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A sewing machine is a power tool after all

[2015-04-04 08:43]

Matt Chapple is not afraid of gender stereotypes. It's a good job, as this week he made history as the first male winner of the Great British Sewing Bee.

Britons ditch fly-and-flop holidays for fitness retreats

[2015-04-04 08:43]

Unwinding on a sun-drenched beach while sipping pina-coladas might seem like the ideal getaway, but Brits are increasingly using their holidays to get fit.

'Beautiful frenzy'

[2015-04-04 08:43]

This powerful play about a black, early-20th century boxing champion reaches beyond the sport into race relations, says Ben Lawrence.

We don't need the sound of silence

[2015-04-04 08:43]

The World Health Organisation says we should listen to music for no more than an hour a day. Is that even possible in the modern world?

'Virtual dive' takes you on trip to the world's most spectacular coral reefs

[2015-04-04 08:43]

If a trip to the Great Barrier Reef is beyond your means this year, the Natural History Museum has a novel alternative.

Scientists: Most Britons do notknow how to make a cup of tea

[2015-04-04 08:43]

It is enough to send teaspoons clattering into saucers across the country, but according to scientists, four out of five Britons do not brew their tea correctly

Could cold-brew tea replace your morning cup of builder's?

[2015-04-04 08:43]

Britain is a nation of tea-drinkers - we collectively drink around 65 million cups of the stuff every single day of the year. But untl fairly recently, not much of it was served cold.

New kid on the block: Why goat meat is taking Britain by storm

[2015-04-04 08:43]

When it comes to meat, we Brits aren't as adventurous as we might like to think. We eat two million tonnes of chicken a year (over half of it the boring breasts) and love a good piece of lamb or beef, but animals which are commonly found in supermarkets on the continent-rabbit, say or horse-never make it onto our shelves (well, unless we're unwittingly eating them in a burger, that is).

Sir Elton's celebrity feuds

[2015-04-04 08:43]

Among the expensive goodies available from Dolce & Gabbana, the Italian fashion house, is a &250,000 pair of sunglasses, hand-tooled in gold and puckered with diamonds, which uncannily evoke the calamitous eyewear tastes of a certain veteran rock star.

Inside look at beauty pageant puts 'baffling' focus on star

[2015-04-04 08:43]

Video blogger (vlogger) Dina Torkia has amassed 150,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel. I am not one of them. Which might explain why I found Muslim Miss World (BBC Three) baffling.

Hitchcock's leading ladies reveal his fetishes, desire for 'total control'

[2015-04-04 08:43]

His reputation as a harsh but brilliant director is well established, but Alfred Hitchcock's "total control" over his leading ladies has now been revealed in disturbing detail.

Dame Judi Dench to make stage debut with her daughter

[2015-04-04 08:43]

Dame Judi Dench is to appear on stage with her actress daughter for the first time, as she plays a voter in a unique election night play.

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