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The Ancient Celts

The Ancient Celts

5 TOP FACTS BRITISH CELTS 1 Iceni Famous for being led by Boudicca, the Iceni were located in modern-day East Anglia and were a wealthy, warlike people who led many revolts against Roman rule. 2 Dobunni This tribe was one of the largest in Britain and resided on the modern English-Welsh border. Unlike many others, the Dobunni easily submitted to Roman rule. 3 Dumnonii Occupying Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, the Dumnonii favoured small farms over larger settlements and preferred healthy relations with Brittany in France. 4 Catuvellauni One of the most powerful tribes, the Catuvellauni were made out of several smaller groups. Supporting Roman rule, Verulamium (St Albans) was a big Roman settlement. 5 Silures After the Iceni, this band of Celts gave the Romans the most trouble. Originating in the valleys of South Wales, they were described as a…

‘Anti-acid’ secret to easy fat loss

Dr. Perlmutter reveals everyday foods that mimic the weight-loss drug Ozempic—helping to speed off up to 30 lbs in 14 days* All of us make uric acid. “It’s a waste product created as we digest things like sugar, meat and alcohol,” explains Dr. Perlmutter. The trouble is that modern diets cause us to make so much of the acid, we often can’t eliminate it fast enough. The caustic stuff builds up, causing damage from head to toe. “Science journals are bursting with evidence that it’s a root of many serious health conditions,” including diabetes, arthritis, heart disease and dementia. The doc adds that high uric acid is essentially an ancient signal to the body that winter is coming. “It prompts us to begin storing and hoarding fat to prevent starvation.” The good…

‘Anti-acid’ secret to easy fat loss
The world’s first cities

The world’s first cities

DID YOU KNOW? No trace of Babylon’s famous ‘hanging gardens’ remains; some experts believe they were in Nineveh instead Mesopotamia was home to some of the very first cities in existence, leading many to link it to the birth of true civilisation. The origin of these cities is still unknown today, although many theories exist. One suggestion is that the development and building of temples created a place where people would gather, and thus served as points of contact between different groups of people. Others believe that people sought sanctuary from natural disasters. As the Mesopotamians were able to develop technology to help them control the nearby rivers, such as levees, they could ensure a good crop. They had no need to be nomadic, and were able to settle in one place…

Jar Excellence

DIY Ramen Soup This fresh yet cozy favorite, prepped and served in a jar, is a healthier alternative to commercial varieties. Feel free to customize the veggies. —Michelle Clair, Seattle, WA Takes: 25 min. • Makes: 2 servings 1 pkg. (3 oz.) ramen noodles1 Tbsp. reduced-sodium chicken base1 to 2 tsp. Sriracha chili sauce1 tsp. minced fresh gingerroot½ cup shredded carrots½ cup shredded cabbage2 radishes, halved and sliced½ cup sliced fresh shiitake mushrooms1 cup shredded cooked chicken breast¼ cup fresh cilantro leaves2 lime wedges1 hard-boiled large egg, halved4 cups boiling water 1. Cook ramen noodles according to package directions (do not use seasoning packet); cool. 2. In each of two 1-qt. wide-mouth canning jars, layer half of each ingredient in the following order: ramen noodles, chicken base, chili sauce, ginger, carrots, cabbage, radishes, mushrooms, chicken and…

Jar Excellence
Former slave colony eyes the path to true autonomy

Former slave colony eyes the path to true autonomy

When Dr Harold Young, an eminent Belizean political scientist, takes visitors around Belize City, the first stop is an unremarkable building whose basement entrance is partly shrouded by creeping pink bougainvillea. Its padlocked gates and broken windows back on to a car park in the city’s historic centre. The building is known in the former British colony as the erstwhile headquarters of a TV station and production company once owned by the Conservative peer Michael Ashcroft, who has sprawling investments around Belize. But the building also serves as a reminder of the brutality of British rule. “It’s the last remnants of a holding dungeon for slaves,” Young said. “Before they were put out for sale.” Unlike the island states in the Caribbean, where plantation slavery underpinned the colonial economy, enslaved labour in…

Global report

Global report

1 UNITED STATES Push to get lawmakers’ support on debt ceiling deal Political leaders appeared bullish on Monday that they could sell a bipartisan compromise debt ceiling deal to enough lawmakers – overcoming criticism from left and right – to avert a first-ever national default on the $31.4tn the US owes creditors. Despite the diplomacy and even arm-twisting still required this week, Joe Biden left the White House to head to Delaware on Monday. The president declared: “There is no reason why it should not be done by the fifth,” referring to Congress passing legislation on the debt ceiling before the US is predicted by the treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, to run out of money to pay its bills after 5 June. But the deal, agreed by the Democratic president and the Republican House…

