Nothing goes down better with a section of the British public than a posh old lady who isn’t afraid to talk dirty. It’s the contrast between the drawling vowels, blossomy complexion, sculpted cheekbones and sexual frankness that turns us into what Nanny would probably call “giggling ninnies”. Anne Glenconner, who at the age of 87 has published a bestselling memoir, was a big hit this autumn on The Graham Norton Show, Loose Women and all manner of breakfast television sofas. One of her plummiest anecdotes concerns her mother, Lady Coke, trying to explain sexual intercourse in terms of canine coupling. “Do you remember Daddy’s labrador getting on top of Biscuit? Well, that’s what happens when you get married and have sex, except you will probably be lying down in a bed.” Cue peals of shocked laughter from the studio audience. In fact, there’s nothing especially odd or even socially elevated about Lady Coke’s advice to her eldest … [Read more...] about Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner review – a bestselling glimpse of the royals
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Big meat and big dairy’s climate emissions put Exxon Mobil to shame
Did you know that three meat companies – JBS, Cargill and Tyson – are estimated to have emitted more greenhouse gases last year than all of France and nearly as much as some of the biggest oil companies like Exxon, BP and Shell? Few meat and dairy companies calculate or publish their climate emissions. So for the first time ever, we have estimated corporate emissions from livestock, using the most comprehensive methodology created to date by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). And before the meat and dairy industries descend upon COP23 to broadcast their “feed the world” narrative, let’s set the story straight: their emissions could lead us to a point of no return. We’ve found that the top 20 meat and dairy companies emitted more greenhouse gases in 2016 than all of Germany, Europe’s biggest climate polluter by far. If these companies were a country, they would be the world’s seventh largest greenhouse gas emitter. … [Read more...] about Big meat and big dairy’s climate emissions put Exxon Mobil to shame
How to get 50% off a Just Eat takeaway this weekend
TAKEAWAY fiends can bag 50 per cent off their meal this weekend if they order their food through a cashback site. It brings down the cost of a £10 bill to just £5 or reduces a £30 spend to just £15. Just Eat offers a delivery service for takeaway and fast food restaurants that otherwise don't have one. Local food outlets sign up to the site, meaning that you can get a whole host of different types of food brought to your door. To get the deal you'll need to be a premium account holder on the cashback site. Normally it's free to open a Quidco account but a premium one costs customers £1 for every active month, in exchange for bigger discounts.How to get cashback every time you shopNOT using a cashback site or app means you are missing out every time you shop. Here are full-time bargain hunter Collette Jones' best tips. Check out welcome offers: Cashback sites have amazing freebies for new customers, such as a takeaway from Just Eat or a Benefit beauty … [Read more...] about How to get 50% off a Just Eat takeaway this weekend
Radical ecologists v Big Agriculture: the rival factions fighting for the future of farming
It’s a brisk five minute stroll up the high street to get from the Oxford Farming Conference to its upstart younger sibling the Oxford Real Farming Conference – but a much longer mental leap. Stately, careful and well-connected, the OFC has been going for 80 years. Sponsored by Big Agriculture businesses such as chemistry multinational BASF and farm machinery specialists Massey Ferguson, the cloakroom creaks with waxed cotton and quilted Barbours, while the audience is overwhelmingly male, white and upwards of 40. The great and good – royalty, government ministers, international politicians – come to speak to a polite, attentive audience; this is the thoughtful end of commercial British farming, brought together over bacon baps and craft beer. The nine-year-old ORFC is a much less tidy, reverential affair: founded in order to talk about radical agricultural ideas – agro-ecology, permaculture, raw milk or community growing, for example – it has … [Read more...] about Radical ecologists v Big Agriculture: the rival factions fighting for the future of farming
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK: Meet the 10 new queens competing for the UK’s first Drag Race Superstar title… with one of the contestants previously working WITH Michelle Visage
The RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestants have been unveiled with ten new drag queens competing for the UK's first Drag Race Superstar title. Hoping to follow in the footsteps of US stars Bianca Del Rio, Aquaria and Jinkx Monsoon, the queens will show off their charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent under the watchful eyes of judges RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Graham Norton and Alan Carr. With one queen a West End star previously working with the likes of judge Michelle and season six winner Bianca Del Rio and another with 30.4K followers, some of the new contestants may already be recognisable to fans. Start your engines! The RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestants have been unveiled with ten new drag queens competing for the UK's first Drag Race Superstar title The ten queens announced are Baga Chipz, Blu Hydrangea, Divina De Campo, Crystal, Sum Ting Wong, Cheryl Hole, Gothy … [Read more...] about RuPaul’s Drag Race UK: Meet the 10 new queens competing for the UK’s first Drag Race Superstar title… with one of the contestants previously working WITH Michelle Visage