I'm a fashion expert with wide calves who's tried 100s of knee-high boots. Here is my guide to the best - and the ones to avoid

found 2025 › Apr › 25 (Fri) @ 11:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

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Imagine my dismay when I read that knee-high boots are back - and are to be worn this season with tucked-in leggings or skinny jeans. Could I find a fashionable pair to fit me?

The pope’s last sacrifice in a lifetime of sacrifice: granting an audience to JD Vance | John Crace

found 2025 › Apr › 22 (Tue) @ 18:55 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Imagine spending your remaining hours on Earth with the US vice-president – or, as Queen Elizabeth did, with Liz Truss

What do Liz Truss and JD Vance have against elderly people? Specifically, those w…

Imagine what would happen if America left the IMF

found 2025 › Apr › 20 (Sun) @ 16:45 UTC

a story from Financial Times › Financial Times

Withdrawal would undermine US international prestige and the privileged role of its financial institutions

The one change that worked: I conquered my fear of public speaking – with just one night of pure panic

found 2025 › Apr › 14 (Mon) @ 09:35 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

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When I agreed to plug my book at a literary festival, I was expecting some kind of low-key Q&A. Imagine my terror when I discovered I would have to monologue for almost an hour

I never understood quit…

Airline launches mystery flights where passengers only find out location when they land

found 2025 › Apr › 09 (Wed) @ 13:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Imagine packing your bags and boarding a plane to a completely random destination. It may sound like a nightmare to some, but for many, it's a dream adventure that has now become reality.

‘Imagine if it died on my watch?’ The fight to save one ‘ancient’ Adelaide tree

found 2025 › Mar › 23 (Sun) @ 09:07 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Cities lose thousands of mature trees a year. On Overbury Drive, neighbours were determined to protect a solitary giant dying red gum – stuck right in the middle of their road

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Imagine if all those who are silent about the terrible evil being committed in Gaza spoke up | Owen Jones

found 2025 › Mar › 19 (Wed) @ 10:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

No crime in history has been so well documented by its victims. And yet inaction and censorship reign

Israel’s genocide was only on pause: for Palestinians woken on Monday night by a vicious wave of a…

Branching out or nipped in the bud? Could Groot be getting a solo Marvel movie?

found 2025 › Mar › 07 (Fri) @ 18:51 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Vin Diesel is excited by the possibility of the talking tree in its own movie – but with only three words to play with, the chances of a whole film set on Planet X are stick thin

There comes a time in…

Imagine if the BBC paid the son of an IRA terrorist to narrate a documentary, writes STEPHEN POLLARD

found 2025 › Mar › 01 (Sat) @ 08:51 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

If such behaviour had been exposed, it would have been a catastrophe for the BBC, would likely have led to prosecutions and might even have caused the collapse of the Corporation.

It’s time for Americans to withhold their taxes | Judith Levine

found 2025 › Feb › 20 (Thu) @ 19:35 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The point is not to deprive the government of funds. It’s to expose the regime’s criminality

Political power boils down to two things: votes and money. But when money buys presidents, senators and jud…