Amazon Fire TV Cube 3

Worth the Upgrade The 3rd generation Fire TV Cube has several new features to justify upgrading from your current Fire TV like HDMI pass-through for easy integration with set-top boxes. Additionally, the cube has a more powerful processor that improves picture quality. As the top-of-the-line Fire TV model, the cube combines the functionality of a smart Echo speaker and a streaming Amazon Fire TV. Like other Echo devices, far-field microphones allow hands-free control of the Fire TV Cube and can respond to Alexa smart home commands. If you›re more of a silent type, the new cube is perfectly matched with Amazon›s just-released Fire TV Alexa Voice Remote Pro (sold separately). New Features The Amazon Fire TV Cube 3rd generation has a new design. Instead of a hard cube shape, it now features speaker grill…

Amazon Fire TV Cube 3
Cardiff Castle

Cardiff Castle

Adorned with elaborate sculptures, covered walkways and dominated by a striking clock tower, Cardiff Castle looks almost too good to be true. Built sometime after 1081 over the ruins of a Roman fort by the Normans, who were then expanding from England into Wales, Cardiff Castle was extended in the following centuries, notably in the early-15th century, where the keep took shape, and in the 18th century, where it was embellished with a Georgian mansion. In 1848, Cardiff Castle was inherited by John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, the third Marquess of Bute — then still not six months old – and its story soon took an unexpected swerve into the past. “My luxury is art”, wrote Bute later. “I have considerable taste for art and archaeology, and happily the means to indulge them.” Armed…

Toyota Is in Transition with a New Name at the Helm

When Akio Toyoda took the reins as president of Toyota Motor Corporation in 2009, the company was not in a good place. Yes, it led global auto production with 7.2 million units, ahead of GM’s 6.5 mil. But Toyota, reeling from the global recession, had just reported its first financial loss in decades and was deep in the throes of its unintended-acceleration controversy, which would result in a $1.2 billion fine in the U.S. Then things got worse. In 2011, the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami devastated the east coast of Japan, destroying or damaging three of Toyota’s factories and knocking many suppliers offline. Touring the devastation soon after, Toyoda said it “totally dwarfed” every other challenge he’d yet faced. Toyota’s production stumbled that year, with the company falling to number…

Toyota Is in Transition with a New Name at the Helm

No more cabin fever!

Supercharge immunity with a game of Scrabble! Spring is almost here, and the last thing you want is to pick up a draggy cold when the weather starts to warm up. To the rescue: sharing a laugh over game night with a loved one or friend. Daily chuckles cut the risk of catching a cold by 67%, say researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. Plus, they double your odds of a speedy recovery if you’re under the weather right now. That’s because shared happiness prompts the immune system to release virus-quashing antibodies. Boost energy with yellow accents If winter’s shorter days make you sluggish, surrounding yourself with cheery pops of yellow can restore your energy in as little as 10 minutes. University of Rochester scientists say gazing at the “summery” color mimics exposure to…

No more cabin fever!
GOLDEN AGE GLAM

GOLDEN AGE GLAM

When buying real estate, the golden rule is, “location, location, location.” Thus, when a couple in their late 40s with three kids found this 7,500-square-foot home on Daniel Island, one of the most coveted areas to live in Charleston, they snapped it up. No matter that the home’s classic architecture and outmoded interiors didn’t suit their taste. They knew the three-story space could feel contemporary with the help of the right designer. “What started as, ‘Oh, we want you to put up some window treatments and finish a kitchen backsplash,’ quickly snowballed into redoing the whole house,” says Moe Draz, founder of Architrave Interior Design in Charleston. “The house was very traditional and dated, with high ceilings, heavy moldings, and walnut floors. The couple wanted a look that was fresh, luxe…

DECOLONIZING THERAPY

DECOLONIZING THERAPY

THE CLICHED IMAGE of therapy has an older male therapist sitting in an armchair, taking notes, while a patient lies down on a couch telling the therapist all her secrets. It’s no wonder this idea doesn’t appeal to everyone. Do I just close my eyes, open my mouth, and let this random stranger judge me? It doesn’t exactly feel … healing. Sigmund Freud, who did indeed work with his patients on a special couch, is known as the father of modern psychotherapy. And while his insights have certainly been useful in some ways, his strategies have their limitations. In her book It’s Not Always Depression, psychologist Hilary Jacobs Hendel writes that she was “… born into a family of Freudians and a culture where mind over matter was the mantra. My mother…

