“My life, my choice,” said a tiny voice in the dark. They’d been studying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in reception. “Why did you have a child if you don’t want to look after me?” she added, from the cabin bed. She’d been going for an hour and 40 minutes, as she did every…

Haven’t you heard? CDs are back! They’re not quite enjoying the same renaissance as vinyl, and they still haven’t managed to gain the quirky hipster cachet of cassettes, but the dear old compact disc is once again seeing a resurgence as certain corners of the consumer market turn their attention…

It should probably be said, up front, that emo isn’t a genre. It doesn’t refer to one specific sound, era, or movement. The term sprang out of Washington D.C’s mid-80s hardcore punk scene as shorthand for “emotional hardcore”, but it didn’t really mean anything. It was just semantics – a militant’s…

For years, Field Music playfully toyed with the idea of forming a hybrid cover band called AC/BGs, featuring one set of AC/DC songs done in a Saturday Night Fever-style and one set of rock-heavy Bee Gees numbers. “These things are a joke until they stop being a joke,” says David Brewis, one half of…

Millennials straddle the technological divide. We grew up without social media and smart phones, but were the earliest adapters of that technology when it became mainstream. Our childhoods were mostly tech-free (shout out to AIM), but our adult lives have been saturated with daily (hourly!) tech…

It has been ubiquitous in middle class British bathrooms since a flush of growth during the Covid pandemic. Now Who Gives a Crap is aiming to wipe out the Andrex puppy, Cushelle’s koala and Little Duck’s little duck with a more ethical version of toilet roll. Its product, made from recycled paper or…

Artist still enjoying life as she turns 107 2 August 2025 George ThorpeBBC News, South West Penny Lees Mollie Silver is marking her 107th birthday with a party An artist from Cornwall who is celebrating her 107th birthday has said being yourself is the key to a happy life. Mollie Silver, who was…

Location: Halsey under the 84 Bridge in Hollywood. This was the first one that caught my attention. Also, it’s MASSIVELY high up! JEEEZE I love those clouds! Since the beginning of the summer, I’ve literally pulled over to take pictures of these colorful, playful, hand-painted signs nailed to a…

Wellbeing August 13, 2025 Story Highlights Americans’ self-reported drinking down to 54% after consecutive declines Belief moderate drinking is bad for health rises to a new high of 53% Drinkers report drinking less, and less frequently WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of U.S. adults who say they…

Early on in Confessions of a Brain Surgeon, a crew member pipes up from behind the camera. Would Henry Marsh mind saying something, anything, to see if the microphones are working? “When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,” Marsh says instantly, not pausing for a moment to gather the words, “I…

Author Allan Ahlberg, who delighted generations of children with colourful characters and nimble rhymes, has died aged 87. Working with his wife Janet, an award-winning illustrator, Ahlberg produced a host of bestselling nursery classics including Burglar Bill, Peepo!, and Each Peach Pear Plum.…

Until she was six, Philippa Barnes was surrounded by things that were hers. She had a favourite pair of red-and-white-striped dungarees and a long garden with a strawberry patch. She had a close-knit family: a mum, dad, two brothers and a sister, and grandparents who lived near the family home in…

People have always used books to assert their sophistication and affluence. You need only visit the library of a National Trust property to see that. The novelist F Scott Fitzgerald famously critiqued the shallowness of the super-rich via his character, Jay Gatsby, who lined his shelves with books…

I am in hospice care and reflecting a lot on what a good life is. Writing is hard, this will take me days rather than just one morning or afternoon. But I want to share these thoughts. You can’t take it with you, yet we often feel ourselves immortal and act as if we can. The richest man on earth is…

More than a dozen men wearing black masks and sunglasses – obstructing any open source investigators from easily identifying them – appeared in a Telegram video in front of city hall in London, Canada, in June. “Mass deportations now,” the men yelled in unison, holding up banners with the same…

When Caron Morse’s 9-year-old daughter asked for a smartphone last year, her reaction, she told me, was unambiguous: “A hard ‘Hell no.’” Morse is a mental-health provider in the Portland, Maine, public-school system, and she was firmly against smartphones, having seen how social media and abundant…

14 images of badass women who destroyed stereotypes and inspired future generations Craig Carilli May 22, 2023 Throughout history, women have stood up and fought to break down barriers imposed on them from stereotypes and societal expectations. The trailblazers in these photos made history and…

The vast majority of emails flooding inboxes across Europe from companies asking for consent to keep recipients on their mailing list are unnecessary and some may be illegal, privacy experts have said, as new rules over data privacy come into force at the end of this week. Many companies, acting…

