euthanasia at an overcrowded shelter in Oklahoma has now found a forever home. The roughly seven or eight-month-old puppy named Rudolph made headlines after the King's Harvest Pet Rescue — a no-kill shelter in Davenport, Iowa […]

The new school year dawned with four letters hanging over me like the sword of Damocles: PSLE. Even if I wanted to, well-meaning friends were not going to let me forget that my son is sitting the Primary School Leaving Examination this year. One girlfriend, whose son is facing the same gruelling journey, sent me a New Year greeting via […]

When it comes to bronzers, very few shades on the market hold a candle to NARS’ Laguna. This cult-favorite buy produces the perfect sun-kissed glow, and it’s so popular that it’s regularly lauded as a favorite among celebrities and beauty gurus alike. The problem? At $40, this compact isn’t exactly cheap. So in the hopes of finding a more wallet-friendly […]

They may be his most famous, but Andy Warhol's "Sex Parts" series were not the artist's first nudes. The originals date all the way back to Warhol's days as a commercial illustrator, when, in between working on shoe ads and album covers, he'd also occasionally turn his attention to line drawings, using a ballpoint pen to sketch out the delicate […]

Maria Shriver hasn’t said much about Katherine’s engagement to Chris Pratt | Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Despite being the driving force between the two’s relationship, Maria Shriver hasn’t had much to say about her daughter’s engagement to actor Chris Pratt. But it isn’t that Shriver isn’t happy for the two of them. She’s thrilled that her matchmaking skills worked so […]

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip have put plenty of mileage on their relationship during the course of their 71-year marriage — and there have been a few twists and turns along the way. Even from the high-speed early days of their romance, there was a notable bump in the road: Philip, a daring Naval officer during WWII, likes fast cars. […]

Spoilers ahead for The Good Place Season 3 finale. How do The Good Place writers keep doing it? Three seasons in, they’re still pulling off such impressive plot twists that it’s impossible to predict what’s around the corner. It should come as no surprise, then, that The Good Place Season 3 finale yet again flips the script. As the team […]

It’s a stunning and enormous property portfolio worth billions – and it ranges from lavish palaces to a disused reservoir near St Albans. But just what land does the Queen actually own? The answer is surprising, as it goes well beyond the royal places you would expect, such as Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Sandringham estate. Land owned by […]