Über dem Rheinfall WENN DER VORHANG FÄLLT

Über dem Rheinfall WENN DER VORHANG FÄLLT

Wie schon so oft haben wir den Plan, ungewöhnliche Szenerien aus der Luft zu erkunden. Diesmal ist ein nicht endender Strom an Naturgewalt in unserem Fokus. Also machen wir uns mit den Paramotoren im Anhänger auf den Weg Richtung Bodensee. Am Abend angekommen sondieren wir noch die Gegend, um eine passende Startwiese für den nächsten Tag zu finden. Nach einer Stunde Suche werden wir fündig. Eine große und kürzlich gemähte Wiese. Flach und in fast allen Richtungen startbar. Perfekt! Der erste wichtige Schritt wäre schon mal geschafft. Mit einem leckeren Abendessen gestärkt, kehren wir früh zurück in die Unterkunft. Wir checken nochmals das Wetter und gehen zeitig ins Bett. In der Morgendämmerung klingelt auch schon wieder der Wecker – denn wenn die Sonne aufgeht, ist das Licht am besten. Das…

RAIDS

RAIDS

They had arrived in the dead of night; the darkness had been so thick that the monks had not seen their ship until it landed on the shore. It was too late, they all knew it, to call for help. A brother had run into the halls, waking the monks from their beds with shrill cries of “The demons are here! They’re coming! They’re coming!” Some of the brothers began to scream for help, while others leapt into action, grabbing precious items and concealing them in the folds of their cloaks. But already the doors were down and already the invaders were here. They were huge – bigger than any man the humble brethren had ever seen – with their wild blond hair and mighty weapons grasped in hand. They…

TALENTO MEXICANO A LA CONQUISTA DE NORTEAMÉRICA

La espina de crear BBA Logistics comenzó cuando trabajaba en una pequeña empresa de logística en la Ciudad de México y, con el firme propósito de mejorar la experiencia del cliente, José Balderrama Félix convenció a sus compañeros José Arámbula y Eduardo Bazúa; juntaron 150,000 pesos y en tan sólo un par de meses, ya habían movido sus primer camión dentro de Estados Unidos. Cuatro años después ya facturan cerca de 20 millones de dólares (mdd), además de tener en la cabeza el objetivo de ser un “unicornio”. . En entrevista, con Forbes México, el ceo de la compañía explica que ofrecen soluciones de logística integrales apalancadas en su propia red de hombres camión, choferes de confianza. “Resolvemos toda la logística terrestre de nuestros clientes tomando toda la responsabilidad que esto…

TALENTO MEXICANO A LA CONQUISTA DE NORTEAMÉRICA
10 ESSENTIAL MIX CHECKS

10 ESSENTIAL MIX CHECKS

The hardest thing about mixing is stopping mixing. No matter how many songs you work on, you never lose the fear that comes with pressing Send. Have you missed something obvious? Will the client or the mastering engineer throw up their hands in horror? Does your mix contain some deadly flaw that will make it unlistenable on phones or over the radio? It’s easy to worry too much, and at the same time, you can’t anticipate what other people will think of your mix. But if peace of mind is what you’re after, there are a few simple checks that can help you pick up on common problems while there’s still time to fix them! Mono Compatibility There are still plenty of mono or near-mono playback devices around, but even if you don’t…

Stylish Havens

Luxury, nostalgia, warmth and customisability—these are just a few of the key themes in the realm of bathroom design right now. No longer a purely functional area, the bathroom has evolved to become an escape zone that tantalises the senses and elevates your daily cleansing ritual to a truly indulgent experience. Opulent details, retro elements, personalised features and inventive layouts come together beautifully to craft some of the most creative spaces we have seen. From the key materials and styles of note to the most exquisite fittings, we present some of the ways you can take your bathroom to the next level. RETRO REVIVAL In the last decade or so, most bathrooms sported neutral colour palettes. According to Eve Mercier, founder of Hong Kong-based Insight School of Interior Design, people were much more…

Stylish Havens
William Marsano

William Marsano

THE FANS INSPIRED BY STAR TREK Columbo was on the cover of TV Guide dated March 25, 1972, but inside was an exclusive piece that both surprised and thrilled Star Trek fans - William Marsano's coverage of the world’s first Star Trek convention, held in January 1972 at the Statler-Hilton hotel, New York City. His thoughtful, engaging article made it clear that, despite Star Trek’s network termination three years earlier, the series still lived on, for thousands of fans. Until then, the chances for its revival were bleak, but the TV Guide coverage of the convention changed that. Re-energized, even more fans sent letters asking for Star Trek’s return in far greater numbers. The numbers jumped from around 100 letters a month NBC and Paramount had jointly been getting in 1971 to…

