Saturday, March 15, 2025

Culture

A moment that changed me: I wrote 100 letters to my friend with cancer. It transformed our lives

As soon as I said it, I knew it sounded crazy. “I’ll write letters to cheer you up through your treatment.” Brian, sitting opposite me in the pub, back in the summer of 2010, looked bemused. He had just...

Sacked for flirting, for putting on weight, for wanting a baby … Who’d be a bridesmaid?

Name: Bridesmaids.Age: Some say the bridesmaid tradition stems from the story of Jacob, who had two wives, Leah and Rachel. They came with their own maids, as described in Genesis 29:24 and Gen …Yeah, enough of your history already...

More cheese please: the best food for a Eurovision party | Kitchen aide

What’s the best Eurovision party food?Claire, ManchesterOur favourite song competition (the glitter! The tactical scoring!) is back, but with this year’s contest taking place over three nights, Claire’s snack game needs to be strong. “Vine leaves are always great...

Tell us: did you have a ‘micro-micro wedding’?

Small, intimate “micro weddings” – defined as weddings with fewer than 50 guests – have long been popular with couples keen to keep costs down and avoid family dramas. Now, it seems weddings are set to get even smaller,...

Nigel Slater’s recipe for sweet potato and chorizo

Wash 2 medium-sized sweet potatoes, then put them into a steamer basket or colander and place over a pan of boiling water, cover with a lid and steam until tender but still slightly firm to the touch, about 12-15...

TechScape: AI is feared to be apocalyptic or touted as world-changing – maybe it’s neither

What if AI doesn’t fundamentally reshape civilisation?This week, I spoke to Geoffrey Hinton, the English psychologist-turned-computer scientist whose work on neural networks in the 1980s set the stage for the explosion in AI capabilities over the last decade. Hinton...

Breakfast pie: the British delicacy that doesn’t exist – but absolutely should

Name: Breakfast pie.Appearance: An enigma wrapped in pastry.What’s inside? Nobody knows. Although four and twenty blackbirds might be, possibly.I love breakfast and I love pie. Now you’re telling me some genius has put them together. Madness! Where can I...

Experts divided on ethics of testing and punishing tired drivers

Blood tests are widely used to determine if a driver who has caused an accident has been consuming alcohol or drugs. But scientists are split on the ethics of penalising drivers who drive dangerously because they haven’t got enough...

Should I worry about skipping breakfast?

On some level, it sort of makes sense that breakfast should have a place in the food hierarchy that other meals don’t. The clue’s in the name: you are literally “breaking” your “fast” – taking your body from a...

What would be the effects of allowing free movement globally?

What would be the effects – practical, political and demographic; short-, medium- and long-term – of allowing the free movement of people across the globe? Hutomo Narang, Makassar, IndonesiaPost your answers (and new questions) below or send them to...
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