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The Herald Scotland
3 days ago
- Business
- The Herald Scotland
Global lifestyle brand Anthropologie to open Glasgow store
The new store will feature homeware, accessories and clothing including Anthropologie's own fashion labels, Maeve, Pilcro and Daily Practice, alongside a curated selection of popular womenswear brands. The store opening will create 15 new jobs across roles including store manager, assistant visual manager and display coordinator. Taking a 10-year lease, the 4,300 sq ft space marks Anthropologie's second store in Scotland and its 19th store in the UK. READ MORE: Alex Williams, Senior Asset Manager – Head of Scotland at LCP, part of M Core, which manages Princes Square, said: We're delighted that Anthropologie has chosen Princes Square by M to open its second store in Scotland. "We're confident that this new high-profile store opening will further strengthen the shopping destination's fashion and lifestyle offering and prove popular with visitors.' Matt Hilgeman, Managing Director at Anthropologie International, added: 'We're incredibly excited to open our doors in Glasgow and continue growing the Anthropologie community in Scotland. Glasgow is a city known for its rich cultural heritage and dynamic fashion scene. "Opening in Princes Square, one of the city's most iconic shopping destinations, offers our loyal Scottish customers a beautiful new space to engage with the brand.' Opening its doors later this year, the store will operate Monday to Saturday from 10am to 6pm (extended to 7pm on Thursdays), and from 11am to 6pm on Sundays.
RTÉ News
5 days ago
- Health
- RTÉ News
Leaving Cert Diary 2025: English Paper 1 is the exam for writers
The Leaving Cert Diary series, with thanks to our friends at the Irish Second-Level Students' Union, is back for another year. Here, Waterford student Lidiia gives us her take on English Paper 1. And keep scrolling as Kerry student Maeve tells us what was cooking in Home Economics... But, before you go any further remember to look after yourselves during exam time - here are some tips to help you eat, sleep and manage stress. Lidiia's Exam Blog The paper that 'you cannot study for' is also, I believe, the one that writers love the most. It is where you can play with your imagination - becoming, for example, a hotel manager and writing a response to a bad review. It is the Paper where practice is more important than knowledge. This year's general theme for Paper One was 'Perspectives', which I was very happy with, as it can be interpreted and explored in many ways. I was also happy with all three comprehension texts, and I found all three Question A prompts manageable. Personally, I chose to answer Question A on the first text, 'The Underdog Effect', where in Part Two I managed to intertwine Shakespeare's King Lea r and The Secret History by Donna Tartt into my answer. I then answered Question B on the second text, The Perspective of a 'Wise Old Counsellor. The part of the exam I was most thrilled about was composing. I had decided at the beginning of 6th year that I would answer the short story question, and it was lovely to see two options. I chose to write a story in 'which a plucky chancer challenges a more privileged or established opponent'. However, I believe my choice was unusual, as most of my classmates opted to write a personal essay. Overall, I ended up writing a full sixteen pages in my script and was happy with how Paper One turned out. Nevertheless, I must confess that due to the stressful nature of the exam, I unknowingly skipped Part 3 of Question A. In moments like these, it's important to remind ourselves that not answering one question is absolutely not the end of the world. Mistakes happen; human error is normal and should not be shamed. Student to student, it's okay to feel disappointed in the moment, but you must remind yourself to keep calm and carry on! Paper Two is tomorrow, and I'd like to wish the best of luck to everyone. I'll sign off with a quote from Epictetus: "We cannot control the external events around us, but we can control our reaction to them." Maeve's blog Second exam finished today with Home Ec! Honestly after the highs of English Paper 1, this paper brought me back down to earth fairly fast. Home Ec is such a content heavy subject and it's really difficult to prepare for what will appear on the exam, as not one aspect of the course can be left behind and the paper is incredibly difficult to predict. To start the paper, I found that the short questions in Section A were challenging at first glance but most were doable when the gears began turning. Lipids coming up as the main macronutrient in Section B was a welcome relief and Section B question 1(a) was a really nice table to analyse. The choices for the rest of Section B were broad so they would have suited a lot of people. Section C part 4 is where things got a little rocky, with an extensive analysis of meat required, and I found option (b) and (c) to both be difficult options to choose between. Overall a challenging paper I hope that the marking scheme will be kind to us! Founded in 2008, the ISSU is the national representative body for school students in the Republic of Ireland. The ISSU is led by students, for students.