The Ultimate Craftsman

The Ultimate Craftsman

MORE THAN 4,500 YEARS after an enterprising Mesopotamian stretched a few cords of catgut over a hollow wooden vessel to create the first lute, the craft of building string instruments reached a state of near-perfection in a humble workshop in Cremona, Italy. The craftsman’s name is still known around the world more than 300 years later, though his life story remains something of a mystery: Antonio Stradivari, maker of incomparable violins, cellos and more. Among the violin virtuosos who play a Stradivarius today are Itzhak Perlman, Akiko Suwanai and Joshua Bell. “I can’t think of anything else that has been frozen in time and stands as the holy grail for modern use,” says Gary Sturm, curator emeritus at the National Museum of American History’s Division of Musical History. It’s generally agreed that…

“Nothing holds me back now!”

How can I be this tired? Sally K. Norton wondered, unable to stand for the receiving line at her own wedding. “I was doing the best I could sitting on a stool, but my limitations were on full display that day,” she recalls. “No dancing. Standing for my vows was all my sore joints could manage. My mother even told the groom he’d gotten ‘defective goods.’ Little did I know my symptoms would outlast my marriage. Barely living “Having my tonsils removed as a kid taught me something: I never wanted to be sick again—it meant having no fun. So I focused on eating healthy. I even grew my own vegetables. But over the years, I developed debilitating pain in my feet and back, needing 3,600 mg. of Rx pain medications daily.…

“Nothing holds me back now!”
CHEAP TRICKS

CHEAP TRICKS

TALE OF THE TAPE Both the Trixx and JetBlaster are based off models in the Rec Lite category: the current Sea-Doo Spark 2up and the former Yamaha EXR. Though Sea-Doo offers the Trixx in the Spark’s 3up version, the added length comes via a 10-inch hull extension that makes it more difficult to perform the original’s signature maneuvers. We’d argue that buyers looking for a true freestyle craft are most often riding solo and looking for best performance, so we opted to pair the best examples from each of these PWC manufacturers. The difference is notable in the specs. The Trixx measures 110 inches long, 46.4 inches wide, weighs 428 pounds and uses a 90 hp, 899 cc Rotax 900 ACE engine. The JetBlaster is longer and narrower at 123.6 inches…

Berried treasure

There's something kid-in-the-candyshop about the soft fruit season. Bushes blanketed in pink, red and black berries like boiled sweets, glistening in the late summer sun. But why stop at raspberries and blackcurrants? More unusual varieties of soft fruit bring exoticism and a heady perfume to the garden or vegetable plot. And they provide berries that you simply can't buy in the shops. Aromatic ‘Black Jewel' raspberries with their ebony fruits and blush-white canes, for example, and plump jostaberries - a cross between a blackcurrant and a gooseberry, but with none of the thorns. Or wineberries, with fruits encased in monster-like jaws of thick orange-red bristles - straight out of The Gruffalo. These 'calyx' protect the fruits until they're ripe and then… pop! They gape open to reveal a juicy berry protruding like a…

Berried treasure
“I get messages about how my writing has helped; validating and making visible feelings. When we share stories, it gives a point to our suffering and experiences”

“I get messages about how my writing has helped; validating and making visible feelings. When we share stories, it gives a point to our suffering and experiences”

With five children, three books under her belt (a fourth on the way), plus a bustling home in the Oxfordshire countryside, Clover Stroud may seem like the poster child for women ‘having it all'. She's from a creative, connected family: her half-sister Emma Bridgewater runs her iconic ceramics company, while her late sister Nell Gifford founded the extraordinary Gifford's Circus. But while this could all appear picture perfect at a distance, Clover makes sure to share both the highs and lows of her life. As she says, “My writing is very much about the bits where things go wrong.” ‘Things go wrong' seems an understatement considering the life-shattering events that shaped her teens, charted in her 2017 debut book, The Wild Other. The youngest in her family, Clover had an idyllic…

CHRISTMAS RITUALS

CHRISTMAS RITUALS

KNOW A THING OR TWO... BUTTERFLIES

The look on my daughter’s face says it all. Rapture, surprise, wonder. The multicoloured butterfly she’s watching opens rufous wings to flash electric blue eye-spots – “It’s a peacock!” she squeals – before kaleidoscoping away from our garden buddleia. She grabs her Big Butterfly Count checklist and inks a tick against the species name. Aged ten, she’s now officially a citizen scientist. From 15 July to 7 August this year, the Big Butterfly Count helps wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation assess the health of our environment – simply by people counting what butterflies and day-flying moths they see. Launched in 2010, the UK-wide initiative has swiftly become the world’s biggest survey of butterflies. Last year, 107,000 people submitted 152,039 counts. Sadly, the findings made worrying reading. On average, people spotted only nine…

