Prickly on top, soft underneath, remind you of anyone? Of all the UK’s woodland creatures, the hedgehog is probably the animal I feel the most affinity with – if for no other reason than a love for Dick King-Smith...
It happens to the best of us. You’re about to check into your flight and then you realise: You’ve got less than six months left on your passport, or even worse, you can’t find the blasted thing! It’s a mad dash to the p...
You probably saw on the news yesterday (April 8) that a total solar eclipse swept over North America. We even wrote an article about how, maybe, sort of, not really at all, you might’ve been able to see it from&he...
If you’ve seen the cost of flights recently, then like us you may be thinking you’re better off staying at home this summer. What’s wrong with a bit of old-fashioned camping, hey? From John O’Groats to Land’s End, this...
Whether it’s the rain, the bins, or the economy, we Brits have a special knack for seeing the worst in everything (or is the UK just actually that bad?) We’ve always known we’re a miserable bunch, but the Global Mind&he...
Avid readers and book nerds are well-positioned in Manchester. Countless bookshops, little nods to literature everywhere you turn (from Elizabeth Gaskell to George Orwell), and one of the most beautiful…...
Manchester is cricket-mad, but to many the sport can seem slow, dated and boring. That’s where The Hundred steps in. This fast-paced, whack-it-as-hard-as-you-can and fun-to-watch cricket tournament has revitalised the g...
Who doesn’t love seeing the words ‘free’ and ‘cinema’ next to each other? You can soon watch the award-winning The Iron Claw – starring Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White – before its officia...
If you’ve ever thought, ‘Sod living in the big city, I want to get away and live in the middle of nowhere for a bit’, we might have the opportunity for you. A primary school in one of the remotest villages i...
Two years after British Sign Language (BSL) became an official language in England and Wales, the preferred language among the deaf community in the UK will soon be taught as a GCSE. The subject content was finalised la...