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Doctor Who: Arachnids in the UK, series 11 episode 4 recap: pop culture and poignancy collide as the Time Lord returns to Sheffield

10/28/2018, 8:01:22 PM
The Tardis returned to the Steel City for an old-fashioned romp with contemporary resonances and colossal creepy-crawlies. ✔ The Tardis returned to the Steel City for an old-fashioned romp with contemporary resonances and colossal creepy-crawlies ✔ Due to the miracle of time travel, it was only half an hour since they left ✔ The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) wasn’t cut out for small talk over a cuppa – I’m socially awkward, still figuring myself..


Adorable moment Meghan Markle gives cakes to kids at Maranui cafe

10/29/2018, 1:36:19 AM
The Duchess of Sussex's generous nature was clear to see on Monday, when she rushed back into Maranui cafe to fetch the leftover cakes she and Prince Harry didn't eat for waiting schoolchildren. ✔ While at the cafe, Prince Harry - who is the Commonwealth youth ambassador - and Meghan spent about 30 minutes hearing about mental health projects operating in the country and the positive contribution they are having on young people in New Zealand ✔ They are set to spend four days in New Zealand in total, before flying back to London on Wednesday


Fantastaco, home cooking from Mexico

10/29/2018, 7:03:23 AM
undefined ✔ With a culinary history dating back 9,000 years, Mexican food draws influences from Aztec and Mayan Indians, and is renowned for its use of fresh, aromatic ingredients, colourful presentations and bold food combinations ✔ From tamales, fajitas, tacos and molés to cactus salad, blue crab soup and melonseed juice, the recipes are a celebration of the fresh flavours and ingredients from a country whose cuisine is revered around the world


An Indian city with audacious attitude

10/28/2018, 8:19:35 PM
Punekars, as Pune residents are called, are considered high-handed across the region – often to the point of rudeness. ✔ On a rainy September day, I was wandering the streets of Sadashiv Peth, a neighbourhood in the old quarters of Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra ✔ As the seat of power, Pune’s city limits grew during this period, and the city flourished as a power centre in the region


Sapporo, Japan: 7 attractions you can't miss

10/29/2018, 1:41:24 AM
Just a 90-minute flight from Tokyo, Sapporo is Japan's gateway to the northern island of Hokkaido and all its natural beauty. Whether it's markets, museums or mountains, here are seven ways to get the best out of this Japanese gem. ✔ Visitors can then kick back in the multiple venues within the Sapporo Beer Garden -- quite possibly sampling more of the brewery's produce -- enjoying food such as Genghis Khan lamb or snow crab and sushi ✔ Mt Moiwa , Yubinbango 064-0942, Chuo-ku, Sapporo Fushimi 5-chome No. 3, Sapporo; +81 011 561 8177


Avengers 4: 'Tony sacrifices SPOILER for the Soul Stone – NOT Pepper or Captain America'

10/28/2018, 8:53:28 PM
AVENGERS 4 promises more horrors, but will Tony Stark really sacrifice what he loves most for the Soul Stone? ✔ Those pitiless Marvel writers are not afraid to rip out fans' hearts and stomp all over them ✔ Avengers 4 Tony Stark who sacrifice who for the Soul Stone ✔ It seems that however dark the Marvel writers are prepared to go, some fans are ready to go a little step further


Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Make amends, not a scene, at family gathering

10/29/2018, 4:30:04 AM
A reader’s stepchild may have acted poorly as a teen, but you’re both adults now. ✔ By Carolyn Hax Carolyn Hax Advice columnist Email Bio Follow Advice columnist October 28 at 11:59 PM Adapted from a recent online discussion ✔ And, when the child at 15 handled the arrival of a new stepparent quite badly, apparently neither parent nor stepparent read that as pain or addressed it accordingly


From rediscovering romance to missing bonding, writers on dreaded empty nests

10/29/2018, 3:50:20 AM
MODERN parents are suffering from a bad case of PTSD – Post Teenager Sadness Disorder. Last week, even Gordon Ramsay admitted he was struggling to cope with “empty nest syndrome”. When son Jack, 18… ✔ PA 10 Lorraine thanks WhatsApp for being able to communicate with her daughter whilst she was in Singapore ‘I missed him immediately and horribly’ Tony Parsons’ son, Robert, left home at 17 – just when a father and a teenage son are clashing antlers at every opportunity


How the medieval witch image has evolved over centuries

10/29/2018, 7:05:46 AM
The gendered stereotype of the witch that we see in Halloween costumes can be traced back as far as the 11th century, explains Jennifer Farrell ✔ By conflating popular beliefs about the night flights of women with the demon-conjuring magic of the clerical underworld, medieval inquisitors began to fear that women would fall prey to the corruption of demons they could not control ✔ This article first appeared on The Conversation (theconversation.com)


Four women tell how they turned their lives around after a break-up

10/28/2018, 11:42:03 PM
HEARTBREAK can be devastating. Listening to love songs in pyjamas while eating family tubs of ice cream and contemplating the daunting aspect of single life is totally normal. But while a split can… ✔ Listening to love songs in pyjamas while eating family tubs of ice cream and contemplating the daunting aspect of single life is totally normal ✔ It was amazing and I felt much more confident after just one shift ✔ So the 32-year-old events organiser from Barry, Wales, booked a last-minute trip to Pontins for herself and children Izzy, nine, Riley, six, and Jessica, four


Sara Cox to take over Drivetime show from Simon Mayo and Jo Whiley

10/29/2018, 7:54:09 AM
Mayo quit the show after eight years, following just a few months co-presenting with Whiley ✔ Season five touches the live rail of harassment in the movie industry, offering one of the most astute commentaries yet on the #MeToo movement with an episode based centred around an awards ceremony called The Forgivies ✔ He's a brilliant broadcaster, a great friend and I really will miss working with him


The Walking Dead just dropped its first ever F-word – but who said it?

10/29/2018, 7:05:49 AM
'Relaxed' guidelines means the show can deploy the word twice a seasons ✔ The Walking Dead just dropped its first ever F-word ✔ meaning Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and the gang could use the expletive up to twice throughout a season ✔ Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell) is a cynical schlub waved through the Pearly Gates by mistake after dying in a bizarre supermarket accident


Five major questions we had after The Walking Dead season 9 episode 4

10/29/2018, 7:05:39 AM
Major spoilers for episode four follow ✔ Ozark gets there in the first half hour as nebbish Chicago accountant Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) agrees to serve as lieutenant for the Mexican mob in the hillbilly heartlands of Ozark, Missouri (in return they thoughtfully spare his life) ✔ The episode is also available to watch on NOW TV ahead of its repeat on FOX at 9pm the following evening


Reclassifying remaining 4,000 tigers in world could help save them from extinction, new research says

10/28/2018, 8:03:48 PM
Preserving their genetic diversity will require making sure all six remaining subspecies are taken into account, according to author of research ✔ She also dug a cave under her home AFP/Getty 47/50 11 September 2018 People waving pro-independence Catalan flags 'Esteladas' while holding letters reading independence during a pro-independence demonstration in Barcelona to mark the National Day of Catalonia, the Diada


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