Amsterdam has been named the best city in the world for achieving a healthy work-life balance. Workers in the Dutch city put in an average of 30.4 hours a week – more than three fewer than in London – and catch an average of 8.45 hours of sleep a night. […]
OK, so menopause may not be on the horizon for you right now, but learning what to expect will be invaluable for your mental and physical health. Jennifer Nadal, co-founder of Compassion in Politics, marks World Menopause Day by sharing how menopause turned her life upside down and set her […]
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Netflix’s Grand Army. Explicit descriptions of sexual assault and terrorism to follow as well. Grand Army begins with a terrorist attack. About 11 minutes into series premiere “Brooklyn, 2020,” a bomb goes off a few blocks from the teen drama’s titular bustling Brooklyn high school. To […]
IKEA has announced a new “Buy Back” initiative allowing customers to sell back their unwanted furniture to its stores in the UK and Ireland. If the IKEA furniture item brought back is in “as new” condition, customers will receive a voucher worth 50% of its original price to redeem in […]
In 1968, the Democratic National Convention was overshadowed by a massive civilian demonstration miles away from the International Amphitheater where it was being held. On the streets of Chicago, civilians engaged in passionate protests against President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Vietnam War policies, and the police were sent to break up the […]
It looks as though southwest England has become a kind of “woke hotspot”. According to a new study, Bath is now the UK’s most progressive city, followed by neighbouring Bristol. Measuring a city’s relative progressiveness is obviously far from an exact science, but the study by Bankrate takes into account seven […]
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 08: Kendall Jenner attends the Longchamp fashion show during February 2020 – New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Hudson Commons on February 08, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows) Some agree that less is more […]
Deep in a climate emergency, in the midst of a global pandemic and suffering from an increasing lack of social mobility, young women in Britain today would be forgiven for exercising a ‘do or die’ attitude to most things in life, including their personal finances. What’s the point in saving […]
It wasn’t that long ago that people were packing their credit cards and IDs into empty gum packets rather than wallets because they wouldn’t fit in their micro bags. Keys were removed from keychains and lips were left bare because lipstick couldn’t fit inside a Jacquemus Le Petit Chiquito bag. […]
I know autumn is officially here when the grocery store aisles turn into pumpkin paradises. Pumpkin pancake mix, pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice lattes, and pumpkin everything else line the shelves as soon as the season changes. Being constantly inundated with pumpkin foods, candies, and recipes has me thinking — how […]
