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A 'vegetarian' Masterchef judge has baffled viewers after she admitted she doesn't taste all the food she critiques - and "eats around" the meat. Guest judge Jackie Kearney appeared on the 2011 series of the BBC show and went out on the semi-finals, finishing fourth. The mum-of-two was the first vegetarian to get so far in the competition and, despite facing some anti-vegetarian backlash, many supported her food concoctions. Author and chef Jackie was invited back on the show as...

In 2011, the Nobel prize-winning Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk spoke out about the “marginalisation” of non-English writers, about the ‘near-invisibility’ of writers in languages other than English, and about the persistent shortage of translations. He also criticised the response of British and American literary critics, who he said perceived him in narrow terms defined by his nationality. In short, he complained about the western world’s dominance over literary culture. But has anything changed since then? In an exclusive Q&A, The...

Some off-the-wall budget weirdness from London, now. Sorry today released their second visual mixtape Home Demo/ns Vol II, and it's a trip. Expanding on the idea of Sorry as a collaborative, and strictly DIY affair, the band said: Asha said, " have been making videos for fun for years and feel like the videos have built up our personality as a group. The themes just came together by things we had, found or cheap props we bought.” “We try and just make...

Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor has shared the video for brand new track ‘Oh Baby’, and it's got us a bit creeped out. Opening comments: try to keep your eyes in your head, sir. They'll only get sticky and covered in dust and fuzz, and that thought basically makes me want to be sick. Alexis says of the song: “‘Oh Baby’ is an exuberant love song, with a nod to the music I love by the likes of Alex Chilton and Paul McCartney....

Kelvin Jackson-Bowers got the design the day before Ant McPartlin was arrested on suspicion of drink driving

Vegan fashion accessories designer Kuma Design increases their offering to customers with the opportunity to create your own individual fashion brooch using their ‘Build Your Own Butterfly’ Tool. Individuality Stems from Personality and Not Mass-Market Sales. Since 2015 Mari Ojasaar was a child she always had a passion for creative crafting and design. She describes her life as ‘art’ and chooses to live life as a voice of individuality and not echoing what is ‘trendy’ right now. This value transcends...

We're all guilty of ducking issues. The biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK is suicide, and it's because we let issues mount up rather than letting them out. Which is why Ducking Punches strike such a poignant note with their first new video since the release of their assured fourth album ‘Alamort’. "I Ruin Everything" is about as honest, as brazen and as powerful a hit as you are likely to hear this year. The video features the band opening...

Australian alt-pop group Cub Sport have released the video for “Good Guys Go” - the third official single off of their sophomore album, BATS. The track is about an unfortunately common theme; being in a relationship where you’re doing everything you can to keep the other person up and make sure they’re happy, but that attention and love isn't being reciprocated. Inspired by hearing similar situations told to him by friends over and over, lead singer Tim Nelson explains: “I...

Ahead of the release of TesseracT’s highly anticipated new studio album Sonder the band have revealed their first official video, for their new single “King”. The emotive and viscerally challenging clip, was directed by Kyle Kadow & Steven Cleavland and shot in a snowy Wisconsin following a brutal storm, which all added to the atmospheric footage as bassist Amos Williams explains "We have been very lucky to work with two cinematographers of such vision and quality as Kyle and Steven. We gave...