Category: Features

The end game Creator Allan Cubitt, who also wrote Prime Suspect 2 and The Hanging Gale, originally pitched for The Fall to be 12 parts, but was told by the BBC he could have five episodes. “I said, ‘I can’t do it in five’, but they told me I didn’t have to finish it,” the… Continue reading Jamie Dornan speaks about his role as a serial killer in The Fall

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He’s predicted the winning lottery numbers, played Russian roulette on TV, and coerced a member of the public to think they’d pushed a man to his death. Derren Brown is the ultimate showman, working his mind games and hypnotic magic on audiences in his sell-out shows every year, his name synonymous with the art of… Continue reading Mindbending Derren – Brown's Happy

Childhood cancer is very rare – but not as rare as it used to be. New figures in the UK show rates have increased at an alarming rate – by 40% over the last 16 years – with 10 children and young people diagnosed with cancer every day.

We’ve known for a while that smoking’s been blowing out of fashion. Now, the stats and figures are catching up. In Ireland many people are giving up and it is the same story across the Irish Sea. There are now twice as many ex-smokers than current smokers in England, according to new data from Public… Continue reading 28 days later… Quit smoking this Stoptober

It’s hard to believe there was uproar when it was originally announced Renee Zellweger would play Bridget Jones. Some felt the Texas-born star couldn’t possibly embody the quintessential British creation – but now, it’s impossible to imagine anyone other than Zellweger in the role.

If you thought charcoal was only useful for starting barbecues, think again. The black stuff is the beauty industry’s hottest ingredient right now, but we’re not talking the same bricks you buy at B&Q.

Feeding time – SureFlap Microchip Pet Feeder Think microchip-operated cat flaps are the height of kitty technology? SureFlap make a range of microchip-controlled mechanicals, including this pet feeder, which enables households with multiple four-legged family members to ensure each one gets their full share of grub (handy if one of your furry brood’s on a… Continue reading Six of the best: Purr-fect picks for top cats

I thought they were joking: panna cotta made with seaweed? Surely River Cottage’s head forager John Wright’s in cahoots with head chef Gill Meller? Setting a room of novices – which includes me – up for a fall come the end of lunch, when we’d all have to dish up a salty sludge of sea… Continue reading Down by the river with celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Discovering your child is taking drugs is every parent’s nightmare, and most would go to great lengths to ensure illegal substances – or even legal highs – are never part of their child’s world. But ongoing conversations about drugs with children, starting well before the age they’re likely to first be offered them, may be… Continue reading It's good to talk… to your kids about drugs