The Guardian
27-05-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
Origin Hybrid Pro mattress review: gigantic, firm … the James Bond of mattresses
The Origin Hybrid Pro is a cool, smooth hunk of a thing. This gigantic hybrid bed-in-a-box would be the James Bond of mattresses, if Bond ever traded his 007 for life as a stacked gym bro. It's too firm for me, but if you've struggled to find a mattress that offers enough support without feeling like an actual plank of wood, it could be your ideal match. The Guardian's journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. At £680 for a double, the Hybrid Pro isn't a bargain. However, its 31cm depth and beefy construction suggest to me that it will perform well for ages, potentially reducing aches, pains and night sweats, as well as providing years of comfortable sleep. My pipsqueak body needs more softness than the Hybrid Pro offers, so I asked my sister and her husband – avowed fans of a solid mattress – to sleep on it for two months and report back. They were almost unequivocally delighted, right up to the point where I told them the test was over and they had to give it to charity. Here, I'll reveal the many reasons why they adored the Hybrid Pro, and a couple of reasons I didn't. View at Origin Origin sent me a double of the Hybrid Pro for testing. I shared it with my husband for two nights before delegating sleep-testing responsibilities to my sister, Maeve, and brother-in-law, Ben. With other family members, we rated factors such as its firmness and overall comfort level side by side with several other mattresses, and I ran lab-style tests to measure factors such as sinkage, edge support and heat retention. You can read more about our mattress testing exploits here. View at Origin Many mattress companies bamboozle you with choice, but Origin keeps things simple by selling just two mattresses: the mid-price Hybrid and the premium Hybrid Pro. The Hybrid Pro comes in five sizes, ranging from single to super king. When not on offer, it's one of the most expensive mattresses I've tested, falling marginally cheaper than the £1,199 Simba Hybrid Pro. However, Origin (and indeed Simba, and other best mattress brands) runs regular sales with big discounts. As with all hybrid mattresses, the Hybrid Pro combines layers of springs and memory foam to provide a balance of support and comfort. There are two layers of titanium springs: more than 5,700 19cm springs for adaptive support, and a layer of microsprings whose jobs include reducing motion transfer to stop you being disturbed by a restless partner. The Hybrid Pro has three memory foam layers: a 5cm open-cell HexaGrid Plus layer to cushion the body and let the air circulate; breathable comfort foam, to absorb movement from the springs immediately below; and dense foam around the edges to fortify the mattress and support you when you get in and out of bed. The Hybrid Pro's cool, silky sleeping surface is made from Tencel, a breathable, cushioned material made from wood pulp. Then there's a 1.1cm layer of natural latex infused with graphite, followed by an organic bamboo-infused wool layer, which helps to regulate temperature and keep you cool at night. With eight layers (nine, if you include the non-slip base), the Hybrid Pro stacks up to a whopping 31cm, making it the deepest mattress I've tested. My standard double fitted sheet wasn't snug enough to stay in place all night, so I recommend investing in a deeper fitted sheet. It's heavy at 43kg, but Origin says you don't need to turn or rotate it to keep it consistently supportive. Origin describes the Hybrid Pro as medium-firm, but my mattress-testing panel – made up of my family – thinks it's firm, and gave it an 8.2/10 firmness score. When I stacked 7.5kg of weights on to the sleeping surface of the Hybrid Pro, it sank a maximum of 18mm, less than any other mattress I've tested. For comparison, the Eve Wunderflip Hybrid sank 40mm – and that's advertised as medium-firm, too. Origin's 200-night free trial gives you several months to test the mattress for yourself before deciding whether to keep it, and you also get a 15-year warranty. Type: hybridFirmness: advertised as medium-firm, panel rated as 8.2/10Depth: 31cmCover: not removableTurn or rotate: not neededTrial period: 200 nightsWarranty: 15 yearsOld mattress recycling: £54 Sustainability credentials: foam is CertiPUR approved; returned mattresses go to the British Heart Foundation The Hybrid Pro is a bed-in-a-box mattress, so it was vacuum-shrunk in the factory before being delivered to my hallway in a big cardboard box. Its next-day courier delivery was quicker than most rivals, and the early evening two-hour delivery window was convenient. The ArrowXL couriers left the boxed