KNOW A THING OR TWO... BUTTERFLIES
Tales of the city

Tales of the city

The Eater By challenging herself to eat the food of as many countries as possible without leaving her home city, Clare Hill has travelled beyond her usual comfort – and travel – zone. When I set out to eat the food from 100 countries without leaving London, that figure was arbitrary. It appealed to my collector’s mindset, like many ‘completist’ challenges such as riding every London bus route. It began, for me, about five years ago with a dinner companion. We got talking about Chinese regional food – she mentioned she couldn’t find Yunnanese cuisine in London, and I ended up doing an ultimately unsuccessful deep-dive to find it. Rather than deterring me, I thought, why stop at Chinese provinces, why not the whole world? I’ve completed 99 countries, so I’m on to…

COLOUR COUNTRY

COLOUR COUNTRY

Niclas and Elin's charming house in Öden, Sweden, has a very special history. Back in the 1960s, Niclas's grandfather received 30 trees from a local landowner, which he felled, floated on a rowboat across Lake Ömmern, and sawed into planks. He then used the planks to build a cottage, which was completed in 1964, and became his family home. When the couple were presented with the opportunity to take over the house in 2001, they didn't hesitate for a second. The location was just right, and they knew they could use the renovation to introduce their own style to the space. When they moved in, the little yellow cottage was surrounded by beautiful stone walls, a somewhat unkempt garden and intense bird chatter. “Although the house was small, we knew immediately that…

The dog in the street

8.40am. The kids have gone to school and it's time for me to take Cassie for her morning walk. Cassie is a nine-month-old Bedlington whippet, a lurcher. When Richard II banned commoners from owning greyhounds in 1389, lurchers were bred for hunting and poaching. Their docility and intelligence became almost mythical. Cassie certainly has the docility: most often she has to be dragged from the sofa to go for a walk (her hunting skills remain untested). But when she's not lounging, Cassie is a lively presence, always on the lookout for attention and food. People often say that dogs live in the present and so help keep you in the moment, too. There is much truth in this. But, as my work focuses on human–canine histories, I know that the bonds…

The dog in the street
Singing the blues

Singing the blues

Friends Liza Mackenzie and Luisa Uribe met while living in Japan and share a love of natural dyeing techniques. In 2020, they founded a garden together in east London where they grow indigo and run workshops teaching others how to extract colour from nature. Their summers are full of the blue, turquoise, yellow, purple and pink hues derived from the plants they grow. Follow them on Instagram: @indigo_garden_london The story so far We both developed a love of indigo while living in Japan. Interested in textiles and sustainability, we met while learning traditional dyeing techniques in Fujino, in the northern edge of Kanagawa prefecture. We discovered that the natural dyeing process gives us a deeper connection to the materials that we work with. Liza planned to explore the rest of the colour spectrum,…

MODERN EƆCENTRICS Tarot readers

Chances are, the last time you encountered a card reader it went ‘beep!’ and cleared you to leave the newsagent with your bread and milk, rather than requesting its palm be crossed with silver and delivering a tall, dark, handsome stranger forecast. Nevertheless, tarot is enjoying a resurgence, with modern readings as far from the hackneyed image above as your local corner shop is from chequebooks. Truly, tarot isn’t what it used to be. Although it probably wasn’t what you thought it was then, either. For a start, there’s nothing inherently occultish about tarot. Rather, the deck began life in the 1430s in the same capacity as its standard sister: as a game. Indeed, by the time tarot cards were being used to predict the future - about 1780 - it had…

MODERN EƆCENTRICS Tarot readers
Harvest feastival

Harvest feastival

We'd all have a garden room in an ideal world, where we could gather as the nights turn chillier or for when the weather is a bit iffy. Pop on your favourite jumper, add a blanket or cosy scarf and all you really need in early autumn is a bit of shelter step forward the greenhouse. Once you’ve cleared it out of its summer harvest, there’s a window before it becomes home to tender overwintering plants, and this is its time to shine*. Set up a folding table and chairs, prepare a menu of harvest treats and squeeze in as many friends as is comfortable. Defrost a few foraged blackberries for a fruity cocktail, use up a tomato glut by mixing them with smoky chorizo (and garlic bread to soak it…

