Jacob essler 
I was scammed after selling my wedding dress on Facebook Marketplace for £2,000. The scam only became apparent after Parcelforce collected the parcel. I urgently contacted Parcelforce’s out-of-hours chat to cancel the delivery since their offices were closed. They assured me they would submit a written request, but there were no guarantees. The next morning, …
Tempeh Steaks: A Delicious Addition to Your Vegetarian Cooked Breakfast Did you know that a plant-powered diet can reduce climate-heating emissions, water pollution, and land use by up to 75%? But don’t worry, you don’t need to change your entire lifestyle to enjoy vegetarian food. Tempeh is not just for hippies or hipsters – it’s …
Ciara Jordan and husband Eamonn Cullen bought a bungalow in Roundwood, Co Wicklow. Ten years on, they have created a stunning home complete with hens, chickens and vegetable beds that’s become their rural idyll
There is a heart drawn in ballpoint pen on my wife’s hand, and something similar on my own, just in the crook of my thumb and forefinger. They look like the sort of thing you’d see in a mid-00s rom-com, where a manic pixie dream girl has scrawled on a stuffy old square to get …
Our motoring editor answers your questions on e-bikes and why powerful ones may be classed, and taxed, as e-mopeds in future
The question I am married with children. My wife and I are both of Muslim faith and in our early 40s. My wife has never been particularly interested in the way she looks and has never made much effort with her physical appearance – despite being naturally beautiful. Over the past few years, I have …
Recreate this content while optimizing it for SEO, enhancing its creativity and uniqueness, improving syntax and tone, increasing perplexity and burstiness, and retaining the HTML tags The presenter on swimming, supporting Liverpool, and inclusive children’s books What were you like growing up? I was sports mad. I loved watching sports on the TV and playing …
Infant Allergies and Breastfeeding Rates in Ireland During the Pandemic A research project conducted by Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) tracked 365 infants born in two Dublin maternity hospitals from the early weeks of lockdown in 2020 until their second birthday. This study aimed to examine allergies in newborns and found that peanut, hen’s egg, and …
About Lemn Sissay Lemn Sissay, aged 56 and born in Lancashire, had a challenging upbringing in foster care. His journey as a writer began in 1988 with the publication of his first poetry collection. Notably, he was chosen as the official poet for the London 2012 Olympics. His 2019 autobiography, “My Name is Why,” achieved …
When Bridgit first noticed me at a triathlon-run training session in Sydney’s Mosman, it wasn’t my face or smile that caught her attention. It was my legs. She saw me sprinting past as she was stretching on the grass, and she was instantly intrigued. She even exclaimed to the woman next to her, “I need …