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Torrijas have long been a symbol of Easter in Spain, a much-loved tradition that’s now enjoyed all year round. They were originally made to use up old bread, turning simple leftovers into something truly delicious. Here, I’m giving them a very early Easter twist with hot cross buns, which add their own special flavour and … Read more

Eric McBean was living on the 19th floor of a high-rise in Eccles, Greater Manchester, when he had his lightbulb moment. “Everywhere in the building was nice – apart from the bins,” he says. On Friday they’d get emptied; by Sunday they’d be overflowing. “People who don’t even live in the block decide: ‘There’s a … Read more

new video loaded: NASA Astronauts Depart I.S.S. transcript Back transcript NASA Astronauts Depart I.S.S. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are on their way home after an unexpected nine months in space. The four departing Crew-9 crew members posing for some final photos. Looking once again inside Dragon, Butch Wilmore on the left. On the far … Read more

Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is now accessible across the White House campus. It is the latest installment of the Wi-Fi network across the government since Mr. Musk joined the Trump administration as an unpaid adviser. It was not immediately clear when the White House complex was fitted with Starlink … Read more

When we asked readers of the Filter to tell us how they use less plastic, it’s fair to say few were quite as dedicated as Helen Mann. “I only buy Clipper teabags [which are plastic-free],” she told us, “and I grow my own nettles, nasturtiums, dandelions and mint, then dehydrate them and use the leaves … Read more

It is 7.30am. The sky is a pink-and-gold blur, and the breeze is invigorating. It’s a perfect day to walk from my London home to the source of the River Thames. I’m travelling light – phone, sandwich, water bottle – so I need nothing but a pair of capacious pockets. I have been walking the 185-mile Thames … Read more

Among the endless brilliant advice in Jane Grigson’s The Mushroom Feast is a note about size that is really helpful. It is in relation to the cultivated mushrooms readily available in greengrocers and supermarkets, the controlled development of which she reveals to be as every bit as fascinating as the mysterious appearance of wild ones. … Read more

Much like the problems of the show’s deplorable characters, the White Lotus effect cannot be escaped. After the writer-director Mike White’s second season of the black comedy was released, tourists flooded its Sicilian coastal setting of Taormina, and its luxe backdrop of the Four Seasons San Domenico Palace was booked out for six months straight … Read more

A new and ­sophisticated fraud has emerged in which criminals transfer the bank cards of victims on to the digital wallets of their own phones and then buy goods online and in high street shops. A group of anti-fraud bodies have come together to warn of the dangers of the scam, which international criminal gangs … Read more

Strangers had sexual relations in our Premier Inn room while we were out and Premier Inn refuses to do anything about it. We are an elderly couple in our 70s and my husband has advanced Parkinson’s and ­dementia. We had booked an accessible room for two nights in the London Stratford hotel over Christmas while … Read more