The GREEN HOUSE

What do you love about houseplants? I love how rewarding it is to care tor them. They’re forever changing and growing. A new leaf or a flower emerging always excites me. I also love the tranquil environment that they create. My children are on the Autism spectrum and they benefit from having plants around - they have a very grounding and calming effect. They also love the sensory experiences plants bring - smells, textured leaves, shadows on the walls cast by hanging plants. Plants create an indoor oasis. What plants would you recommend for starting an indoor garden, and why? Start with just three plants then slowly build your collection. I started with Scindapsus pictus (satin silver pothos), Dischidia nummularia (string of nickels) and the stunning Aeschynanthus japhrolepsis (lipstick plant). I chose them…

The GREEN HOUSE
First Drive: 2023 Toyota GR Corolla

First Drive: 2023 Toyota GR Corolla

Hey, Toyota—is everything, um, OK? Strapped into the new Toyota GR Corolla and sitting in pit lane awaiting our turn at a 2.1-mile section of Utah Motorsports Park’s wildly undulating road course, we felt slightly silly. Until now, we imagined, the only people who’d ever worn helmets inside a dealership-ready Corolla were unbalanced folks with visions of, well, something as absurd as a track-ready production Toyota Corolla. One such person is Toyota President Akio Toyoda. He’s been pushing the company’s Gazoo Racing (GR) subbrand, and he personally signed off on the final product. The result is the craziest showroom-spec Corolla hatchback ever built. Just how out of bounds is it? We can count on one hand the sporty Corollas sold here over the decades. It was long ago typecast as an anodyne, safe…

Top 100 Prospects: 5-8

5. WILL SMITH BORN March 17, 2005, Lexington, Mass. 2022-23 U.S. NTDP POS C HT 6-0 WT 181 SHOOTS R CENTRAL SCOUTING No. 3 (NA skaters) SMITH HAS BEEN on scouts’ radars for years, and thanks to his top-end passing and shooting skills, hockey sense and compete level, he’s been consistently living up to the high bar he has set for himself. “He’s an elite playmaker, probably one of the most skilled guys in the draft,” said one scout. “He can do extremely difficult things and make it look easy. He’s a threat on the power play, and he can shoot it but also use deception and vision to make a play. He’s been able to raise his level in bigger games and has been doing it for a while. Historically, him and Oliver Moore have…

Top 100 Prospects: 5-8

Fill your week with smiles!

FRIDAY, MAY 5 CINCO DE MAYO Raise your glass! Celebrate with a margarita that’s a little sweet, a little tart and a whole lot refreshing! To make Strawberry Lemonade Margaritas: Add 1 lb. of frozen strawberries, 1 (12 oz.) can of thawed frozen lemonade from concentrate and 1 cup of water to a blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into a pitcher and add 1 cup of tequila, ¾ cup of orange liqueur and 2 Tbs. of lime juice. Moisten the rims of each glass with water, then press into salt. Add ice to glasses, then pour in the mix. If desired, garnish with a lime wheel. Makes 12 drinks JOKE OF THE WEEK Negotiation 101 Tanya walks into her boss’s office and says, “Ma’am, I know things are going well, but three companies have contacted me…

Fill your week with smiles!

INVITATION TO Wonderland

WHEN CELEBRATED HOST Hutton Wilkinson throws a party at his Beverly Hills home, high drama is de rigueur. A guest may arrive to red carpets and allées of Moroccan lanterns, even a burst of bonfire and Indian dancers. But for an easygoing spring dinner, the late afternoon sun shines a light on a more steadfast cast of characters: soaring architectural wonders presiding over his wife Ruth’s fragrant English roses. The fact that the series of garden spaces connects the pair’s home, La Condesa, to Dawnridge, the estate of legendary set designer Tony Duquette, who was Hutton’s mentor and former collaborator, only adds to the setting’s mystique. The canyon property sits on an incline that unfolds as both terraces and sunken spaces, with a short flight of steps beyond the entrance leading…

INVITATION TO Wonderland
Global report

Global report

1 UKRAINE New positions may signal start of spring offensive Ukraine’s military has set up positions on the eastern side of the Dnipro River, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) cited Russian military bloggers as saying. Infiltrating the area could be a first step towards trying to dislodge Russian forces from positions they are using to shell and shoot at Kherson (below), which was liberated from occupation in November. Ukrainian military forays across the river could also mark the first steps towards launching a spring offensive. “This is the first time ISW has observed reliable geolocated imagery of Ukrainian positions on the east bank along with multi-sourced Russian reports of an enduring Ukrainian presence there,” the thinktank said. The Russian bloggers reported Ukrainian forces had established stable supply lines and “regularly…

