Quidditch leaps off the page and into UK schools. A muggle version of Harry Potter’s beloved Quidditch is becoming available in UK schools. Played on the ground (rather than in the air on broomsticks) and with the position of “seeker” dropped, the game is as similar to the JK Rowling version as possible (while not being even remotely like it.)
This child protection is nuts. Laura Bennett, once a wannabe designer on Project Runway, is also a mother of a formidably-sized brood who writes about them for The Daily Beast (it’s often very funny and bursts the bubble of perfect mumhood — think of it as an antidote to Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP). Here’s her latest missive, on peanut allergies:
Here in New York City, the land of Alpha Parenting, every now and then I encounter a parent who is determined to have a child who is special in some way—any way—that keeps them dependent. What better way to have a child strapped to you for life than to have a life-threatening allergy? It’s a kind of Munchausen’s by Peanut.
Bacon sandwiches are yummy – scientific fact. Bacon sandwiches’ appeal is not up to us, says The Telegraph, it’s chemical. Apparently, “at the centre of it all is the Maillard reaction, a chemical reaction between an amino acid and a reducing sugar which often requires heat. The acid and sugar react to release a huge amount of smells and flavours.” Be prepared to feel like having one.
Only in Japan. Apparently a denim miniskirt screams ‘make me into a mouse pad’ in Japan.
