10 SMILES OF THE WEEK
▼ wind of change
A wee nip in the air, leaves are crunching underfoot and the Christmas adverts have started. It must be autumn!
▼ about time
The long wait is over – Doctor Who is back this evening, with Jodie Whittaker as the Time Lord. We can hardly wait.
▼ the diet of our dreams
Boffins reckon dieters can lose weight five times faster just by imagining being thin. We need better imaginations!
▼ shelf Love
So much more than just a place to browse books, National Libraries Week is a reminder of how integral libraries are to our communities.
▼ oh, for the Love of pod...
Podcasts are booming – with numbers tripling in the past year. If you haven’t tried one, get podding!
▼ baa-rilliant!
It’s National Wool Week – the perfect excuse to dig those cosy jumpers out of the cupboard.
▼ you Gotta roll with it
Bacon sales are up for the first time in years. You can’t beat a bacon butty in the morning.
▼ that fry-day feeling
Friday marks World Egg Day. Celebrate by treating yourself to an egg-stra special, egg-citing, egg-stravaganza breakfast. We’re cracking up with all these puns!
▼ sundae best
Aberdeenshire ice cream maker Mackie’s sold a record 3,647,534 litres of the stuff this summer – enough to fill almost one-and-a-half Olympic-sized swimming pools. N-ice!
▼ beyond belief
Saturday is International Sceptics Day. Unless, of course, it’s just one big conspiracy...