Lifestyle - Saturday, May 2, 2026

The budget carrier announced it was ceasing operations early Saturday.

Jarred beans beat canned for flavour and texture, but which brands hit the buttery spot and which are floury flops? • The best supermarket sauerkraut As a proud supporter of the Beans is How campaign , which aims to double global consumption of beans, peas, lentils and pulses by 2028, it’s an understatement to say I’m a huge fan of beans. They’re a hero vegetable that’s full of protein, complex carbs, fibre and micronutrients, and they have myriad health benefits. But that’s not all: beans are also great for planetary health, not least because they need little fertiliser or water to grow. Once viewed as cheap filler, beans, especially jarred ones, are now regarded as something of a delicacy. They’re more costly than canned, sure, but they’re also softer, have a signature, creamy texture and a more delicate flavour. I tested all the beans cold and straight from the jar, and rated them on flavour, texture, shape, sourcing transparency, certifications, additives and value. Continue reading...

For crispy salmon skin, follow Ham El-Waylly’s lead by searing the fish in the skillet before finishing in the oven.

Go beyond your basic greens. The post 18 Spring Salads That Nourish Your Inner Glow appeared first on Camille Styles .

‘Date My Mate’ nights, which involve pitching a friend to a room of singles, are gaining momentum across the country For many young people, the dating game has been nothing but a thankless task of endless swiping and ghosting, with little hope of finding love. But as dating apps fall out of favour, and a relationship recession looms, young singles have discovered a new way to revive the dating scene: talking up their pals to strangers. Continue reading...

The actor on struggling with body image, her U-turn on marriage and her obsession with Instagram dogs Born in Essex, Juliet Stevenson, 69, studied at Rada and made her film debut in Drowning By Numbers. Her other film work includes Truly, Madly, Deeply and Bend It Like Beckham. On stage, she has performed for the RSC and the National. She received an Olivier in 1992 for her role in Death and the Maiden and the 2019 Critics’ Circle best actress award for The Doctor. She is current touring By a Lady, a show about Jane Austen which is at the Buxton Opera House 10 May . She is married with two children and lives in London. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? I talk too much. Continue reading...

Guests often leave a food behind, and this Minnesota man makes sure it gets to people who can use it.

From carpetbaggers to Melodifestivalen, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz 1 What theatrical legacy did Mathew Prichard receive on his ninth birthday? 2 What conditions does the Tdap vaccine protect against? 3 The bestselling book in the US in 1981 was a guide to solving what? 4 What is selected each year at the Melodifestivalen? 5 Carpetbaggers were profiteers in the aftermath of which conflict? 6 The confectionery lokum is better known as what? 7 In 1996, which UK sport moved from a winter to a summer season? 8 Who founded the Peripatetic school of philosophy? What links: 9 Thomas Tyers; Hester Piozzi; John Hawkins; James Boswell? 10 Admiralty Islands; New Britain; New Hanover; New Ireland? 11 Millbank, 1897; Merseyside, 1988; Cornwall, 1993; Bankside, 2000? 12 Sodium (1); carbon (2); oxygen (3); sulphur (4); tin (10)? 13 Kelpie; melusine; naiad; nixie; rusalka; selkie? 14 Igor Tudor at Spurs; Eric Ramsay at WBA; Brian Clough and Jock Stein at Leeds? 15 Made in America; -30-; Felina; Person to Person; The Iron Throne? Continue reading...

It once housed the fanciest shops and restaurants in Greece’s capital city – then it crashed. Now the area is reborn as a vibrant, multicultural neighbourhood After my father’s will banned me and my siblings from his funeral, I wrote a novel about some brothers and sisters stealing their dad in his coffin. The emotions were drawn from my painful experiences, but I invented the characters and the tragi-comic narrative in Stealing Dad . Despite growing up in England, I’ve lived in and written about Athens for 25 years, and it came naturally to create several Greek characters. Alekos is a wild sculptor who dies in London, and his daughter Iris (one of seven dispersed half-siblings) lives off Victoria Square – one of Athens’ most fascinating corners. In the 1960s, Plateia Viktorias was a fashionable neighbourhood with the fanciest restaurants, shops and theatres. Townhouses from the interwar period were being demolished and Athenians were occupying the new six-storey apartment blocks so fast that construction dust and the constant drilling were the main problem. Today, through wrought-iron and glass doors, elegant, marble-lined halls reveal concierges’ desks and traces of a vanished bourgeois life. Continue reading...

Letter writer thinks friend should leave the dinner table and go to the bathroom to blow her nose.