mattress in my hallway, and my husband and I hauled it upstairs for unpacking on our slatted bed base. The thick layers of tight plastic that kept the mattress from expanding en route were a pain to remove, although this is standard with bed-in-a-box mattresses. Scissors are essential to remove the plastic, as is a careful hand to avoid nicking the mattress. Once released from its cocoon, the Hybrid Pro inflated much faster than others I've tested, although the surface isn't consistently supportive until it's had at least a day to fully expand. Ferrying the huge mattress to my sister's house for sleep testing wasn't easy. Luckily, Ben has a van – but the van couldn't help us get the Hybrid Pro up their narrow stairs. We managed between the four of us, and wouldn't want to do it again. Get your mattress upstairs while it's still boxed, or ask the couriers to do it. Sign up to The Filter Get the best shopping advice from the Filter team straight to your inbox. The Guardian's journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. after newsletter promotion The Hybrid Pro looks and feels more like a high-end pocket sprung mattress than a memory foam hybrid, which may be why my sister, Maeve, and her husband, Ben, fell in love with it at first kip. The couple had spent years sharing a firm sprung mattress, and had decided that no hybrid could match it for support and breathability. They disliked the spongy surface of the Eve Wunderflip Hybrid, and found even the sumptuous Simba Hybrid Pro 'too flat and soft', with too little room for air to move around their skin. The Origin's 'silky surface with long dents' was more to their liking. The pillowy Tencel surface provided enough cushioning to stop the mattress from feeling too hard, according to Maeve and Ben, who sleep mainly on their sides and occasionally on their backs. Beneath the Tencel, the layers provided strong orthopaedic pushback, which they loved. Ben, in particular, reported that his sleep improved as a result. He uses a Garmin watch to track his sleep quality – drawing on factors such as how long he stayed asleep and how many times he woke in the night – and his average sleep score increased from 67 (fair) to 82 (good). My testers also reported excellent motion isolation and hailed the 'life-changing' failure to notice each other's tossing and turning. This could be because they were used to sleeping on a bouncy sprung mattress. In my tests with a glass of water, the Hybrid Pro was an average performer, absorbing movement less well than the Eve and Simba mattresses but better than the Otty Original Hybrid and the Ikea Valevåg. On breathability, the Origin is the best-performing hybrid mattress I've tested. No mattress can actively cool you down unless you put your sheets in the freezer, but the Hybrid Pro's cool surface, open-cell foam and other cooling materials successfully averted night-time clamminess for my testers. It performed well in my heat-retention tests, too, cooling down faster than all rivals, other than Ikea's budget pocket sprung Valevåg. As with all the mattresses I tested, I shared the Hybrid Pro with my husband for two nights before handing it over to our relatives. We liked the puffy surface but found the overall tension too firm for comfort. When lying on my side, my hips and shoulders didn't feel cradled as with the Otty and the Simba. That's worth bearing in mind if, like me, you're small or a side sleeper and need some cushioning. Then there's the size issue. Origin says you don't have to turn or rotate the Hybrid Pro, but you still have to change your bedsheets, and you need strong arms to lift the corners of this thing. My standard sheets didn't fit on it securely enough to avoid crumpling in the night, so you may need to buy special deep fitted sheets. The lack of a removable cover surprised me, especially given the price of this mattress. It's become standard for premium hybrids to have a fabric cover that you can unzip and wash in the machine, but here it's sewn into place. The surface damages easily, too, as we discovered when assaulting it with weights, thermometers, boots and cat claws for our tests. Add a special deep mattress protector to that bedsheet shopping list. Many of the materials used in the Hybrid Pro are easily and widely recycled. Metal springs, wool, fabric and natural latex are all recyclable, although you will need to take them to the appropriate sections of a waste facility. Memory foam (low-resistance polyurethane foam) presents a tougher environmental challenge. It's made using energy-intensive processes, and isn't biodegradable or easily recyclable, so it often ends up in landfill. To have it recycled by specialists, you need to pay a mattress company to collect it. Origin, like