Saint Mark’s Basilica

KEY DATES ST MARK’S STORY DID YOU KNOW? Saint Mark’s Basilica only became Venice’s cathedral in 1807 – prior to that it was a chapel An eye-catching mix of Eastern Byzantine, Western Gothic and even Islamic styles of architecture and art, Saint Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy is testament not just to the wealth and power of the Medieval Republic of Venice in northeastern Italy, but to its swashbuckling adventures in the Mediterranean – not just as traders, but as conquerors. In 828, two rather unscrupulous Venetian merchants stole what they believed were the remains of Saint Mark the Evangelist from Alexandria in Egypt. Declaring Saint Mark their home city’s patron saint, they then built a church to house the body. Instead of hiding its origin, one mosaic in Saint Mark’s Basilica even boasts…

Saint Mark’s Basilica
Finalist: 2023 Nissan Ariya

Finalist: 2023 Nissan Ariya

PROS Good-looking exterior, great-looking interior • Outstanding Pro Pilot Assist system • Approachable and easy to operate CONS High price for what you get • Range, charging speed, and one-pedal mode are just OK • Vague steering with strange off-center feel VEHICLE LAYOUT Front-motor, FWD, 5-pass, 4-door SUV MOTOR, TRANSMISSION Permanent-magnet elec, 1-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT (F/R DIST) 4,725 lb (53/47%) WHEELBASE 109.3 in LENGTH X WIDTH X HEIGHT 182.9 x 74.8 x 65.7 in ON SALE Now There was plenty of debate at this year’s SUV of the Year competition about which electric vehicles were really SUVs and which were merely hatchbacks. The judges were split on many aspects of Nissan’s all-new Ariya, but we all agreed it’s an SUV through and through. It certainly makes a good first impression. “Design is probably its strongest suit,” features editor…

Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge

Built between 1870 and 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge links Brooklyn and Manhattan by spanning the East River in New York City. Designed by a German immigrant, John Augustus Roebling, it was his son, Washington Roebling, and daughter-inlaw, Emily, who actually oversaw most of the construction after John’s unexpected death just months before building commenced. The bridge consists of two main elements. Firstly, there are the two anchorages that are positioned either side of the river and between them are two towers (also known as piers) which stand some 84 metres (277 feet) high. Consisting of limestone, granite and cement, the towers – designed in a neo-Gothic architectural style – stand on concrete foundations that run 13.4 metres (44 feet) and 23.8 metres (78 feet) deep on the Brooklyn and Manhattan sides,…

Global report

Global report

1 UKRAINE Russia edges closer to seizing control of Bakhmut Russia appeared close to taking control of Bakhmut on Monday, although Ukraine said it continued to fight on in the fringes of the city largely devastated by an intense year of deadly fighting. Hanna Maliar, Ukraine’s deputy defence minister, said Ukraine still controlled “certain facilities” in the Litak district, but reports said the defenders had lost control of the last of the remaining high-rises in the eastern Ukrainian city. Bakhmut was first shelled in May 2022 and Russian forces consistently targeted the mining city that had a pre-war population of about 70,000. Although not considered of particular strategic value, the city has acquired a high symbolic value for both sides. Separately, fighting broke out along the border in the Belgorod region after self-described Russian…

Verizon Orbic Speed 5G UW Mobile Hotspot: Speedy Indeed

Verizon Orbic Speed 5G UW Mobile Hotspot: Speedy Indeed

Verizon’s fresh C-band network showed up about 20% of the time in our recent Best Mobile Networks tests and generally unlocked speeds at least twice as fast as the rest of the carrier’s 5G nationwide coverage. But older phones with a hotspot mode can’t take advantage of those mid-band speeds as well as a dedicated hotspot such as the Orbic Speed 5G UW can. This device is currently the only one that can handle the carrier’s new 5G network, and that support should make a big difference in network performance for those who live in a C-band zone. We’re not fans of its bulk or middling battery life, but those issues are worth working around to get the best possible network speeds. Because of its unrivaled network performance (for now),…

SHIFTING GEARS

BASEBALL REALIZED it had a problem in 1909: Its teams were getting smarter than its rule book. There was growing enthusiasm for a newfangled strategy called “relief pitching.” But there was no obvious way of preparing for a pitching change. The rules did not allow much time for warming up: If a manager wanted to pull his starter, he was supposed to immediately name a reliever, who in turn was supposed to get to the mound right away. That didn’t often lead to great pitching. And so managers were inspired to find a workaround. They’d name a reliever. And then … “the pitcher so announced would slowly remove his sweater, take a drink of water, a chew of tobacco, and then leisurely stroll out to the pitcher’s box,” Hall of Fame umpire…

