HuffPost UK • 16th November 2025

AI Has Become Diet Culture's Latest Weapon

Prioritising my health over aesthetics while embarking on a ‘weight loss journey’ wasn’t something I’d done before – it made me feel empowered, as if I was actually taking control of my health and doing it sensibly, rather than crash-dieting or comparing myself to other people.

Prioritising my health over aesthetics while embarking on a ‘weight loss journey’ wasn’t something I’d done before – it made me feel empowered, as if I was actually taking control of my health and doing it sensibly, rath...

Metro • 26th October 2025

I turned to Match.com to see if it can do better than modern dating apps

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Whether you’re a first-time dater or an old pro, dating apps can be an all-consuming, untameable beast leaving you with infinite options you didn’t even know you wanted. 
Gone are the days of meeting someone, going on a date, going on another date, possibly sleeping together and deciding whether it’s something you might want to pursue long-...

Metro • 11th November 2025

I’m a dating expert - these are officially the best dating apps & sites for 2025

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Lets face it; love them or loathe them, dating apps aren’t going away any time soon. Chances are, you’ll know at least a handful of people who use them religiously, constantly swear them off just to re-download a week later, or only frantically use them at the end of a night out. 
You won’t be surprised to hear, then, that according to the...

BBC Three • 21st November 2025

'The pharmacist said it would give the wrong message': The young women denied the morning-after pill

It is legal for pharmacists to refuse to provide the morning-after pill for religious reasons, but these women say they were refused for no reason, with no alternative given“We panicked. We were only 17. We went to the pharmacy as quickly as possible.“I felt my stomach drop as I walked in. This was the first and only time I’ve ever needed the morning-after pill. I was about to tell a stranger intimate details about my sex life – and I wanted to make sure they knew that, even though we were young...

BBC • 21st November 2025

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Leonardo DiCaprio’s relationships: ‘We shouldn’t be basing our ideals and views of ourselves on some ageing Hollywood actor’

Men and younger women. Shall we discuss? This time, it’s because of one Hollywood actor.
A certain Leonardo DiCaprio has inspired some women to respond to the claim that the 47 year old never seems to date anyone over the age of 25.
It all started with a chart that went viral last week which plotted the actor’s public relationship history after his recent break-up with his now ex-girlfriend, the model Camila Morrone, who recently turned 25....

BBC • 21st November 2025

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Why the 'Stay-At-Home-Girlfriend' TikTok trend is dividing the internet

Have you heard of the term ‘Stay-At-Home Girlfriend’? The trend has blown up on TikTok with over 31 billion views as women post videos documenting being so-called ‘stay at home girlfriends’, looking after their partners. The videos often focus on cooking, completing long skincare routines, cleaning, exercising and running light errands. But, is this trend harmful for women?
Krupa Padhy was joined on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour by digital culture commentator Hannah Van de Peer...

The Independent • 10th October 2023

‘I brushed it off as a cold but mystery illness has left my face numb for weeks’

A woman who thought she had a head cold was rushed to hospital after she woke up to find half her face had become paralysed in the night.Caoimhe Reddy, 26, thought her cheek was just numb from “sleeping funny” until she couldn’t sip her morning coffee.When she looked in the mirror she realised the left half of her face was slumped - and 111 operators told her she might be having a stroke.But seven weeks of tests came back clear and doctors are still uncertain exactly what caused her paralysis.Th...

The Independent • 4th October 2023

‘I got a card from dad on my wedding day - 20 years after his death’

A bride received a message from her dad from beyond the grave on her wedding day - 20 years after his death.Freya Rosati, 32, was just 11 years old when her dad, Philip Hargreaves, died from oesophageal cancer at the age of 53.But in the weeks before he died, Philip, a pub landlord, wrote nine cards for Freya - eight for birthdays, and a final one for her wedding day.Her mum, Theresa, 68, read the card to wedding guests in lieu of Philip’s father-of-the-bride speech - leaving everyone in tears.T...

The Independent • 9th August 2023

Pedro Pascal turns up to Pedro Pascal-themed art exhibition in Margate

Actor Pedro Pascal turned up at a Pedro Pascal-themed art exhibition in Kent, and couldn't get in.Artist Heidi Gentle Burrell, 45, opened her show - ‘ADHD Hyper Fixation and why it looks like I love Pedro Pascal’ - in Margate in June.Incredibly, the Narcos and Mandolorian star then turned up at the Rhodes Gallery at the weekend - but couldn't get in as it was shut.Heidi sadly wasn't there to meet Pascal, who turned up with fellow actor Russell Tovey and artist and former musician Robert Diament....

The Independent • 2nd May 2023

I bought a one-euro house in Sicily – now it’s worth more than £250k

A US woman bought a "one euro" house in the Italian village where her grandparents grew up - and turned it into a £250,000 dream home.Meredith Tabbone, 43, heard councils in rural Sicily were auctioning off abandoned houses with a one euro starting bid in a bid to regenerate the village. The financial advisor from Chicago snapped up a 1600s disused building - just "one big room" over a basement - in Sambuca di Sicilia.The building had no electricity or running water, and the roof was thick with...