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Cosmopolitan
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Easyjet summer 2026 sale: The best limited flight deals under £50
This is not a drill, Easyjet has just launched their summer sale for 2026, with flights available from £21.99. Earlier today [22 July] the budget airline released 'millions' of tickets for all their flights available to book up until 13 September 2026. You can also book Easyjet package holidays up until October 2026. The way the Easyjet summer sale works is the prices are based on dynamic pricing aka when there's a lot of demand for flights the prices go up, and when there's less demand the prices are generally more affordable. Included within the flights for this year's summer sale are trips to destinations including Marrakech, Majorca, Milan, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Venice, and many, many more including a number of UK destinations. These are some of the best deals we've found so far for trips departing the UK next summer: It's worth noting these prices are purely just for the flights and not any added baggage apart from the standard allowance of your small underseat bag. Now the only question left to decide is where to go next year? Find more flight details at Easyjet Lydia Venn is Cosmopolitan UK's Senior Entertainment and Lifestyle Writer. She covers everything from TV and film, to the latest celebrity news. She also writes across our work/life section regularly creating quizzes, covering exciting new food releases and sharing the latest interior must-haves. In her role she's interviewed everyone from Margot Robbie to Niall Horan, and her work has appeared on an episode of The Kardashians. After completing a degree in English at the University of Exeter, Lydia moved into fashion journalism, writing for the Daily Express, before working as Features Editor at The Tab, where she spoke on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Talk Radio. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of Gilmore Girls and 00s teen movies, and in her free time can be found with a margarita in hand watching the Real Housewives on repeat. Find her on LinkedIn.
Cosmopolitan
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Nando's launches caesar salad wrap with added pickles - we tried it, here's our detailed verdict
Calling all Nando's fans! The restaurant has just launched a brand new Super Caesar Wrap for summer and we were one of the first people to try it - these are our unfiltered thoughts on the new menu addition. Added to the menu yesterday, the new Super Caesar Wrap is inspired by the Internet's love of caesar salad and girl dinner. It features pulled chicken, crunchy croutons, crisp lettuce, herby pickles, creamy salad dressing and a drizzle of the recently launched PERi-honey. We already love the restaurant's existing caesar salad, but how will the wrap match up to it? Well a bunch of the Cosmo team traded in our regular meal deals for a delicious Nando's lunch to find out. We really liked the switch-up of the shredded pulled chicken as opposed to classic grilled chicken and found there was a really decent amount of chicken in the wrap. We also loved the caesar sauce mixed with the classic Nando's sauce and the addition of the Peri-honey which perfectly balanced sweet, tangy and spicy flavours. Some of the team loved the addition of the pickles and found it elevated the flavours of the traditional caesar salad, but those of us who are not pickle fans, we found it took over a lot of the flavour of the wrap. So if you love pickles, you'll be obsessed and if not, maybe request it not to be made with pickles. The croutons are a nice addition, the only thing we're missing is a sprinkle of parmesan. So would we get it again? Hands down yes. And returning to the menu is the Garlic BBQ sauce after fans voted in their thousands to have it added to the menu again. It beat out Mango & Lime and Smoky Churrasco to return to the menu. We tried it on wings, and it's safe to say we're very happy to have the sweet smoky flavour back in our lives. The new Super Caesar Wrap is available for £10.25 at all Nando's restaurants across the UK & Ireland. Lydia Venn is Cosmopolitan UK's Senior Entertainment and Lifestyle Writer. She covers everything from TV and film, to the latest celebrity news. She also writes across our work/life section regularly creating quizzes, covering exciting new food releases and sharing the latest interior must-haves. In her role she's interviewed everyone from Margot Robbie to Niall Horan, and her work has appeared on an episode of The Kardashians. After completing a degree in English at the University of Exeter, Lydia moved into fashion journalism, writing for the Daily Express, before working as Features Editor at The Tab, where she spoke on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Talk Radio. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of Gilmore Girls and 00s teen movies, and in her free time can be found with a margarita in hand watching the Real Housewives on repeat. Find her on LinkedIn.
Cosmopolitan
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
M&S launches 3 chunky loaded cookies including viral pistachio flavour - we tried them, here's our verdict
Calling all M&S cookie fans, the supermarket has just answered our prayers and released a brand new type of cookie in three unique flavours, and this time they're getting chunky. We tried them earlier today (9 July) and this is exactly what we thought, including which one is worth your money. Launching in M&S Food stores across the nation today are three new Chunked N'Loaded cookies - raspberry cheesecake, chocolate hazelnut and pistachio. According to M&S' official Instagram, each cookie is: "Hand finished and baked daily, each bite reveals a delicious hidden centre and is LOADED with yumminess, crafted from an all-butter recipe using Wildfarmed flour, and topped with extra drizzles and delights - think melt in your mouth with a satisfyingly crisp and gooey bite!" We tried all three earlier today and were very surprised by which one was our favourite. First up was the pistachio, which was loaded with pistachio nibs on top and a white chocolate drizzle, in the centre was a pistachio paste. We're big fans of pistachio flavours (it's literally everywhere this summer) but this cookie had more of a lemon flavour to it than a pistachio, leaving us quite disappointed. Next up we tried the chocolate and hazelnut, which is meant to have a oozy chocolate centre however we found our one wasn't that gooey. It had a really nice strong hazelnut flavour and wasn't too sweet which we liked. And finally we tried the raspberry cheesecake which had a strong raspberry flavour combined with the cheesecakey filling. Easily our favourite one was the chocolate and hazelnut, with the raspberry cheesecake coming in a close second. Overall the cookies are very different to the OG M&S cookies which are much thinner and chewier, whereas these new cookies have a denser crumblier texture to them. They come in solo packages and so they're great for grabbing on the go, but at £2.50 per individual cookie, we'd probably pick the traditional five pack of cookies for value for money next time. Lydia Venn is Cosmopolitan UK's Senior Entertainment and Lifestyle Writer. She covers everything from TV and film, to the latest celebrity news. She also writes across our work/life section regularly creating quizzes, covering exciting new food releases and sharing the latest interior must-haves. In her role she's interviewed everyone from Margot Robbie to Niall Horan, and her work has appeared on an episode of The Kardashians. After completing a degree in English at the University of Exeter, Lydia moved into fashion journalism, writing for the Daily Express, before working as Features Editor at The Tab, where she spoke on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Talk Radio. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of Gilmore Girls and 00s teen movies, and in her free time can be found with a margarita in hand watching the Real Housewives on repeat. Find her on LinkedIn.
