Saturday, March 15, 2025

Culture

So pleased to meet you: why it’s never too late to make close friends

There’s an assumption in life that by the time you’ve reached your more seasoned years, you’ve made all the close friends you need. Surely you’ve accumulated enough through school, university and work. But I’ve learned that close friends can...

Dreaming of California: a tour of Venice, LA, 1983

On 6 February 1983, the Observer took a tour of Venice – the LA suburb, not the Serenissima. It’s a poetic paean to an outpost of defiant weirdness; a countercultural enclave in a sclerotically gentrified city.The half-mile of human-made...

My father is obese and I can’t stand being around him | Ask Philippa

The dilemma My father, who I’ve always had a tricky relationship with, has been obese since I was a teenager. He was very sporty as a younger man, but since his 40s he has increasingly gained weight. He is...

Kaye Adams: ‘My accent went very Hyacinth Bucket until I returned to Scottish Television’

I grew up in a small town in central Scotland called Grangemouth, best known as an annexe to a BP refinery. I had a very happy childhood – Mum, Dad, brother, very stable.I was the class clown, a show-off....

Stosie Madi’s vegan recipe for Lebanese stuffed cabbage rolls | The new vegan

Stuffed vegetables, or mehshé in Arabic, are among my all-time favourite dishes, and stuffed cabbage-leaf rolls, which are found in some form or other all over Europe and the Middle East, are hard to beat. The Lebanese version makes...

Tim Dowling: my wife is gardening. I’m in my shed writing. It’s a risky situation

A long time ago I read a quotation in a book of advice, which held that the hardest thing about being a writer is convincing your spouse that looking out of the window is part of your job. I...

How to turn over-ripe berries into a brilliant little cake – recipe | Waste not

Save squishy berries from the food-waste bin by making today’s streusel muffins. I’ve based the recipe on the classic German blueberry kuchen, which feature a cake base moistened with fresh berries, all covered in a crunchy, crumble-style topping. I’ve...

Weekend podcast: actor Ruth Wilson, Marina Hyde on coronation protest arrests, and the man hit by lightning

Award-winning British actor Ruth Wilson considers #MeToo hypocrisy, the violence of cosmetic surgery and why she steers clear of social media (1m32s); Marina Hyde grapples with last week’s coronation protest power-play from the Met (8m48s); and Elle Hunt...

Children and elderly people need exercise to lead a better life | Letters

As Devi Sridhar rightly highlights (The secret to why exercise is so good for mental health? ‘Hope molecules’, 4 May), physical activity is crucial for maintaining good health and preventing illness. This is particularly pertinent for young people today,...

H&M’s Mugler collaboration has people queueing around the block

It is one of the few things apart from Christmas sales to guarantee overnight queues on the high street, and H&M’s latest designer collaboration – this time with luxury French fashion house Mugler – had people lined up around...
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