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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s ‘sad and pathetic’ project everyone forgot

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is continuing to lie low following his arrest on 19 February on suspicion of misconduct in public office. But long before he was stripped of his royal titles, the brother of King Charles pursued a project that took him away from his royal duties. The former Duke of York was said to be “very serious about his photography” revealed photographer Gene Nocon in 2011, according to a new Daily Mail report. He went on to work as Andrew’s technical assistant with the aim of nurturing his “instinctive aesthetic eye”. © GettyAndrew released a book of photographs he had taken Andrew shares his personal photos Andrew was allegedly encouraged by a small number of individuals to share his passion with the world, leading him to release a photography book in 1995. © PA Images via Getty ImagesAndrew took up photography in the 90s The book, Photographs: Andrew, Prince Duke of York, was described in the foreword as “a small slice of autobiography recording memories and impressions through my eyes and the lens of a …

A Mom Forgot Who Her Daughter Was After Losing Her Memory But Still Felt The Maternal Urge To Protect Her

Published by Jenni Sidey

Every parent has an innate desire to make sure their children are safe at all times. We worry about where they are going, who they are with, and what outside influences might come their way. Finding out your child may be in danger is a terror only a parent can relate to. For a woman named Nesh Pillay, that extreme anxiety is something she has to deal with much more than anyone else could ever imagine. Pillay, 32, was confused and scared when she recently woke up from a nap, unable to remember anything. Pillay told Newsweek in October 2022 that she told family members she had bumped her head before deciding to take a nap. Though Pillay cannot remember the incident, it is what preceded the deterioration of her memory. She has suffered numerous incidents of trauma to her brain over her lifetime, the first occurring during a car accident when she was just nine years old. Since then, according to Pillay, she has had multiple head injuries resulting in concussions. Pillay found herself …

How the UK forgot to teach its children to cook – and why Ainsley Harriott has vowed to fix it

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sign up to IndyEat’s free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free Years ago, during Ainsley Harriott’s Ready Steady Cook heyday, a viewer wrote in about a jacket potato he’d made on the show – topped with a little leek and cream cheese. The man explained he didn’t normally cook but had tried the recipe and loved it. Twenty years later, Harriott ran into him again. “He said, ‘I wrote to you,’ and I said, ‘Yes! I remember!’” Harriott recalls. “Now he’s a chef. I thought, bloody hell…” For Harriott, it was a reminder of how small moments in the kitchen can spark something bigger. And it’s exactly the kind of spark he hopes to ignite again through a new initiative aimed at young cooks. New research suggests that more than half of young people are not confident cooking a meal for themselves or others. According to the survey, many say they cannot prepare everyday dishes such …

Grammarly Forgot to Mention Something in Its Giant Apology That Changes the Whole Story

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Grammarly’s “Expert Review” feature, which was quietly rolled out last year, angered countless journalists, authors, and academics, who found that they were being impersonated without their permission. Following an enormous backlash — and telling people being impersonated that they should email the company to opt out — Grammarly’s parent company, Superhuman, made a sudden reversal. In a Wednesday LinkedIn post, CEO Shishir Mehrotra publicly apologized in a wordy post, saying that “over the past week, we received valid critical feedback from experts who are concerned that the agent misrepresented their voices.” “We hear the feedback and recognize we fell short on this,” he added. What Mehrotra failed to mention was that the company wasn’t just dealing with hundreds of furious writers — it was facing litigation as well. Nonprofit news organization The Markup editor-in-chief Julia Angwin filed a class action lawsuit in the Southern District of New York on Wednesday afternoon, right around the time Mehrotra issued his …

A personal trainer shares the five things your gym teacher probably forgot to tell you about how to work out

Published by Jenni Sidey

The other day, I was horrified to discover that my 65-year-old mother wasn’t taking any rest between exercises at the gym. She would power through, going straight from squats to lunges, then straight over to the dumbbell rack for her upper-body exercises. She wasn’t taking any breaks between her sets either. How did I find this out? She complained about how tired she felt after her gym session the previous day. After eliminating the obvious (to me) culprits like a lack of stretching or poor sleep, I asked her how long her rest periods were. You may like “What rest periods?” This wasn’t a case of playing with rest periods to increase the challenge, it was not knowing that you typically rest between sets. It made me wonder if there are other things that I consider basic fitness knowledge that aren’t universally known? To find out, I spoke to Matt Bandelier, of Eden Health Clubs, is an ACE-certified personal trainer who specializes in helping beginners and adults returning to exercise later in life build strength …

4 settings to make your Pixel even smarter that you probably forgot to change

Published by skeptic

The latest Google Pixels, alongside the last several generations of the device, have so many features and tools that make the Pixel line smarter than other phones. I’ve spent time digging through menus and have found several settings you can change to make your Pixel even smarter. These range from launching apps faster to more quickly invoking AI (even faster than using the ShareSheet to send content directly to Gemini). Customize your lock screen shortcuts Pick two apps you want to get to quickly Credit: Brandon Miniman / MakeUseOf The Pixel lets you pick two lock screen shortcuts; tapping and holding on these lets you instantly jump into the app. Think of this space like your toolbelt: I like to put the Flashlight and Do Not Disturb on my lock screen. The flashlight is obvious: sometimes you quickly need a light. Having quick access to DND is helpful when you need to silence everything on your phone, like if you’re going into a movie theater or somewhere else where you don’t want your phone to make …

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