Author: Graeme Pallister
Graeme Pallister
Graeme Pallister spent fifteen years in operations management across the North East before he started writing about the businesses that kept the region running. He came up through logistics at a mid-sized haulage firm on the Team Valley, moved into procurement at an engineering outfit near the Tyne, and ended up running supply chain for a renewables contractor during the offshore wind build-out. He left the corporate side in 2021 and started covering North East business because most of the people writing about it had never seen the inside of a Gateshead warehouse at six in the morning. He writes about manufacturing, construction, logistics, and the firms between the Tyne and the Tees that rarely make the nationals but employ half the region. Graeme lives in Jesmond with his wife and two lurchers. He thinks the phrase "levelling up" should have been retired in 2022, and that anybody who describes Newcastle as "up and coming" has not been paying attention.
The Keke Palmer Sean Evans dating rumours are very much alive: the pair were spotted enjoying dinner together at a restaurant in Brooklyn, with photos published by Yahoo Entertainment in mid-June 2026 that sent fans into a spin.A photo tip sent to DeuxMoi showed the two deep in conversation over dinner. No video accompanied the tip, but the image was enough to set comment sections alight.From Hot Ones Kiss to Brooklyn DinnerThe backdrop to all this goes back to Palmer’s appearance on First We Feast’s Hot Ones. Midway through the episode, Palmer made her move. ‘I saw an interview where…
Love Island USA Season 8 is done and dusted, and Trinity Tatum and Bryce Dettloff have taken the crown. The pair were confirmed winners of the Fiji-set series, walking away with the $100,000 prize, according to Instagram. Here is your full rundown of every contestant, every coupling, and how the season played out.Love Island USA Season 8: The BasicsThe season launched on 2 June on Peacock, with the finale airing on 13 July, lohud.com reports. 34 contestants passed through the villa across the run, according to Wikipedia, making it a packed and fast-moving season. Ariana Madix hosted throughout. Viewers voted…
Testing your partner trends keep rolling in, roughly once a quarter, and the latest one doing the rounds on Threads is the favourite animal question. The premise: ask a man to name his favourite animal and explain why. According to a post that stopped thumbs mid-scroll, the answer is supposedly a person’s subconscious description of their ideal partner.One woman ran the test on her husband. He said cats, because ‘they’re self-contained and get shit done.’ She’s a Project Manager. Another tried it and got a rather different result: her husband picked a silverback gorilla, because ‘they’re big and hairy and…
Finding the best vibrators for women is less about picking the most popular toy and more about matching the right type to your body. Cosmo editors have put in the hours testing across every category, from bullet vibrators and wand vibrators to clitoral suction toys and rabbit vibrators, and these 13 are the ones that consistently earn their place.Why There Is No Single Best Vibrator for Women’Every woman’s genital nerves are positioned a bit differently,’ says Laurie Mintz PhD, LELO sexpert, licensed psychologist, and certified sex therapist. Some people love pinpoint stimulation. Others prefer broader sensations, internal stimulation, clitoral stimulation,…
The Love Island UK 2026 cast has now been revealed in full, with 38 contestants taking part across 48 days of competition in the Mallorcan villa, according to Wikipedia’s coverage of series 13. The 13th series, hosted by Maya Jama, launched on ITV2 in the UK on 1 June, with US viewers on Hulu and Disney+ picking it up three days later on 4 June.For anyone in the States watching without a VPN, that three-day delay means you have been trailing the UK schedule throughout. The good news: the finale is locked in. According to Deadline, the UK finale aired…
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Archies arch support flip-flops are having a proper moment, and a recent sighting of Katie Holmes wearing them in New York City has pushed them straight to the top of the summer footwear list.Holmes was spotted in a pared-back outfit (white tee, long denim skirt) lifted entirely by a pair of bright coral Archies thong sandals. Bold, simple, and very easy to pull off. The actress is not alone in rate them, either: Jennifer Aniston has also co-signed the brand, which says a lot about their crossover appeal.What Makes the Archies Arch Support Flip-Flops DifferentThe key selling point is in…
Hulu’s Not Suitable for Work cast has arrived with plenty of off-screen intrigue to match the on-screen drama. The show follows five twenty-something friends living in Manhattan who are all striving to make it big at work, and the ensemble assembled to bring them to life includes some names well worth knowing. The Show Behind the Cast According to Teen Vogue, the series was created and executive-produced by Mindy Kaling alongside showrunner Charlie Grandy. Grandy’s credits are hard to argue with: The Office, The Mindy Project, and The Sex Lives of College Girls all sit on his résumé. That pedigree…
Benson Boone has reportedly scored an invite to the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding, according to TMZ, adding another name to what is shaping up to be one of the biggest guest lists of the year.Sources familiar with the guest list told TMZ that Boone ‘scored a RSVP’ to the ceremony and ‘is expected to attend, though it’s unclear if he was given a plus one or will bring one.’ His schedule appears to line up: his next confirmed performance after 3 July is not until 7 July.A Wedding Built on Eras Tour HistoryThe Benson Boone Taylor Swift wedding…