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Metro
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Boris and Carrie Johnson welcome fourth child together and reveal cute nickname
Former prime minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie have welcomed their fourth child together. Carrie shared the happy news on her Instagram page after a secret pregnancy. Their new baby, named Poppy Eliza Josephine Johnson, was born on Wednesday, May 21. And Carrie has revealed the adorable nickname for her new daughter: Pops, or Pop Tart. She said in her social media post: 'I can't believe how pretty and tiny you are. Feel so incredibly lucky. We are all totally smitten. 'Not sure I've slept a minute since you were born as can't stop looking at how completely lovely you are. Craig Munro breaks down Westminster chaos into easy to follow insight, walking you through what the latest policies mean to you. Sign up here. 'Thank you so much to the amazing maternity team at UCLH and particularly to Asma and Patrick who have looked after me so well through all my pregnancies. I really cannot thank you guys enough. 'Wilf, Romy and Frank are utterly delighted, particularly Romy who was desperate for a little sister. Bring on the matching dresses. 'A final gang member! 'Back from hospital now and time for cocktails and pizza with my tiny baby snoozing on my lap. Life doesn't get any better.' This is the fourth child Carrie and Johnson share. Their son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas was born in 2020, Romy Iris Charlotte was born in 2021, and Frank Alfred Odysseus was born in 2023. The couple announced their engagement in February 2020 and Wilfred was born in April of that year. They married in 2021 at Westminster Cathedral. Johnson has five other children, four with ex-wife Marina Wheeler and one with arts consultant Helen Macintyre. More Trending Poppy was born at University College London Hospital, and Carrie shared snaps of her older children meeting their new baby sister and stroking her head. She also shared a selfie cuddling Poppy to her chest in a hospital bed, and another picture of Johnson cradling his newborn daughter on his lap. The new parents also tucked in to a pepperoni pizza and a Lockdown Liquor & Co bottle of Pina Colada to celebrate their return home from hospital. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page.
The Guardian
28-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Liquid optimism: why Babycham is ripe for a revival
Although the past is rarely ever as simple or as delicious as we remember it, it seems that culinary nostalgia is very much in vogue. Take the gelatinous success of Instagram accounts such as 70s Dinner Party or the unfathomable cool-ification of devilled eggs. Another thing that's deserving of a prance back into popularity is Babycham. It's kitsch in a bottle. Liquid, postwar optimism. And it's potentially up for a modern revival. Or at least I want it to be, so I'm writing a column about it. It's called manifesting. The Guardian's journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. For those who didn't live through its heyday, Babycham is a sparkling perry, which is like cider, except made from pears. Originally named Champagne de la Poire, Babycham was created by the Showering cider family from pears they saw going to waste when they were buying from local apple orchards. In a postwar world, Herbert Showering saw the changes in drinking habits among women, and an opportunity to create a drink targeted specifically at them. And so Babycham sparkling perry was born. Dinky glasses, handsome men and extremely flammable dresses painted a picture of glamorous, feminine and moderated drinking. Back then, it was an aspirational picture for an emerging middle class; today, however, the obvious attempt to market to women by men feels dated and cynical. If you'd like some further reading on this, drinks writer Rachel Hendry wrote a sparkling deep-dive on Babycham as a precautionary tale about heavily gendered marketing and the part it had to play in the drink falling out of favour with a 21st-century audience. But a modern Babycham is more than deserving of a revival. In 2021, some 70 years after its launch, the sons of the original Showering brothers bought back the brand from Accolade Wines, with the aspiration to 'modernise' it to 'new and familiar customers' (if they're looking for a new Babycham girl, my DMs are open). At 6% ABV and with a sweet, fruity palate, it makes a lot of sense in the current market, where low-alcohol and storied drinks are favoured among a younger generation. If you like the sweet, soft fruitiness of prosecco, for example, you'll probably like Babycham. Other than drinking it straight, try treating it as you would sparkling wine in a cocktail. Anywhere you'd pop prosecco, use Babycham. Mix it into a sgroppino. Pour it into a bellini. Serve it alongside a pornstar martini. I even once had it at an underground bar mixed with eau de vie and raspberry syrup, though I don't remember a great deal after that. Babycham Sparkling Perry £3.50 (4 x 200ml) Tesco, 6%. Original-recipe, uncut Babycham. Fresh, light and ripe. Lockdown Liquor & Co Passionfruit Martini £25 (500ml) Lockdown Liquor & Co, 14%. Serve a chaser of Babycham with your martini. Funkin White Peach Purée £11.20 (1kg) Ocado. Baby bellinis, anyone? There's a kilo of the stuff in this pouch, but it'll last for a week (maybe more). One for birthday celebrations, perhaps. Vault Aperitivo Bitter £35 (700ml) Vault Aperitivo, 29.6%. Mix this British vermouth with Babycham to make a baby sbagliato (or should that be a babliato?).
