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How to beat Ryanair’s hand luggage rules by packing just NINE garments
A travel writer tested “Sudoku Packing”, a social-media trend designed to help passengers comply with Ryanair’s restrictive free hand-luggage allowance. The method limits travellers to nine co-ordinating garments, aiming to create numerous outfits without paying extra baggage fees. Ryanair permits one free under-seat bag measuring 40 x 30 x 20cm, while easyJet’s equivalent allowance is…
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I Got a Free Meal From a Private Chef—Who Filmed It All to Train Robots
A WIRED journalist accepted a free three-course meal from Shift, a company that records skilled workers’ hand movements to create training data for robots. The private chef wore a camera mounted on his cap while cooking in the journalist’s home, illustrating how firms are extending data collection from online activity into domestic, physical tasks that…
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I saw royalty, lords and degenerates all come and go from my drugs den: Son of late restaurant critic AA Gill and ex Tory MP Amber Rudd, Alasdair Gill lost a decade to addiction. Now, six years sober, he tells his extraordinary story
Alasdair Gill, a chef and son of the late restaurant critic AA Gill and former Conservative MP Amber Rudd, has spoken about losing a decade of his life to drug and alcohol addiction while working in top London kitchens, including one with a Michelin star. He frequented a notorious Kensington property nicknamed the “Misty River…
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Books and walking are key to living long lives, say residents in England’s healthiest postcodes…while drugs, cheap alcohol and fast food are blamed in the town with the lowest life expectancy
Residents in some of England’s healthiest postcodes have credited habits such as reading and regular walking with helping them live longer, according to a report examining stark regional disparities in life expectancy across the country. By contrast, people in the town identified as having the lowest life expectancy in England pointed to drug use, cheap…
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Disneyland guests left scrambling after water outage shuts bathrooms and restaurants
A citywide water pressure outage in Anaheim, California, forced Disneyland to temporarily close restrooms and restaurants across the park on Tuesday evening, leaving guests without access to basic facilities mid-visit. The disruption also affected nearby businesses and Angel Stadium, highlighting how infrastructure problems beyond the park’s control can quickly ripple into the visitor experience at…
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‘Tony’s Coming-of-Age Kitchen Dramedy Beats ‘The Bear’ At Its Own Game | Review
A24’s Tony portrays a fictionalised, coming-of-age summer in the early life of Anthony Bourdain, focusing on the period before he became a celebrated chef, writer and television presenter. The review argues that the kitchen dramedy offers a sincere and authentic perspective on Bourdain’s formative years, while acknowledging the significance of his lasting influence on food…
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Tony review – knives out in tasty reheat of Anthony Bourdain’s memoir
Tony, directed by Matt Johnson, dramatises the youthful kitchen escapades recounted in the opening chapters of Anthony Bourdain’s bestselling memoir Kitchen Confidential. Dominic Sessa plays the young Tony, a conceited but vulnerable college dropout who runs away to Provincetown, Massachusetts, in the mid-1970s, eventually landing a dishwashing job that draws him into restaurant life under…
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Cannabis cafes may become tourist draw in US city as lung experts cite ‘toxic chemical’ concerns
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has voted to allow licensed cannabis retailers to serve food and non-alcoholic drinks on site, paving the way for Amsterdam-style cannabis cafés in the city. Retailers hope the move will boost tourist traffic, but lung health experts have raised concerns about exposure to harmful chemicals produced by cannabis smoke and…
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Dozens of revellers at indie music festival are struck down by ‘severe’ food poisoning ‘after eating at Yorkshire pudding stall’
Dozens of people attending an indie music festival have reportedly fallen ill with severe food poisoning, with suspicion falling on a stall selling Yorkshire puddings as the possible source. The incident raises concerns about food hygiene standards at festival catering stalls, which often operate under temporary and less closely monitored conditions compared to fixed premises.…
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Chicken wing prices are down — here’s why your favorite restaurant may not cut prices
Chicken wing prices have fallen after years of steep increases, giving fans of the American favourite something to celebrate on National Chicken Wing Day. However, industry figures caution that these lower wholesale costs may not automatically translate into cheaper prices for consumers dining out. Wholesale whole wing prices are down compared with a year ago,…