Journalist Flora Gill (above) created a fake dating profile
My friend Leah called me in a panic. She had been on a dating app, swiping through the faces, when a familiar one appeared. It was our friend Olive’s boyfriend Ned (although his name had been changed to the fancier-sounding ‘Nicolai’). Ned and Olive have been together for three years and we’d always thought he was a kind, sweet man – but here he was looking for hook-ups behind her back.
We made the decision to call Olive. It was going to be an uncomfortable conversation, especially as at the time, due to lockdown, Ned would be at Olive’s house. We broke the news as delicately as we could. ‘You’ve met Nicolai,’ she replied joyously. ‘That’s so funny!’
THE PICNIC LOAF
Picnicking can be as simple as throwing some sandwiches in a cooler, chucking a blanket in the boot of the car and then heading into the great outdoors. But a true picnic pro will have considered a whole host of things beforehand. All you need to do is master a few simple tips and tricks for elevated outdoor eating all summer long…
THE PICNIC LOAF
Ten times more impressive than sandwiches, this is effectively a crusty country loaf with the top sliced off, then the inner crumb scooped out and replaced with layers of filling (try tomatoes, mozzarella, rocket, avocado, parma ham and basil leaves). Place the lid back on, wrap it up and leave in the fridge for a couple of hours to allow the filling to compress. When you’re ready, simply slice it into neat wedges a bit like a cake. Just remember to bring a bread knife and a chopping board with you too.
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From your emotional state to what you got up to at the weekend, they can reveal a lot – or so foot readers claim. Lucy Holden dips her toe in weird waters…
Holistic practitioners love a metaphor, and Kirsty Elwood has some good ones: apparently I’m both an alsatian straining on its lead in a park and a snowball rolling down a hill. And Kirsty can tell this just from my feet.
Foot reading, an extension of reflexology, claims to analyse our emotional lives and personality traits from the toes, skin and feet. It’s possibly the most popular new form of self-discovery you didn’t know existed.