Begin a new breakfast habit with these hard rye crispbreads that are a wonderful vehicle for butterA few months ago, our local supermarket started selling several varieties of Scandinavian-style crispbreads by a brand that was new to me. I’d seen the vertiginous display and attractive prices, and also been reminded of my grandmother, who loved and depended on them almost as much as ginger biscuits – but it was Vincenzo who brought home five packets, for cheese and emergencies (that is, for when we run out of bread). He put two in the tin and the rest in the bulk store cupboard, which...

The pioneering performance artist is taking on Goop and flogging wellness potions concocted by her doctor. Let’s hope it’s an elaborate put-onHere’s something I didn’t expect to be typing: pioneering performance artist Marina Abramović has released a wellness range. The Marina Abramović Longevity method, described by Vogue as a “tight-knit edit” and by the weird website video as reviving “ancient secrets of longevity”, consists of a face moisturiser (£199; the listed key ingredients are white bread, vitamin C and white wine) and anti-allergy, immune and energy “wellbeing...

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Videos of people involved in altercations over train and plane etiquette have become an entire genre on social media

A passenger on a plane heading over Iceland has share footage of the view of Grindavik’s volcano eruption from the sky.

Forget Blue Monday and the other gloom and doom. This is the perfect month for anyone who likes to hunker down, snuggle up and wriggle out of socialisingAs we head towards Blue Monday, supposedly the worst day of the year, where are we all, emotionally? For my part, I have just discovered I completely miscalculated my tax bill based on pure wishful thinking; I’m incapable of getting out of bed before 8am (which my body and soul consider the dead of night, behaving accordingly), and at the supermarket there is an “enjoy seasonal specials” display that is just a pile of swedes. Even so, I...

It’s one of the world’s northernmost communities, but as well as profound natural beauty, at its heart is a lively hub full of Norwegian cheerDon’t worry,” says our guide Charlotta, flashing her rifle. “I’m really quick if I need to be.” My 12-year-old daughter glances around the Arctic wilderness anxiously. As much as she loved Philip Pullman’s armoured bears, one of the reasons she longed to visit, our proximity to the real thing is starting to dawn on her.There are road signs all over town warning us about the risk of polar bears. They number around 3,000 here, compared to 2,...

A vivid mix of spices to add heat on a cold afternoonIn the oven, the deep green leaves had crisped at the edges and peeled apart to reveal a cargo of baked white cheese and a smudge of rust-coloured spice paste. We scooped up the salty feta within and its hot harissa-style spread and mashed it on to bread torn from a crisp loaf. Tiny glasses of cold beer were more than welcome to quell the vibrant heat.There is no real need to make your own spice pastes – the market is flooded with them. But sometimes a cook just wants to play. The spice cupboard is the biggest toybox of all and there is...

New biography says the King had tried to inform Prince Harry but he was already in the air

‘I want my kids to have beautiful relationships with their dad,’ reality star says about her ex

‘If you are considering her feelings and are somewhat close, I’d pick a different name’

‘She’ll be happy that we’re here,’ Torres says of Duchess of Sussex’s reaction to ‘Suits’ reunion at Golden Globes

The Princess Royal donned a floral garland and shimmering gold scarf while her husband banished bad luck by smashing a coconut on a visit to a hindu temple in Sri Lanka.

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State of the art tech, exciting action sequences, swaggering young heroes … it’s no surprise that the world’s new superpowers have fallen for blockbuster air force films. But can they be anything more than military propaganda?In an era of rising global tension, there are a few status symbols the self-respecting global superpower can’t do without. Nuclear weapons? Sure. A space programme? Natch. But the latest geopolitical must-have is superficially more niche: a supersonic, hyper-nationalistic blockbuster air force film. There wasn’t a soul on the planet who failed to notice the media...

Michael Strahan’s teenage daughter broke down in tears as she shared that she has been diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer.

TV news anchor’s daughter was diagnosed with medulloblastoma in October 2023

The list of US federal holidays is made up of 11 days of significance that Americans recognise and celebrate

PC, PS4/5, Switch, Xbox; UbisoftThoroughly reimagined new iteration of 34-year-old series opens up a labyrinthine world littered with enemies and traps to overcomeFixed in the sky above the entrance to Mount Qaf is a titanic statue frozen in the moment of its destruction; the pieces of a granite head shattered into chunks hang suspended in mid-fall. In the castle’s tangle of trap-laden corridors, you will find characters who haven’t aged a day in a hundred years, while others who arrived hours before you have already died of old age. Time doesn’t obey normal rules within the cursed halls...

The newspaper broke stories including the Partygate exclusives during lockdown under her tenure.

The presenter has been absent from TV screens since October, after leaving This Morning.