Cosmopolitan
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Ryanair to make surprising positive major change to hand baggage allowance, how it'll impact your travels
In very surprising but positive news, Ryanair is set to change their hand baggage allowance, which will allow customers to take more on board for free in their under-seat bag. And honestly? What a game-changer. Right now, as many passengers who fly on the budget airline will be all too aware the standard Ryanair free hand luggage bag size is 40 x 25 x 20cm, which gives you up to 20 litres of storage to take on board. However, now following on from an agreement amongst European airlines to make a new minimum size for cabin baggage, Ryanair is going to increase one of the dimensions of their bags from 25cm to 30cm. This now means the maximum size bag you can take on a Ryanair flight for *free* is *40 x 30 x 20cm* which gives you an extra four litres of volume. Sounds like an extra outfit or book to us. The new sizing is more in line with Easyjet who currently allow customers to bring a free under seat bag measuring 45 x 36 x 20 cm. The change to baggage is reportedly set to take place in the coming weeks, with a spokesperson for the airline, telling the Independent: "This change will be implemented over the coming weeks, as our airport bag sizers are adjusted." So before you fly, just triple check what size bag your airport is using, as you really don't want to be caught out using a bigger bag than you can. If you already use a bag that is accepted on Ryanair flights, then you'll still be able to use this carrying forward. But if you feel like upgrading your bag and getting four extra litres of space, then these are our top recommendations: Lydia Venn is Cosmopolitan UK's Senior Entertainment and Lifestyle Writer. She covers everything from TV and film, to the latest celebrity news. She also writes across our work/life section regularly creating quizzes, covering exciting new food releases and sharing the latest interior must-haves. In her role she's interviewed everyone from Margot Robbie to Niall Horan, and her work has appeared on an episode of The Kardashians. After completing a degree in English at the University of Exeter, Lydia moved into fashion journalism, writing for the Daily Express, before working as Features Editor at The Tab, where she spoke on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Talk Radio. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of Gilmore Girls and 00s teen movies, and in her free time can be found with a margarita in hand watching the Real Housewives on repeat. Find her on LinkedIn.
Cosmopolitan
29-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
How to remove a festival wristband properly without cutting it, using things you have already
Festival season is well and truly underway, with Glastonbury wrapping up its 53rd year of the festival this weekend, and many more events including Forwards Festival, Creamfields, and All Points East all set to take place this summer. But after the festival is over, and you're heading home in your (potentially) muddy wellyboots, you're likely looking to preserve the memories, beyond the cute Polaroids and TikToks. And one very easy way to keep those festival memories alive? Keeping your festival wristband. But how do you keep it one piece? We've got all the hacks to know. A festival wristband is an iconic part of the festival uniform, and though it may be covered in booze, mud and the odd ketchup stain, you still want to hold on to it, not only for the memories, but in the case of Glastonbury, to prove that you went there. Of course you can always just cut your wristband in half to take if off your arm, but then you don't get to preserve it in one piece, so how do you do it? Well this is our essential step by step guide. Still need festival tickets? Enter our Club Cosmo competition for free and be in with a chance of winning tickets to Creamfields or Forwards Festival. ENTER FOR FREE HERE Tips: this works best on looser wristbands, if it's on super tightly please don't pull and tug your wristband. The plastic tag on the wristband has teeth which stop it from becoming loose, so for this method it's about being able to pull the wristband through those teeth, here's how. And now keep the wristband for years to come and reflect on all those festival memories. Lydia Venn is Cosmopolitan UK's Senior Entertainment and Lifestyle Writer. She covers everything from TV and film, to the latest celebrity news. She also writes across our work/life section regularly creating quizzes, covering exciting new food releases and sharing the latest interior must-haves. In her role she's interviewed everyone from Margot Robbie to Niall Horan, and her work has appeared on an episode of The Kardashians. After completing a degree in English at the University of Exeter, Lydia moved into fashion journalism, writing for the Daily Express, before working as Features Editor at The Tab, where she spoke on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Talk Radio. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of Gilmore Girls and 00s teen movies, and in her free time can be found with a margarita in hand watching the Real Housewives on repeat. Find her on LinkedIn.
