All posts tagged: sofa

View from My Sofa: Michaela Strachan

View from My Sofa: Michaela Strachan

Published by Daniella Wilson

What’s the view from your sofa? I have a telly sofa, but my second sofa is much more interesting because I live in Hout Bay in Cape Town. Looking out, I’ve got Table Mountain National Park on one side and the valley and sea on the other. It’s absolutely stunning. I moved to South Africa 24 years ago because I fell in love with my partner Nick [Chevallier, a cameraman/producer]. There’s always a bloke involved. What have you been watching? I’ve just started a Netflix documentary called Glitter and Gold: Ice Dancing. It’s about the drama, the tears, the dangers and the high-stakes world of ice dance. Well, you were the runner-up of Dancing on Ice in 2025… I look in awe at what they do. People said I was graceful, but jeepers, I was a sack of potatoes in comparison. I completely threw myself into Dancing on Ice. I embraced the false eyelashes, the hair, costumes… I wanted to keep skating, maybe compete in the more lax, geriatric adult stages, but after finishing, I …

View from My Sofa: Graham Norton

View from My Sofa: Graham Norton

Published by Daniella Wilson

Add The Neighbourhood to your Watchlist What’s the view from your sofa? My husband [Scottish film-maker Jonathan “Jono” McLeod] and I just moved, and when you sit on the sofa, there’s a door and the rest is telly. It’s massive. Nothing else really goes on in that room. We had one of those projector things before. I’m not very technical, but my husband is, so he decided the big telly was good enough that we could get rid of it. What have you enjoyed watching recently? I’m really enjoying Saturday Night Live UK. Everyone’s saying that in a kind of mildly surprised tone of voice, because we were all geared up for it to be absolutely pants, and it’s not. I just finishedPluribus, so hopefully there will be a second season of that. If there isn’t, I’ll be really annoyed. You’re hosting the new reality series/popularity contest The Neighbourhood, where six real households compete to win £250,000. Is appointment-toview TV back? It’s interesting how some things are cutting through on traditional TV and shows like …

Visit a WWII destroyer without leaving your sofa

Visit a WWII destroyer without leaving your sofa

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The USS Cassin Young at sea in 1944. Credit: CPhoM Paul Madden, USN / Navsource.org / Public Domain The heavily armed Fletcher-class destroyer is an iconic piece of United States naval history. Although its name may not sound immediately familiar, the over 360-foot-long ship’s recognizable silhouette remains a hallmark example of World War II imagery. The 175 Fletcher-class vessels commissioned between 1942 and 1944 helped secure a victory over Axis forces, with some remaining in service through the Korean and Vietnam wars. Only four of the destroyers remain afloat today, making it difficult for most people to see the historic vessels firsthand. However, Boston National Historical Park in Massachusetts now offers a decent alternative for history buffs everywhere: a 3D virtual tour of the institution’s own Fletcher-class ship, the USS Cassin Young. Announced in a social media post earlier this month, the project allows anyone to explore the massive vessel via their phone or laptop. Like physical museum exhibits, …

Sofa Club Review: Is This ‘Sofa In A Box’ Brand Worth The Hype?

Sofa Club Review: Is This ‘Sofa In A Box’ Brand Worth The Hype?

Published by Sam Flores

We hope you love the products we recommend! All of them were independently selected by our editors. Just so you know, HuffPost UK may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page if you decide to shop from them. Oh, and FYI — prices are accurate and items in stock as of time of publication. There are many harsh realities we face as adults: cheese is actually really expensive; the worst person you know is probably being told by their therapist that they’re really reasonable; and that we are doomed to spend the rest of our lives forever trying to find the answer to ‘what’s for dinner?’. But one I didn’t anticipate is just how difficult it is to buy a sofa. I’ve spent the last six months renovating a 150 year old flat in Edinburgh and thanks to that being one endless stress, I officially only want to walk the path of least resistance where I can. Unfortunately the road to getting a sofa is full of potholes. …

View from My Sofa: Dara Ó Briain

View from My Sofa: Dara Ó Briain

Published by Daniella Wilson

Add Mock the Week to your watchlist What’s the view from your sofa? In the room where we all sit around and watch The Traitors or whatever, there are two fairly comfy couches, but side on. It gives the illusion that they’re there for conversation, but actually we just sit like emperors and watch the television off the two sides. We’re nominally facing each other, but very much looking to the side, and going, “Shush, Claudia’s talking.” You’re clearly a fan — would you do The Celebrity Traitors? Yeah! And I don’t do shows like that, as a rule. It’s kind of known that I’m not planning on going into the jungle, or dancing. It’s just not my thing. But for The Traitors, I would probably make an exception because my family would be furious if I didn’t. Because of my persona – the science shows – there’s a perception that I would somehow be very good at it, but I’d be awful! Still, it didn’t stop Alan Carr… After four years away from Mock …

