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I’ve got Lipoedema like Josie Gibson – it’s more than ‘fat legs’, there’s loads people don’t see & bruising is the start

I’ve got Lipoedema like Josie Gibson – it’s more than ‘fat legs’, there’s loads people don’t see & bruising is the start

JUST hours after Josie Gibson opened up on her Lipoedema diagnosis, another woman has shared the reality of the painful disorder. Last week, the This Morning presenter, 40, revealed her secret health battle as she told fans she’s “constantly fighting my genetics”. Yesterday, Josie appeared on the show to speak to Cat Deeley and Ben...

Are our bodies full of microplastics or not? There’s a way to resolve this debate, and scientists must hurry | Debora MacKenzie

Are our bodies full of microplastics or not? There’s a way to resolve this debate, and scientists must hurry | Debora MacKenzie

This week’s furore is microplastics researchers’ ozone moment. If they fail, the powerful plastics lobby will step into the breach Debora MacKenzie is a science journalist and author of Stopping the Next Pandemic : How Covid-19 Can Help Us Save Humanity Are we being injured and killed by ubiquitous, teeny-tiny shards of toxic plastic? Or aren’t we? For many months, the Guardian has reported a series of worrying scientific results that our bodies are full of jagged microplastic particles that could be giving us everything from heart attacks to reproductive problems. But on Tuesday, the Guardian revealed that a significant number of scientists think many of these studies showed no such thing . Or maybe they did. The methods are new and riddled with problems, so we can’t always reliably tell. Debora MacKenzie is a science journalist and author of Stopping the Next Pandemic : How Covid-19 Can Help Us Save Humanity Continue reading...

The pub that changed me: ‘We’d walk home with kebab sauce dribbling down our chins’

The pub that changed me: ‘We’d walk home with kebab sauce dribbling down our chins’

I’d love to claim the Hand & Heart in Nottingham taught me something profound – but it was mostly about bankrolling free rounds When I was a teenager, before Tripadvisor, pubs lived as mental notes rather than star ratings. There was the one where – exactly like that scene in The Inbetweeners – we realised they’d serve us a pint at 16 if we ordered some food (one shared plate of chips). There was the one you might get lucky in on Christmas Eve; the one you’d take a girl to, to impress her with the romantic views; and the one that only served cider in halves because it was so brain cell-poppingly strong – a pub best tackled before a bank holiday Monday, known colloquially as “Super Cider Sunday”, when you still had a few brain cells to spare. Continue reading...

Now is the perfect time to sort out your garden seeds, the Monty Don way

Now is the perfect time to sort out your garden seeds, the Monty Don way

These long, hangover-free January weekends offer a great opportunity for some horticultural housekeeping Lots of pressure at this time of year, isn’t there? All those pink cheeks and sweaty brows puffing their way around the park in dusted-down trainers; all those Botivo mocktails (delicious, for what it’s worth) as we strive to self-improve during one of the most grisly months of the year. I’ve never really been one for resolutions, nor time-measured sobriety (amazing how having small children deflates one’s desire to drink enough to conjure a hangover). I prefer to believe that we should mirror what the outdoor world is doing at this time: namely hibernating in an attempt to store up energy for the warmer months that are to come. Still, if you really feel you must do something vaguely horticultural at this time of year, can I suggest you get your seeds in order? I still think about a photograph I saw of Monty Don’s seed stash in a colour supplement years ago. It was housed in a pleasingly bashed-up vintage index-card cabinet, tucked against the wall of his potting shed – a building with more natural light and square footage than many flats I’ve lived in. How chic! How clever! How deliciously organised! Continue reading...

How did the sleepy Yorkshire town of Hebden Bridge become ‘the lesbian capital of the UK’?

How did the sleepy Yorkshire town of Hebden Bridge become ‘the lesbian capital of the UK’?

It’s very possible that you haven’t heard of Hebden Bridge. If so, you might not be aware that the quiet West Yorkshire town is home to a flourishing lesbian community. Hebden Bridge might just prove the cottage core lesbian trope has some grounding in reality, given that it’s home to a disproportionately high number of […] The post How did the sleepy Yorkshire town of Hebden Bridge become ‘the lesbian capital of the UK’? appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news .