South Africa's shack dwellers | South Africa

 Posted on March 18, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1082 words  |  Aldo Pusey

First personSouth AfricaSouth Africa's shack dwellersAround 12 million South Africans live in shack dwellings or 'informal settlements'. Often these have no electricity, sanitation or refuse collection. In 2007, the KwaZulu-Natal authority, which includes the city of Durban, passed the 'Elimination and Prevention of Re-Emergence of Slums Act', a programme to eradicate all shack dwellings by 2014. Tens of thousands of shack dwellers are at risk of eviction, and being displaced into temporary 'transit areas' far out of town, something satirised in the new film District 9. [Read More]

Watch a Supercut of Characters Saying, Hes Right Behind Me, Isnt He?

 Posted on March 18, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  31 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

“A collection of moments when someone is talking trash about someone else, and that person appears behind them.” Fair enough.

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Reddit Supercut of ‘He’s Right Behind Me, Isn’t He?’

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15 of the biggest fashion faux pas made by royals

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  1976 words  |  Martina Birk

Royals are not immune from the odd fashion mishap.  The Queen and Kate Middleton have worn dresses on windy days, thought to be controversial. Other royal fashion faux pas include royals wearing shirts backward and shoes with holes. Princess Diana turned a choker given to her by the Queen into a headband, resulting in reported tension with the monarch. Princess Diana once wore a wedding-gift choker as a headband. [Read More]

A 28-year-old who got her buccal fat removed last year and has 'zero regrets' describes the procedur

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  827 words  |  Martina Birk

Redeem now Amber Rapp, 28, underwent buccal fat removal surgery last year after thinking about it for a decade. Interest in buccal fat, or cheek fat, removal has spiked in the last few years, plastic surgeons told Insider. Rapp said she felt insecure about her full cheeks since she was a teenager, and did extensive research prior to the surgery. Nebraska-based YouTuber Amber Rapp got her buccal fat, or cheek fat, removed last year and hasn't looked back. [Read More]

Cardiff - Get Ready For More Steps!

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  153 words  |  Martina Birk

Steps have added a second Cardiff date to their Party on the Dancefloor tour! If you're ready to Party on the Dancefloor to celebrate 20 years of Steps, then the group have just added a second Cardiff date to their tour. There's been a huge reaction to Steps reforming, and new single Scared of the Dark has become an instant pop classic. With new album Tears On The Dancefloor also arriving in April, it looks like 2017 could be the year of Steps! [Read More]

Interior designers share 8 bedroom trends that will be huge next year and 5 on their way out

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1007 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

We asked three interior designers to share which bedroom trends are in and out for 2024.Bringing nature inside by using natural materials is a growing bedroom trend.   The designers said minimalism and all-white bedrooms are on their way out. Business Insider asked interior designers what's going to be in and out for bedrooms next year. Here's what they said. Biophilic design is making major headway. Plants and natural sunlight can add a lot to a space. [Read More]

Kaley Cuoco Dreams Up a True-Crime Podcast to Solve a Murder in 'Based on a True Story' Trailer: Wat

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  565 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Kaley Cuoco has her sights set on solving a murder. In Peacock's dark comedic thriller, Based on a True Story, Cuoco plays Ava, who dreams up the idea to start a true-crime podcast when a serial killer "that's basically in [her] backyard" begins to garner national attention. It's the perfect answer to the financial problems she and her beau, Nathan (Chris Messina), are facing as he recently lost his job, they're expecting a baby and they're very, very behind on bills. [Read More]

The Fall of the House of Usher TV Episode Recaps & News

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  245 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

The Fall of the House of Usher doesn’t waste any time before playing Edgar Allan Poe’s greatest hits. In the first 30 seconds of the series premiere, I counted at least four references to four separate works, some more obscure than others. (No points for noticing the raven, but you admire the audacity of that “Another Brick in the Wall” needle drop, which is destined to send a shiver up the spine of anyone who knows “The Cask of Amontillado. [Read More]

The Snow men: a family history | Life and style

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1267 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Life and styleInterviewThe Snow men: a family historyHistorian Dan Snow and his broadcaster father Peter have a joint fascination with politics and the past. But do they also share the same outlook on love? Interviews by Carlene Thomas-BaileyMy dad: by Dan Snow, historianDad never made any allowances for anyone. From the age of four he was asking me, "Who do you think should win the next general election?", just because I happened to be the only person in the room. [Read More]