There’s no doubting the massive growth of online craft sites like Etsy and Threadless. Developed in 2005 as an online marketplace for co-founder Rob Kalin’s unique wood-encased computers, Etsy is the leading community forum for artisan crafters, and registered thousands of sellers within months. It now rivals the likes of eBay and Amazon marketplaces as the platform for artisanal producers, having given plenty of small businesses their start. The custom t-shirt company Threadless prints and sells over a million t-shirts...

Britain's smallest detached house is set to welcome guests after plans were submitted to turn it into - a tiny hotel. Thimble Hall measure just 11ft 10in (3.6m) by 10ft 3in (3.1m) meaning people can touch either side of the rooms by stretching out their arms. The 12ft 2in (3.7m) tall building in Youlgreave, dates back to 1756 and was even home to a family of eight over a century ago. It was named the smallest detached property in Britain...

A pensioner has celebrated her 100th birthday and revealed her longevity is down to a cap of whisky in her MORNING cup of tea. Hilda Hutchinson also has a drop of brandy in her coffee during the winter months and a sherry at Christmas. She celebrated the landmark birthday with a glass of champagne, as she hosted a family reunion at her sheltered home in St Anne’s, Nottingham. The mum-of-three, who was “honoured” to receive a telegram from the Queen,...

These shocking pictures show the devastating state of two pet dogs who were hidden in a CUPBOARD and left to starve to death. Teesside Magistrates’ Court heard Bisto, a mastiff-type dog, and terrier Mogo were subjected to prolonged neglect involving months, if not years, of starvation resulting almost to the point of death. Graham Burn, 47, and Ann Boddy, 34, had even hid the two pups in a locked cupboard under the stairs in an attempt to avoid an RSPCA...

While some chefs’ signature dishes are unsightly culinary car-crashes, others are actually quite enjoyable. Jacob Kenedy’s (owner of Bocca di Lupo, Gelupo and VICO) signature - ‘lasagnacini’, for instance, is a playful hybrid between two Italian classics: lasagna and arancini – deep-fried risotto balls. Available at VICO in Soho, which was recently awarded a Bib Gourmand in the 2017 Michelin Guide, the dish is also possible to recreate at home thanks to this week’s featured recipe. This recipe makes about...

Following the breakout of fake news, craftily edited viral vids and the various other bits of clickbait bollocks circulating social media the next big thing getting brainless users in a tizzy is the logical fallacy of reductio ad absurdum. Reductio ad absurdum, as the Big Bang's Sheldon Cooper so adequately describes, is the notion of extending someone's argument to ridiculous proportions and then criticising the result, and in his words, we do not appreciate it. As if making news that is completely fake...

A 12-year-old girl has been left paralysed from the neck down after suffering an alleged reaction to the HPV vaccine. Tragic Mia Blesky has no feeling in her arms or legs and is unable to lift her head or do anything but blink, talk and sing. Video clips filmed days before she fell ill shows the talented youngster - who dreams of being a popstar - standing, clutching a microphone and belting out a tune. Harrowing videos show how her...

I am sure by now most of us have seen, board meetings, Voice over internet protocol calls and deals brokered online, if not in person at least in movies. If this is not the case then I am sure you have used services such as Apple’s FaceTime, Microsoft Skype, even Facebook messenger. All of these services make use of the same protocol that any board meeting of deal broker would use. Now I am sure you are wondering what type...

Trump tweeted that he had a great meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Now here are his tweets in full, “Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Nevertheless, Germany owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!” Now, these tweets could add volatility to Europe, specifically German stocks. Moreover, it...