As part of their week-long Burns Night celebrations, Mac and Wild hosted a haggis making masterclass last night (23rd January). Taking place at the restaurant’s Devonshire Square outpost, owner Andy Waugh was on hand for an interactive session, in which a small group were taught to make haggis from scratch, following a quick demonstration. Scotland’s national dish, haggis is often unappreciated south of Hadrian’s Wall, frivolously condemned for its “ick factor” – encasing sheep’s pluck (heart, liver and lung) within...

The average adult carries out 109 ‘life admin’ tasks every year, research has revealed. Experts found a substantial chunk of our time is now taken up by mundane jobs such as sorting out home or car insurance, checking bank accounts and paying off credit cards. Alarmingly the study found more than half the nation struggle to keep up with household 'paperwork' and often fail to complete everything by the required date. Additionally it emerged the average adult has four important...

Unhealthy food choices, rows with partners and short attention spans are among the most common knock-on effects of a bad night’s sleep, according to a study. Researchers polled 2,000 UK adults to explore the impact of a terrible night’s sleep – with other outcomes including feeling more emotional, clumsiness and oversleeping. Incredibly, those polled have 90 ‘bad sleeps’ every year on average – almost a quarter of our yearly slumber. As a direct result, 171 questionable decisions or lapses of...

David Davis today backtracked on new EU rules during the Brexit transition, saying Britain will not refuse to use them. The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union has opted for a "hit and hope" approach on new rules instead, relying on the EU taking a long time to implement them during the likely two-year period after 2019, in the hope that by the time any come in to force the transition will be over. His approach was immediately dismissed as “really...

Following emergency powers invoked by the Spanish government in October 2017, Catalonia remains very much a part of Spain, at least in the short term. Within the Catalan parliament, there is now a slim majority of pro-independence parties, which still leaves the possibility of the region to secede very much on the table. So, would Catalonia be able to stand on its own two feet if it were to become an independent state? At first glance, it would appear the region’s...

Has the world gone cold on bitcoin since its meteoric rise in 2017? Well, depending on who you talk to, the answer will differ. With altcoins such as Ethereum and Ripple’s XRP token currently being traded at a feverish rate, some have suggested that bitcoin is no longer the dominant cryptocurrency on the market. However, according to experts such as Tom Lee, the value of bitcoin could more than double by the close of 2018. Speaking during an interview with...

A violent racist young mother has been jailed after attacking a random woman in the street and calling her a 'dirty n****r'. Chloe Glew, 20, had 11 previous convictions for 20 offences, and flouted previous court orders that kept her out of prison. Her victim had been walking down an alleyway in Tonbridge, Kent, when the vile mum launched her unprovoked attack. She told the woman "I’m going to beat your f***ing head in", before pulling her hair and punching...

Leeds United today unveiled a controversial re-branded club crest for the 2018/19 season onwards. The badge, which depicts a supporter performing 'The Leeds United salute' with a fist to the chest, has been met with mixed reactions online, with one supporter saying the club have got it "totally wrong". The club announced the decision this afternoon in the latest phase of owner Andrea Radrizzani's long-term project at Elland Road, with Leeds having consulted 10,000 supporters over the crest. Most reaction online appears...

General perception of Chinese food in Britain has come along way since we began importing tea during the 17th Century. Now Britain’s favourite international cuisine, according to research conducted by Paymentsense in 2017, Chinese food was first introduced to London during the late 1800s. ‘The Chinese Restaurant’ in Glasshouse Street (near Piccadilly Circus) was London’s first recorded Chinese restaurant, opened in 1908. Until the 1930s, however, Limehouse in East London was considered London’s Chinatown, though the west-end overtook when a...