Tom Hunt’s peach cobbler. Photograph: Tom Hunt/The GuardianTom Hunt’s peach cobbler. Photograph: Tom Hunt/The GuardianWaste notFoodJust when you think a peach is ready, it’s suddenly over-ripe – but that’s the prime time to use them in puree, smoothies or in puddings such as this cobbler A ripe peach is a beautiful thing: juicy, sweet and full of flavour. But this tender summer fruit has a short shelf life, and is quick to ripen and easily bruised.
A Ukrainian serviceman is seen in the trenches in the frontline of Bakhmut in Donetsk, Ukraine. Photograph: Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesThe eastern city of Bakhmut – where soldiers suffer bitter cold and lack of supplies – is now the war’s most violent front
Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates by Peter Beaumont in Bakhmut areaWhen Nazar and his fellow soldiers came to the village outside the key city of Bakhmut that they had been ordered to attack, they thought they would be there for a single day.
Life and styleThere was a Rabbi, a Vicar and a PriestTime and again they are the butt of other people's humour. But now we give a blonde, a mother-in-law, and others who are regularly mocked, a chance to tell us a joke of their own.The Englishman
(Jody Winterbottom)
So this rabbit walks into a butcher's shop and says to the butcher, 'Got any carrots?'
The butcher says, 'No, we have only meat here.
Florida This article is more than 4 months oldThree-legged Florida bear raids poolside fridge for cans of White ClawThis article is more than 4 months oldVideo footage of ‘Tripod’ shows bear taking food and hard seltzer from area next to a swimming pool at a private residence
A three-legged bear in Florida has been spotted raiding a poolside refrigerator for cans of White Claw hard seltzer before heading back into the woods.
THE BODY BEAUTIFULWho was the first person infected with HIV and how were they infected? Chris Williams, Birmingham UK
We will surely never know who or how, but we can speculate. There was a great deal of conjecture in the late 1980's about Patient Zero, identified as Gaetan Dugas - a Canadian flight attendant who purportedly knowingly infected as many as 250 men a year on both sides of the Atlantic - said to have singlehandedly started the epidemic, but most of this is now largely discredited.
Life and style'It's nothing to do with my father'She's only 24, but already has her own Harrods boutique and counts Victoria Beckham among her fans. In her first interview, designer Jasmine Al Fayed talks about her life and family to Hadley FreemanThe ghost of Mrs Merton hangs pungently in the air as Jasmine Al Fayed and I take our seats in her favourite bar on Portobello Road. Ho hum, may as well get it over with: "
Lost in showbizLife and styleDavid Beckham's new nickname is preternaturally coolDavid Beckham: a hero warrior whose ability to be accepted and make a difference has always been under threat from his surname's poignant incapacity to bear the classic, footballer-nickname suffix -y (see Wisey, Scholesey, all-the-frickin'-resty).
Inspirational news for humanity, then, as it is reported that David's wife Victoria has come up with a totally awesome nickname for the man she once christened Goldenballs.
The long read: For years I lived with the Inuit community in Canada’s far north. But it was only later, when the suicides began, that I learned of the epidemic of abuse that had unfolded during that time Published: 21 Jul 2022 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKiipLOquMRon66fmGKvs7vDsg%3D%3D
Internet demon or buzz machine? Photograph: AKP Photos/AlamyInternet demon or buzz machine? Photograph: AKP Photos/AlamyMusic blogMusicIs YouTube a music industry devil or buzz-making deity?Red Hot Chili Peppers’ manager Peter Mensch is the latest to slam the internet company for not fairly paying artists. But there’s more to the online music streaming debate than meets the ear
The music industry has never been shy of using exaggeration as a negotiating tactic. Its deployment long precedes the mic drop as a way to shut down a debate.
Nelson Mandela This article is more than 11 years oldMandela the movie: Idris Elba gives short shrift to South African actorsThis article is more than 11 years oldBritish-born star picked to play Nelson Mandela in biopic after casting agent says local actors lack stature for roleMorgan Freeman, Danny Glover, David Harewood, Dennis Haysbert, Terrence Howard, Clarke Peters, Sidney Poitier and now Idris Elba: all are actors who have been cast as Nelson Mandela – yet none is South African.