Welcome to the Thursday news quiz, where curiosity is in full bloom thanks to our illustration by Anaïs Mims. Even the most carefully arranged facts can contain a hint of…
The prosecution: Mark double quotation markClosing them doesn’t take a huge amount of work; it takes seconds and stops heat and insects getting in My partner, Lucinda, was born in…
How often do you look down and wonder who created the path your feet are following? Or ask the cause of its curves and dips? Formed over thousands of years,…
I am in more or less the same position as with last week’s recipe, only this time the pods contain broad beans, which are slightly easier to read than peas….
Jools Lebron was in her car, taking a break from her job in a supermarket, when she posted the TikTok video that would change her life. “You see how I…
First, it was Barcelona, Venice and Dubrovnik. Now, Florence has joined the most overtouristed destinations in the world: its 365,000 inhabitants shared their city last year with 4.6 million visitors….
Up here, the river was a mere gurgle; a babbling babe finding its way into the world. A few sheep roamed, a kite wheeled and a spring-clean wind ruffled the…
Between the Trees, south Wales Winner of the UK’s best micro-festival in 2025, Between the Trees returns to Candleston Woods in the spectacular Merthyr Mawr national nature reserve (between Cardiff…
I have arrived in my brooch era about two decades ahead of schedule. I had brooches earmarked for a later life stage, accessories that would chime with The Archers, gardening,…
As its name suggests, Cozy Earth initially caught our attention for two reasons: its ultra-comfortable bedding, loungewear and sleepwear, and its sustainable production practices, such as sourcing ethically harvested viscose…
The first branch of Gap was a single small storefront selling men’s denim and vinyl discs at 1850 Ocean Avenue, in the classy Inglewood neighbourhood of San Francisco, the city…
Famous faces not seen on Australian runways for over a decade have made a return to Australian fashion week. On Monday afternoon Australian supermodel Gemma Ward opened the show for…
Canadian specialty tea retailer DavidsTea has triggered a recall of its Organic Sneeze Ease Herbal Infusion product due to an undeclared almond that is not stated on its label. The…
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a chronic hormonal condition that impacts one in 10 Canadian women, is being renamed to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). The announcement was published in the…
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a chronic hormonal condition that impacts one in 10 Canadian women, is being renamed to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). The announcement was published in the…
Canadian retail pharmacy Rexall is now offering home deliveries of Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus, Novo Nordisk Canada, the drugmaker behind the GLP-1 drugs, said in a statement Wednesday. The partnership…
Let us all rise to acclaim the local shop, the little independent establishment that always seems to have exactly what you went in for. These places are not many in…
French authorities on Wednesday confined 1,700 passengers and crew to a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a passenger died and about 50 fell ill with suspected gastrointestinal illness (GII),…
With four Canadians currently isolating across the country after exposure on the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship, the outbreak raises the question of whether there are immunizations available for the…
A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring…
When I worked at River Cottage HQ, we used to smoke duck, rabbit and fish in a smoker made out of an old bread bin. It always felt like an…
When Tiffany Tate put the wheels in motion to buy her first home, it felt like a win – until a date’s response stopped her cold. “If you buy that…
An ideal space for a flaneur in Berlin When friends came to visit while I was studying in Berlin or I wanted to flaneur through the city, I would go…
There aren’t many jobs that often involve jumping out of the path of speeding cars – but for the lollipop people of Britain today, this is the sad reality. And it…
I have never driven with more determination than when rushing away from Shelby Park in Nashville. We had reached Davidson Street when my husband shouted: “There! There’s sunlight!” I skidded…
After a day spent hiking across the Col d’Entrèves glacier, a sugar hit is required. I descend on the cable car and join the queue at the ice-cream counter. Above…
Public institutions, from hospitals to museums, are the most international communities, both in the workforce and in those who visit. It’s something that became obvious to us when we were…
It is an age-old battle with small children that most parents will recognise: please, please, eat your vegetables. Some will read them books with titles such as The Boy Who…
Wisteria and clematis hang from weathered cottage walls. Tulips and pink apple blossom spill out of several gardens. Thatched animals decorate the rooftops. There’s a Norman church, a medieval castle…
Roll with the lobsters near Derek Jarman’s house in Dungeness, Kent Dungeness is a place of wild beauty, a stretch of coast that knows fierce winds. Artist and gardener Derek…