Why are bananas so cheap to buy in the UK? In a big supermarket, a single banana costs about 15p, but presumably it has been shipped thousands of miles at some expense. Other individually sold fruit – even the stuff grown in the UK – seems to cost two or three times as much. Magdalena,…
From balaclavas to open-necked shirts and floor-length frocks, here’s what caught the eye at the awards ceremony this year Main image: Ariana Grande – and a dress with XXXL frills – arrives at the Baftas. Photograph: Scott Garfitt/BAFTA/Getty Images Sun 16 Feb 2025 19.30 CET Last modified on Sun 16 Feb 2025 19.39 CET
Every now and then I learn something about the world today that sticks into me like a fish hook and I find myself asking friends, colleagues, “Wait, did you know this? Did you know this was happening?” The most recent felt like a horror-movie trope. It’s the part of the film, about a third of…
Mini eggs have such a special place in our hearts and mouths. I’ve heard of them getting people through exams, divorce, long train journeys, sickbeds. When I say mini eggs I mean a sugar-coated, egg-shaped confection containing chocolatey things. When I say mini eggs I mean a sugar-coated, egg-shaped confection containing chocolatey things Marks &…
One of my earliest memories is sitting on the bonnet of a Silver Cross pram, my baby brother asleep inside, while Mam pushed us to the local hairdresser to touch up her perm. I could, of course, be making this whole thing up, reconstructing this rose-tinted fantasy as a childhood memory of my own. I’m…