Ok firstly this should really be our Eurovision entry. It’s only fitting. Secondly, if the pandemic weren’t a thing, I’d totally queue outside Heaven to watch them all lip-synch to this before balloons fall from the ceiling :( 

To be fair to Maggi Hambling, nobody really likes the Oscar Wilde piece either. She’s kind of the queen of doing her own thing, giving zero fucks, and having the public and critics deride her work. She depicted Oscar Wilde as a sort of sea monster emerging from a bench, so she has form for this sort of controversy.

Pretty sure it’s her take on hainanese chicken, which is delicious (I miss cooking it now I’m vegetarian). But yeah, it’s chicken that’s poached in water, with the liquid then used to make a hearty broth and the chicken pieces served sliced on the side. I always discard the skin though, because it becomes wet and…

Do you know what the podcast is called? I’d love to listen! 

Thank you for sharing. Sometimes it can help to cook for others to get back into the spirit of feeling able to tackle the kitchen, and in particular, favourite / treasured recipes. I know you weren’t looking for advice so please feel free to ignore me! But what I’ve found helps is making a plan to cook for a friend or…

I loved Witcher 3 on PS4 but I barely got into the DLC because most evenings I like to chill with my wife, and she likes to watch stuff on our TV. So handheld switch is a great compromise - I can’t wait to get back to my fave parts of the map, smudgy or not ;) 

I’m the last person to consider myself a “Swifty” but having read the article, it strikes me as a tad disingenuous to leave behind the context in the author claiming advocacy / representation in her chosen “Welcome to New York” quote. In full it reads “And you can want who you want. Boys and boys and girls and girls”…

Boo to your brother and his friends - injera bread is so good! I have a bit of a sour tooth though, so I love anything sourdough based. 

I think the law that he can’t leave his firearm unattended in his car is much more important in this case, I mean come on dude. 

Small correction from a Brit: Sajid Javid does not identify as muslim, although he is famously “the son of a Pakistani muslim bus driver”. Javid identifies as Christian.

This is exactly why I bought my Switch. More time with my wife doing things she likes, while I can do something I like! 

Gotta agree the insistence on calling women “girls”, especially in a sexual context, really skeeves me out.

Ok Kim but your husband does have a history of mental health issues but fortunately the resources to do something about it. Meanwhile he’s out here spreading support for a President and party that will do everything they can to strip funding for mental health services and prevent most every day people from accessing…

If you are genuinely interested in this topic you should read Mark Essig’s wonderful book “Lesser Beasts”; this extract provides a really good insight into the practical reasons behind this particular bit of dogma: https://longreads.com/2015/10/14/i-would-rather-be-herods-pig-the-history-of-a-taboo/

I am a member of women in film. I’m a TV camera operator, formerly an AC (camera assistant) on British films. We work often 6 days a week, 12 - 15 hours a day. Once our hours are factored in, and with overtime often a luxury (the UK film industry is notoriously un-unionised) we do not even receive minimum wage. I’m…

Thank you for having the patience to write this out, this whole thread is wild.

Why the fuck should women have to solve the problem of male harassment?

The article quotes the disturbing vice documentary released in the aftermath of Charlottesville on this; the line is something like they can’t believe Trump “gave” his daughter to a Jew. His base is certainly aware.  

Congratulations!

I’m in one of these groups for my home town. It’s mostly people sharing local petrol prices and writing hyperbolic statements about how new housing in the area is “literally ruining lives” by slightly altering the view. It makes me oddly nostalgic.