rivals including Otty and Simba, will recycle your old mattresses, whether or not they're made by the brand. Origin doesn't recycle all the unwanted mattresses it receives, though. If they're in good enough shape to be reused, it deep-cleans them and donates them through its charity partner, the British Heart Foundation. This collection service isn't free, and Origin's £54 fee is higher than Simba's £50 and Otty's £40. All Origin's materials are certified by Oeko-Tex and CertiPUR to minimise the impact on health and the environment, and Origin says its products are made 'without mercury, lead and heavy metals, ozone depleters, formaldehyde, VOCs [or] phthalates regulated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission'. The company also aims to be net zero by 2030. This is a fabulously well-made and luxurious mattress that should last more than a decade. If you crave strong support with a dash of cooling cushioning on top, the Origin Hybrid Pro is a worthy investment. View at Origin Jane Hoskyn is a freelance consumer journalist and WFH pioneer with three decades of experience in rearranging bookshelves and 'testing' coffee machines while deadlines loom. Her work has made her a low-key expert in all manner of consumables, from sports watches to solar panels. She would always rather be in the woods
The Review Geek
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
MobLand – Season 1 Episode 8 'Helter Skelter' Recap & Review
Helter Skelter Episode 8 of Mobland begins with Conrad and Maeve reflecting on Brendan's birth and the dreams they had for the boy. All of that has come crashing down now that he's been acquainted with the wrong side of a chainsaw. Seraphina is still in a state of shock but she's dropped off with Harry, while Kat now owes Jaime Lopez a big favour for sparing her life. Harry returns to the estate with Seraphina, with Maeve watching on disapprovingly from the window upstairs. Seraphina reflects on what happened with the deal, going on to admit to the family that she tried to strike a deal for the family's benefit. Conrad reassures her there's nothing she could have done differently, and out of everybody, he blames Richie for this. Maeve shows up in the middle of this and is strangely empathetic to Seraphina, giving her a hug and reassuring that she is a Harrigan given she tried to save Brendan. She also promises that they're going to avenge his death. When the ladies leave the room, Harry admits to Conrad that he had to strike a deal with Kat McAllister to get Seraphina out. Conrad isn't exactly happy and he questions Harry over how he knows Kat, but he keeps his cards close to his chest. The only thing he reveals is that he was approached 2 years back to switch over and work with her but he refused. After what's happened, Conrad is going to move Eddie, Bella and Kevin to a safehouse. But interestingly, he's keeping Gina and Jan at the estate. Conrad gets straight back to business though, wanting intel on the fentanyl and the ties with Jaime Lopez, wanting Harry to organize a sit-down with him. Kevin is incredulous when he finds out the extent of this and it's definitely eyebrow raising. Conrad not only wants to try and broker a deal with the man who just killed Brendan, but also bring in Kat's security detail to beef the place up to make sure nothing untoward happens. Harry's dilemma continues though when Jan tells him about the extent of Eddie's ties with Gina. Eddie talks a big game to Harry when he shows up in the bedroom to confront him, but he's taken aback by Harry's chilling calmness. Harry actually promises to give his blessing and support this relationship with Gina… but he also reassures Eddie that one day, when he's least expecting it and he's at the top of the mountain, he'll 'push him off'. This certainly wipes the smile off his face. However, Harry's words with Gina don't have the same effect when he tells her about Eddie's murderous capabilities. Gina shrugs it off though, pointing out that she's just choosing a guy similar to her father's traits. Meanwhile, Alice's Oscar performance last episode has brought in former Deputy Chief Inspector Colin Tattersall to assist (see: babysit) the police over how to break the Harrigan family. He's spent 30 years in the business and now he's a freelancer. Colin doesn't like their current idea of going after Jan and believes that a family with tentacles as long as the Harrigans can't be broken in that way. Instead, he believes they should go after Richie and work with him. Back at the estate, with Harry leaving for London, Conrad speaks to Jan and demands she call Alice. Conrad wants her to come down for dinner, and he continues his scheming after, speaking to Bella and essentially telling her to spy