Greetings reader and welcome back to another weekend of scorching sun.
Keeping cool in a country that has been built to retain heat is proving difficult for some – and Diary very much falls into this camp.
Having a cup of tea is now an Olympic sport and using any form of public transport is not dissimilar to being in an oven.
However, a tasty treat is here to cool us down – ice cream co-created with a charity.
Is this an ad for the new ice cream, you may ask? No – more like a shameless attempt at receiving free samples. Please.
Ben & Jerry’s new ice cream is co-created with refugees
Ben & Jerry’s teamed up with the Entrepreneurial Refugee Network (TERN) to create a brand-new ice cream flavour: Sunny Honey Home.
The ice cream has been co-created with eight entrepreneurs from refugee backgrounds.
It features lemon-flavoured ice cream, honey caramel swirls and lemon flavour cookies (Diary is a fan of all of these flavours, just by the way). The flavours were inspired by the refugees home countries of Syria, Afghanistan and Morocco.
Created by TERN graduate Edwige Seri, the tub's design was inspired by the landscape of Afghanistan with flowers from Syria and patterns from Morocco. Proceeds from each sale will go to TERN which funds refugee-led startup businesses.
The ice cream will be available from 19 June in Co-op stores across the UK, but Diary will be waiting with bated breath at Civil Society headquarters for their free sample (please).
‘Most people shaking a shaker bottle online’
Okay, enough ice cream talk. In a turn-up for the books, there is more shaking than there probably was by Boris Johnson's fist at damning news headlines this week.
Sneak Energy, an energy drink company, is hosting a live ‘shake-a-thon’ for charity this Saturday (again, Diary takes this opportunity to say they are open to free samples).
The company initially intended to host the live to break a world-record for the ‘most people shaking a shaker bottle online’. Jumping out of a plane? Scuba diving? No, nothing so drab – bottle shaking.
Specifying that it’s a shaker bottle suggests people have attempted to shake cups without lids on before, which sounds altogether more entertaining due to the messiness that would ensue, but apparently this is not the goal.
Instead of the record, they are doing the same task but donating £5 to Mind for every person who jumps on Zoom to “shake their Sneak”.
This columnist wonders if Boris will be attending, seeing as he now has more time on his hands. There is however talk that Boris will be revealed as a new Daily Mail columnist. Well, Diary pledges to remain anonymous, but promises they have never been prime minister, or been ambushed by cake (though is open to the latter).
Kitties set free
Despite what the title of this column implies, no kittens were shaken in the making of this column. Unfortunately, none were cuddled either.
However, 22 wildcats have been released into the Cairngorms National Park by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland as part of its efforts to save the species from extinction in the country.
Diary knows they are probably not for petting, the clue is in the name, but can't help thinking they look most cuddlable (please don't check if that last one is a real word).
We are THRILLED to share the @SaveOurWildcats partnership led by RZSS has reached a historic milestone 🎉
— Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (@rzss) June 15, 2023
The first wildcat releases have begun! This is an incredibly exciting moment and a crucial step towards securing a future for Scotland’s wildcats 👉 https://t.co/Xsz0P2A3Ug https://t.co/0Tjs6eJWWc
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