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Yorkshire Pudding maker Aunt Bessie’s is set for a ‘glow up’ – here’s what’s new

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The Independent UK · Oct 2

Traditional Aunt Bessie given a ‘glow up’ in Yorkshire pudding rebrand

The well-known image of an elderly woman with tied hair stirring a bowl of batter has been replaced

The Independent UK · Oct 2

From rescuing ‘rez dogs’ to opening a shelter: How June Thomas changed 200 lives in Manitoba

In 2017, June Thomas began rescuing stray “rez dogs” from her own home on Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation in southern Manitoba, driven by concern for the many unvaccinated, unsterilised animals roaming the reserve. After surveying 200 homes, helping sterilise more than 65 dogs and cats and coordinating several on-reserve…

The Times of India · Sep 22

Eleanor the Great: a tonally uncertain Holocaust drama with a wonderful central performance

Despite a wonderful central performance from June Squibb, Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut is a sentimental, tonally uncertain drama about grief and holocaust survival

The Conversation · Dec 12, 2025

‘It was legs out all the time!’ June Squibb on starring in Scarlett Johansson’s directing debut – and Broadway’s original Gypsy

She brought the house down as a stripper in Gypsy, going on to star in films with Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson. Now, at 96, she’s stealing the show in Eleanor the Great. What’s her secret? ‘Be a looker-ahead’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2025

‘Police report’: Woman spots decorative owl in Airbnb. Then she picks it up and realizes it might be something more

One woman says she had a frightening experience in an Airbnb. Now she says the host saw her video about it and people are accusing her of “playing the victim.”

The Mary Sue · May 14, 2025

Clover Moore: ‘Judge people on their ability. Plenty of young people aren’t doing much’

Sydney’s longtime lord mayor on ageism, her work ethic and why it’s not true that the city is emptying of young families

The Guardian - AU · Nov 29, 2024

Katie Holmes Had a Dawson’s Creek Reunion at Her New Broadway Show

One of her old co-stars attended the play's Sept. 17 premiere.

Marie Claire · Sep 18, 2024

Three things with Kate Mulvany: ‘I’d frame all that bewilderment and fury and hang it on a wall’

In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the actor and writer tells us about a childhood photograph – and her trusty, wizardly companion

The Guardian - AU · May 26, 2024

Move over modern British: How stodgy food got sexy

It’s time to reclassify the word for traditional British comfort food, says Joanna Taylor

Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2024