I don't necessarily mean who's your favourite personality. I'm talking about who you think gives the most useful criticism when a dish goes wrong. The best feedback is the stuff that actually teaches the contestant something.
@dragracecentre
For the first half of S2, Paul was running that castle like a Victorian landlord. Banishment after banishment, he was pulling the strings, but putting himself in the dungeon was the exact moment his hubris caught up with him. Watching Charlotte and Harry turn on him at the Round Table was absolute poetry. He was a top-tier TV antagonist.
I was rewatching the 2007 series final. Leon Jackson winning was a huge storyline at the time, but vocally, Rhydian was operating on a completely different planet.
His rendition of "Get the Party Started" and "The Phantom of the Opera" showed a level of theatrical vocal control that we rarely saw on a Saturday night ITV show. He was treated like a pantomime villain early on, but his talent was undeniable
We’re constantly told that PAYE takes the stress out of tax because it's automatic. So why does nearly every person I know end up with a random "P800 tax calculation" letter at the end of the year saying they either owe £200 or are due a refund because the automated system messed up someone's employment codes? If it's automated, why is it wrong 50% of the time?
I’m watching some classic clips on YouTube and the sheer scale of what they used to force celebs to swallow back in the early 2010s was wild. Nowadays it feels a bit sanitised - blend up some pizza, a bit of fermented egg, a blended pig's snout, and call it a day. Bring back the massive live bull testicles and the giant smoothies made of blended fish eyes that actually made Ant and Dec gag from ten feet away. If you're paying them hundreds of thousands to sit in the jungle, make them truly suffer for the stars!
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Looking back across all the years of the BBC reboot, there have been some truly unforgettable characters walk through those doors
Who is the one contestant from past seasons that still lives rent-free in your head, and what did they cook?
Back in the classic series, contenders used to rely heavily on dummy passes and teamwork lanes to get through Gauntlet without getting completely dismantled. Nowadays, it feels like most contenders just put their head down and try to sprint through the middle of five giant humans, resulting in some proper heavy impacts.
Do current contenders just lack tactical coaching for the arena, or are the modern Gladiators simply too fast at closing down the gaps?
When do Eurostar tickets typically drop at their lowest base price, and is it a myth that prices only ever go up?
I'm looking to head over to Paris around late autumn, and wondering if I should lock in tickets right when the schedule opens up or gamble on a seasonal promotion later down the track. How do you guys usually score the best fares?
Personally, I think the Mexican Chicken Baguette is an absolute top-tier item that rarely gets mentioned
Hello! I’m staying in Norwich for three days and really want to spend a day exploring the Broads, but I don't drive.
Is it straightforward to get out to somewhere like Wroxham or Hoveton using the train from Norwich station or a local bus? Ideally, we'd like to get to a spot where we can hire a small day boat for a couple of hours or take a guided boat tour without needing our own car. Any advice on the best routes or specific boat hire companies that cater to walk-ins would be massively appreciated!
I'm preparing an application for promotion from Lecturer (Grade 8) to Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor (Grade 9) on an Education & Research pathway. The criteria say research, teaching and external funding are assessed holistically, but I've heard mixed views on how that works in practice.
At your university, how much weight did successful grant applications actually carry?
For anyone who has done the really brutal endurance routes across England, Wales, or Scotland - what single-day walk hit you with the absolute worst physical wall, and how did you train for it? I need to know what I’m getting myself into before I start planning my next route!