Win A Family Holiday To Portugal

 Posted on February 16, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  235 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Listen to Heart Breakfast with Tom, Kaz and Jack on Friday 24th May for your chance to win an amazing week long family holiday to Portugal thanks to Direct Travel Insurance! Enjoy the sun, the sea, the sand and of course an amazing week off work with a holiday the whole family will enjoy. Especially as you'll be able to swim with dolphins! Enter with Heart Breakfast and you could be winning all of this: [Read More]

'Tanked' Star Heather King Arrested for Attacking Her Husband Wayde

 Posted on February 15, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  247 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

The husband and wife stars of "Tanked" got into a nasty fight at home that ended with him getting roughed up and her in handcuffs ... TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell us ... Heather King was arrested Wednesday in Las Vegas after she allegedly slapped her husband, Wayde, in the face and kicked him in the stomach twice during a heated argument. We're told cops were called to their house and noticed visible redness on the right side of Wayde's stomach. [Read More]

Hawaiian Kala Kaiwi claims Guiness World Record for biggest stretch earlobes

 Posted on February 15, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  608 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

A Hawaiian man has claimed the Guinness World Record for the largest non-surgically made stretch earlobes - which are so big you can fit a hand through them. Kala Kaiwi, who unsurprisingly works as a tattoo and body modification artist, has earlobe stretches or 'flesh tunnels' measuring 109mm (4.3 inches) in diameter, to go with his hundreds of other wacky body adaptations.   He has just returned from Milan, Italy where he picked up his award, almost certainly setting off airport security scanners on his way. [Read More]

Rita Ora: 'Hot Right Now'

 Posted on February 15, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  65 words  |  Aldo Pusey

This image appears in the gallery: The Funniest Misheard Song Lyrics Ever 5. Rita Ora: 'Hot Right Now' Actual lyric: "I know you're only in it 'cos it's hot right now." Rita's singing about people who jump on the metaphorical bandwagon, and not excellent deals at supermarkets. On the next album, maybe? 19 images See the full gallery: The Funniest Misheard Song Lyrics Ever [Read More]

Three Hurt In A27 Crash

 Posted on February 15, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  330 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Police are investigating a serious road traffic collision which happened westbound on the A27 between Falmer and Hollingbury closing the road for 5 hours. 2011: They are appealing for witnesses who may have seen a white van going very slowly or had broken down. It was partially in lane one and the verge on that stretch of road. A skip lorry was involved in a collision with the van at around 7. [Read More]

Which Red-Hot Amish Romance Novel Should We Read First?

 Posted on February 15, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  208 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Which wacky abstinent subculture will soon topple vampires as the preferred literary protagonists among randy American teenagers? The Wall Street Journal reports today that it will definitely be the Amish: “Bonnet books,” or Amish-starring romance novels, are doing swift business at dry-goods stores all over the country. “It’s almost like you put a person with a bonnet or an Amish field in the background and it automatically starts to sell well,” exclaims a buyer for Barnes & Noble, where the top 100 “religious fiction” releases currently include fifteen bonnet novels. [Read More]

'Let Us Descend' follows a slave on a painful journey finding some hope on the way

 Posted on February 14, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  790 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Jesmyn Ward's Let Us Descend is a superb historical-fiction novel sprinkled with supernatural elements that pulls readers into the life of a slave on a long, painful journey. And, while accurate, this description fails to communicate the depth of this novel as well as the multiplicity of layers in which it works. Angry, beautiful, raw, visceral, and heartfelt, Let Us Descend is the literary equivalent of an open wound from which poetry pours. [Read More]

Britain's obsession with school uniform reinforces social divisions | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

 Posted on February 14, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1005 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

OpinionSchools This article is more than 3 years oldBritain's obsession with school uniform reinforces social divisionsThis article is more than 3 years oldRhiannon Lucy CosslettOther countries don’t feel the need to strip children of their individuality It’s September, and with it comes that back-to-school feeling that even as an adult you can never quite shake. I associate it with the delicious plasticky smell that emanates from the insides of pencil cases; cool, crisper mornings that hit you as you rush from the house trailing toast crumbs, and of course, new uniform – if your parents can afford it. [Read More]