View from My Sofa: Kris Marshall

View from My Sofa: Kris Marshall

Published by Daniella Wilson

Add Beyond Paradise to your watchlist What’s the view from your sofa? Documentaries and sport! When you spend seven months of the year on a film set, the last thing you want to watch is something that takes place on a film set. I find it hard to suspend my disbelief so I’m not a binge watcher of anything, which is rather unfortunate for my wife. Because she wants to watch Game of Thrones? I’ve never seen Game of Thrones. We haven’t even seen Adolescence either. The greatest drama for me is in real life. What’s so special about sport? Nothing ever brings me to tears, or close to tears, like sport does. I think it’s the immediacy of it, and that the jeopardy is real. I’m all about the underdog, too, and you really get that David and Goliath thing going on in sport. Which documentaries do you like? Anything that’s “man against the elements”. Free Solo is an amazing film about Alex Honnold, who climbed El Capitan in Yosemite [3,000ft] without ropes or …

How Sleeping On Sofa Can Harm Sleep Quality

How Sleeping On Sofa Can Harm Sleep Quality

Published by Sam Flores

Falling asleep on the sofa can feel like an easy way to unwind after a long day. As mental fatigue sets in, dozing off there can feel effortless and comforting. But sleep experts warn that regularly drifting off outside the bedroom can undermine sleep health over time. “Good sleep quality isn’t just about getting enough hours. It depends on adequate duration, typically seven to nine hours for most adults, intact sleep architecture, and proper circadian alignment – meaning your sleep occurs at the biologically appropriate time for your internal clock,” said Dr. Saema Tahir, an adult and paediatric sleep specialist, and adolescent and adult pulmonary disease specialist. And sofa sleep could be throwing that out of whack. Most adults cycle through four distinct sleep stages, including light sleep, deeper light sleep, deep sleep and REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, ideally about four to six times per night in repeating cycles, according to Tahir. Each stage plays a specific role. While deep sleep supports physical repair, immune support and metabolic regulation, REM sleep is critical for …

‘Our sofa bed sold the same day’: how to get rid of household clutter – without sending it to landfill | Ethical and green living

‘Our sofa bed sold the same day’: how to get rid of household clutter – without sending it to landfill | Ethical and green living

Published by Sam Flores

Forget blossom and bluebells, for many of us, the changing season means one thing: time for a spring clean. While you may have tackled the clothes you no longer want without sending them to landfill (if not, have a read of our guide to clearing out your clothes sustainably), other items in our homes are not always as straightforward. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. According to the circular living organisation Wrap, 22m items of furniture are thrown away each year in the UK, and worldwide, we discard 2.6m tonnes of e-waste (electronic waste) annually. Many of these items could be resold, upcycled or recycled. The British Heart Foundation reports that 62% of us throw away homeware items that are in good enough condition to be donated to charity. Here are some of the best ways to reuse, recycle and upcycle your unwanted stuff. How to get rid of household clutter Furniture Great to donate: charity shops are perfect for giving away …

View from My Sofa: Siobhán McSweeney

View from My Sofa: Siobhán McSweeney

Published by Daniella Wilson

Add The Great Pottery Throw Down Final to your watchlist What’s the view from your sofa? I sit in my red armchair, with a pouffe to put my legs up on. There’s also a foot massager I treated myself to. If I’m cold, I wear a woolly hat and have a blanket over me to sit and watch the TV. What have you been watching? Loot on Apple TV with Maya Rudolph is radical and funny, and it does what I love – through the medium of comedy, it actually makes a point. She’s going, “There should be no such thing as billionaires! Why am I a millionaire?” You starred in Lisa McGee’s Derry Girls which also did just that… Derry Girls was extraordinary, but what was frustratingly extraordinary about it was that it essentially taught people recent Irish history. I’m not sure a sitcom should be teaching the history curriculum, but that’s where we’re at. Stories are always there to make us understand each other’s humanity a bit more. What do you ask yourself …

View from My Sofa: Jack Whitehall

View from My Sofa: Jack Whitehall

Published by Daniella Wilson

Add the Brit Awards 2026 to your watchlist What’s the view from your sofa? It’s now a television that has Peppa Pig or Bluey on all the time on rotation in a kitchen/living area that is just absolute carnage because we have a toddler [two-year-old Elsie]. Dolls and toys are strewn hither and thither. It’s like watching television in a brightly coloured, sensory overloading war zone. What have you been enjoying watching amid the carnage recently? I’m away from my family [filming The Fifth Wheel and launching The ‘Burbs in Los Angeles] so last night I binge-watched the Netflix documentary Take That, whichI really enjoyed. On my own, in America, tired and jetlagged, I was getting rather glassy-eyed about Gary Barlow and Robbie Williams falling out. It’s still raw, it still hurts. Who controls the remote control at home in London? My fiancée [model Roxy Horner]. I start a lot of series with her and then get pulled away for work and travel. I’ve seen one episode of [Apple TV’s] Pluribus and the first four …