However distant our schooldays, the start of the academic year makes everyone want to turn over a new leaf, to work harder and smarter; to be better. None of us has the whole answer but everyone has a tiny thing that works for them, and this list is based on the hope that some of … Read more
Paris: India achieved its best ever medal haul in the Paralympics as it went past last edition’s number of podium finishes on the back of a superlative performance by the country’s track and field athletes here on Tuesday.A late evening rush of medals swelled India’s tally to 20 (3 gold, 7 silver, 10 bronze) to … Read more
Laura Etchells Laura Etchells says working compressed hours makes her more productive in her job Like many full-time workers Laura Etchells had longed for hours more flexible than the traditional Monday to Friday, 9 to 5. The mum-of-two from Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, now works her full-time job in publishing, compressed into four days, … Read more
There’s a new train pulling into the station in San Bernardino, a southern California city about 60 miles from Los Angeles. From the outside, it looks like any other commuter train, with three passenger carriages, blocky windows and a colourful blue exterior. But inside, it’s unlike anything the region – or the country – has … Read more
One night in February, my husband and I were bickering about our car. He said something that pissed me off and I snapped like a worn out hair tie: I hollered absurd accusations, stormed up and down the stairs and ugly-cried until I was too tired to function. Though I knew I was being wild … Read more
The government is to slash the nature-friendly farming budget in England by £100m in order to help fill what ministers say is a £22bn Treasury shortfall, the Guardian can reveal. Nature groups and farmers have called this a “big mistake”, saying it jeopardised the government’s legally binding targets to improve nature. This cut would mean … Read more
BBC Less than four miles from the Scottish Parliament, workers at a community centre in Edinburgh are handing out free bread to help the residents of Muirhouse make ends meet. That is the reality facing a Scottish government which says its central aim is eradicating child poverty, a task arguably made harder by the spending … Read more
When a historic cold case involving the murder of barmaid Rosie Duff in St Andrews becomes the subject of a true crime podcast, DS Karen Pirie is tasked with solving it. Her colleagues in the ITV drama are not confident they can solve the 25-year-old mystery, lamenting that they have only been put on the … Read more
Praise be – for it has happened. The streams have officially been crossed. Imagine my delight to type in two of Earth’s most lavishly provocative search terms – “Oasis reunion” and “William and Harry” – and find that a royal expert has already gone there. Thank you to a certain Riley Gardiner – billed by … Read more
‘There is a little bit of gay in everyone today,” sing Michael Klein and Gillian Bartlam, the lead singers of Everyone Involved, a collective of musicians formed by Klein and the UK Gay Liberation Front (GLF) activist Alan Wakeman. “Gay is natural, gay is good, gay is wonderful,” the song continues. “Gay people should all … Read more