Disruptions Credit...Kimberly Salt SAN FRANCISCO — It took me a few months to accept that I had given myself tendinosis in my phone thumb. It is a depressingly modern condition in which the tendons around the thumb inflame as a result of repetitive strain — in my case because I had, for hours a day…

On Technology Credit...Jon Han If all goes according to plan, in April of next year, thousands of people will receive a package containing a device called the Light Phone 2. The project was funded on Indiegogo, and many Light Phone customers will have been waiting for an entire year by then. It’s…

Charlotte Gomez for BuzzFeed Hey guys, Nina here. I enjoy fashion, but I'm no style queen. When I find something I like and it looks good on me, I stick to it. FOREVER. My daily look is usually a crop top, skirt, gold jewelry, curls, and a jacket. Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed I want to diversify my…

Credit...Mark Sommerfeld for The New York Times He says there’s a crisis in masculinity. Why won’t women — all these wives and witches — just behave? Credit...Mark Sommerfeld for The New York Times By May 18, 2018 TORONTO — Jordan Peterson fills huge lecture halls and tells his audiences there’s no…

Our first date almost didn’t result in a second date. When Adam opened the door, Allison couldn’t figure out why he was dressed like a teenager on his way to the gym. Then she found out he did magic tricks. Strike two. In any relationship, there are deal-breakers. Smoking. Doing Crossfit. Chewing…

VULFPECK /// Grandma buy on bandcamp → http://vuuulf.com/bandcamp play on spotify → http://vuuulf.com/spotify Antwaun Stanley — vocals Joey Dosik — composer, wurlitzer Jack Stratton — a&r, mixing Theo Katzman — guitar Woody Goss — organ Joe Dart — fender bass James Gadson — drums David T. Walker —…

future tense The quantity of human interactions has increased, but the quality is arguably diminished. Credit...Hanna Barczyk By May 12, 2018 Leer en español “You’ve got enough friends, a new one is bad for you,” says a petulant character named Max in “Kicking and Screaming,” Noah Baumbach’s 1995…

Onstage at I/O 2018, Google showed off a jaw-dropping new capability of Google Assistant: in the not too distant future, it’s going to make phone calls on your behalf. CEO Sundar Pichai played back a phone call recording that he said was placed by the Assistant to a hair salon. The voice sounded…

Photograph courtesy of Black Car News Above: Doug Schifter with his car. On a Monday morning in early February, Neil Weiss sat at his kitchen table in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, nursing a cup of coffee while checking messages on his iPad. A text had arrived at 5:25 a.m. “Making it count.” Weiss — the…

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The Artist’s Life Credit...Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi ONCE UPON A time, artists had jobs. And not “advising the Library of Congress on its newest Verdi acquisition” jobs, but job jobs, the kind you hear about in stump speeches. Think of T.S. Eliot, conjuring “The Waste Land” (1922) by night and…

When we think of prejudice and discrimination, most of us tend to think of overt attacks, harassment, or discriminatory behaviour. Blatant examples of prejudice do still occur with depressing frequency, but for most members of stigmatised groups, it is not these experiences that shape their daily…

Words Daphne Milner — Date 9 May 2018 Work Graphic Design Identity Sport The legendary Rotterdam-based Studio Dumbar is known for some of the most iconic identities since its establishment in 1977. Its creative team has designed some of the Holland’s most recognisable visual identities, including…

Brian Armstrong 9 min read· May 8, 2018 -- In this post, I’ll share a framework we’ve developed at Coinbase that helps us make decisions more effectively. Our core values include Clear Communication and Efficient Execution. This framework is an example of how we operationalize those values. This…

Slack's Vancouver office Slack Last week, Slack, the company whose popular, plaid-themed messaging app has simplified office communications and introduced the custom-fox emoji into our daily routines, quietly released its 2017 diversity report . Such reports, which list statistics such as the…

340 miles, day and night, starting in LA, crossing Death Valley and ending poolside on the Las Vegas Strip. See how 10 women came to together to tackle the grueling race known as The Speed Project. Special thanks to: Billy Yang Films: https://www.instagram.com/billyyangfi... The Speed Project:…

After six months of scientifically advanced training, three of the world’s most elite distance runners set out to break the two-hour marathon barrier. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About Breaking2: Three champion marathoners, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya, Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia, and…

Electric buses were seen as a joke at an industry conference in Belgium seven years ago when the Chinese manufacturer BYD Co. showed an early model. “Everyone was laughing at BYD for making a toy,” recalled Isbrand Ho, the Shenzhen-based company’s managing director in Europe. “And look now. Everyone…