on Kevin. Maeve is still here too, similarly scheming away, and after giving Seraphina sleeping pills, immediately speaks to Kevin and reveals that Seraphina, just before dozing off, claimed that she's number 1 in the family. Kevin ignores Maeve's spinning as he has bigger fish to fry. He heads on down to the nursing home and finds the address Rigby is staying in from the visitor's book. En-route to this organized meet, Harry speaks to Freddie and tells him that 'the King is dead'. He knows that Conrad isn't in charge and that Maeve is the one pulling the strings. When Freddie wants out, Harry brings up how that's not a great idea. Harry continues on, revealing that he and Kevin are going to organize a coup and take the family over and make sure Richie is out the picture in the process too. Whether this is true or just a way to loosen Freddie's lips is still unclear at this point but we do get confirmation that Archie is clean and not the mole. Freddie knows who the real mole is working against them but we don't find that out right now. Instead, Harry throws Freddie off the roof and leaves to speak to Kat. Kat agrees to Conrad's terms, but makes it clear here that she's doing this for Harry, who now owes her two favours. Meanwhile, Fisk, Mukasa and Colin shows up to see Richie, bringing up how they want to take down the entire Harrigan operation but they need help to give it a bit of a push. In exchange, Richie will get full immunity plus ten years from the date Conrad is convicted. However, the police make it clear that they own him, which certainly isn't going to fly with him. He takes a gun and shoots both Fisk and Mukasa, killing them both. Colin though, sits in the wings and reassures him that yes, Richie does own the police. Hearing this, Richie agrees to their deal. The Episode Review Another intense episode of Mobland rolls round and this time we get some big revelations from key players. The mole working within the Harrigan family is still unknown at this point but it's clear the information is dangerous enough that Harry had to kill Freddie to keep it quiet. Meanwhile, Gina and Eddie's relationship looks like it's going to continue for the foreseeable future but given Eddie's cocky demeanour, it's unclear whether he's just with her to mess with Harry or if he genuinely likes the girl. Either way, that's a tricky powder-keg that could explode at any moment. We still don't know the full extent over Tommy's death either. Sure, we know that Eddie killed him but we don't know if he did so under the guidance of Maeve or not, which does seem to be my general line of thinking here. Conrad is definitely slipping though and it's interesting that he decided to keep Jan and Gina at the estate. He doesn't 'own' these two yet like he does with Bella, but that could well change depending on what happens during this dinner with Alice. Either way, the ending sets things up for a dramatic crescendo to this season, which is shaping up to be one the best shows of 2025. Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
BBC News
16-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Mother and baby reunited on life support at Worcester hospital
A mother and her newborn daughter who were both critically ill and on life support shared an emotional first cuddle after medics worked to bring them who has a rare neurological condition called myasthenia gravis, gave birth to Maeve in May and shortly afterwards both needed ventilation which left them in separate intensive care units at Worcestershire Royal was taken away due to breathing difficulties but her condition worsened and she had to be intubated and put on a husband, Justin, said staff "turned a scary time into something filled with compassion and strength, we'll always be grateful." Helen's health also deteriorated shortly after giving birth, requiring her own emergency admission to intensive care, where she was also placed on a the importance of early bonding, staff from both departments co-ordinated a carefully planned moment, transporting the baby in her ventilator beside her mother, allowing them to share skin-to-skin the days that followed, as both remained on ventilators, hospital staff used iPads for video calls and placed photos of Maeve around Helen's bed. Later, when stable enough, Helen was wheeled to the neonatal unit for a further paediatrician Dr Paul Watson said: "None of us had ever encountered a situation quite like this. "The team worked tirelessly to make this happen. Maeve is now off respiratory support and expected to make a full recovery."Helen has since been discharged from intensive care with a positive remains in hospital for monitoring, with Helen now by her side. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
