I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but it has been surprisingly sunny and relatively warm over the past few weeks. And while I’m inclined to be suspicious of it all, I’m doing my best to make the mo...
Penguin is a behemoth in the bookselling world. In the 1930s, it became beloved for bringing inexpensive paperbacks to the masses. Now, 90 years later, it is by far the UK’s largest publisher (as part of Penguin R...
Easter isn’t only about chocolate—there’s hot cross buns too—but mostly it’s about chocolate. And, if you’ve got a particularly sweet tooth for chocolate Easter eggs, then we’ve got the opp...
Just after the last Ice Age, most of Britain was covered by forest. But after thousands of years of agriculture, dating back to the Bronze Age, only 13% of the UK is now covered by trees. That’s well below the Eur...
When every European city, from Barcelona to Amsterdam, Venice and Prague, is trying to deter tourists, one Sicilian town is bucking the trend. Located on the largely unspoiled…...
I’ve never been much of a gambler, but that might change this March. Hundreds of National Lottery-funded venues are opening their doors for free, or handing out discounts and special offers – all for the price of...
First they came for the graphic designers, then they came for the Wimbledon line judges, and now they come for the hotel concierges. AI continues to replace everyday jobs across the country – with a report last&he...
Where would we be without sunshine? Well, first off, we’d probably have poor moods all the time, terrible immune systems, and never get enough sleep. Wait a minute. That already sounds a lot like living in the UK. While...
Breakfast is often called the most important meal of the day, but really that’s up for debate. What isn’t up for argument is that regularly eating a healthy breakfast is proven to boost children’s ener...
Unless you’re one of those odd ones who “like to stay friends with all my exes”, most of us like to keep our past relationships where they belong, in the past. But, we’ve found the perfect reason...
