/ 16 September 2022

96 years of the Queen, celebrity colonoscopies, and a bacony salad…

TOPSHOT - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smiles during a reception in the Ballroom of Sandringham House, the Queen's Norfolk residence on February 5, 2022, as she celebrates the start of the Platinum Jubilee. - Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday will became the first British monarch to reign for seven decades, in a bittersweet landmark as she also marked the 70th anniversary of her father's death. (Photo by Joe Giddens / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JOE GIDDENS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smiles during a reception in the Ballroom of Sandringham House, the Queen's Norfolk residence on February 5, 2022, as she celebrates the start of the Platinum Jubilee. - Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday will became the first British monarch to reign for seven decades, in a bittersweet landmark as she also marked the 70th anniversary of her father's death. (Photo by Joe Giddens / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JOE GIDDENS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

One of the nicest tributes to Queen Elizabeth we’ve seen was UK Vogue’s 96 years in 96 images. The one from 1942 with her father really got us for some reason…

Last week, we talked about our favourite new show, Welcome to Wrexham, about Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds’ purchase of a Welsh soccer club. This week, they’re all over the interwebs spruiking the importance of colorectal cancer screening. It’s a preventative health campaign done extremely well.

This is a quick and flavourful one – puy lentils with bacon and Brussels sprouts. We had ours with some grilled fish, and it was delish. Top tip: we use the ‘French style lentils’ from the supermarket – don’t turn yourself inside out trying to find a packet with ‘puy’ on it. And we used red wine vinegar. It did the trick for us…

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