SHIFTING GEARS

A GREAT ANCESTOR IN THE MAKING

Ari Wallach is a futurist. He helps corporations, foundations, and government agencies give more thought to shaping the future, but his passion is helping individuals recognize how our smallest actions reverberate for hundreds of years or more. His new book, Longpath, is a toolkit for becoming proud of our futures and happier in the present. In your book Longpath you write about looking back in time before looking toward the future. Your dad was a Holocaust survivor and saw the worst that human beings do to each other. Somehow, you have devoted yourself to imagining the best. Let’s start with your story. I grew up in the shadow of a Holocaust survivor, but also a Holocaust hero. My dad lost his family early on, but he also killed Nazis. For me, being…

A GREAT ANCESTOR IN THE MAKING
EXHIBITS

EXHIBITS

THIS COLLECTION of rare documents provides a fascinating insight into the Viking culture and lifestyle, including drawings, maps and manuscripts, along with translations. EXHIBIT I - PLAN OF A VIKING SHIP SLATE WITH SKETCH OF VIKING SHIP, SHETLAND A ninth-century sketch of a Viking Ship on slate, found at a farm on the Shetland Islands north of Scotland. Vikings began to settle permanently in the Shetland Islands from the ninth century onwards. EXHIBIT II - SKALHOLT MAP SKÁLHOLT MAP In the sixteenth century Sigurd Stefansson from Skálholt marked the sites of the ancient Norse discoveries on a map. His original map has not survived, but a copy made in 1690 by Thordur Thorlaksson is in the Danish Royal Library..Stefansson’s positioning of Vinland encouraged archaeological digs at L’Anse Aux Meadows in the 1960s. EXHIBIT III -…

Spiritual You

Spiritual You

Crystal clear Recently, I had to take a break from university due to mental health problems. I was really struggling to get my motivation levels up, feeling drained from all the negativity around me. On one of my lowest days, I decided to step outside and there, right between my feet, was a black tourmaline crystal. Despite having a big crystal collection, this is one I didn’t have. I took it as a sign I needed it in my life. That day, I wire-wrapped it and have worn it on a necklace ever since. It gave me the encouragement to ground myself and make positive changes so I can get back on track and return to university next year. Amy Morgan, via email Rainbow bright When my dear mum passed away after a long illness,…

Stylish Reboot

“I recognized that Zoë had a different spin on the design, and I liked that. This house reminds me of my childhood homes but in a freshly articulated voice.”—BART MCCORQUODALE When Bart McCorquodale received an unsolicited offer on his Birmingham, Alabama, home, which he had meticulously renovated to his liking, the veteran mover, who fittingly owns a moving company, barely hesitated. However, this particular move left him unmoored and scouring a competitive real estate market to find a new place to hang his hat. Bart eventually settled on a bit of a white elephant—a behemoth of a house that had formerly been an Alabama Symphony showhouse. “It was originally a well-designed Sprott Long home, but it had been added onto and changed without much consideration for the architecture,” he says. “And…

Stylish Reboot

Electro-Harmonix S9 String EnsembleEffects Pedal

EHX’s 9-series pedals coax various other instruments’ sounds from a regular electric guitar signal, and the latest addition to the range is the S9 String Ensemble. But as well as following the now established formula of processing polyphonic signals (ie. chords) to substitute the guitar sound (with string and string machine sounds in this case), the EHX engineers have embedded some patch-specific effects plus their Freeze algorithm. For four of the presets, Freeze adds a release time to allow the synth sound to fade out smoothly after the input note has ended. On the last three presets, however, there’s a choice of Manual or Auto Freeze. In Auto mode, whatever you play last, whether it be a single note or a chord, is sustained indefinitely or until another note or…

Electro-Harmonix S9 String EnsembleEffects Pedal

LIFE AND LEGACY OF BENJAMIN SISKO

Defined by Wolf 359 The son of Joseph and Sarah Sisko, Benjamin grew up in New Orleans before eventually deciding to attend Starfleet Academy. Sisko served aboard the U.S.S. Livingston before transferring to the U.S.S. Okinawa during the Tzenkethi War. As his career flourished, Sisko also found success in his personal life. Benjamin and his wife, Jennifer, welcomed their son Jake into the galaxy, and the trio lived together on the U.S.S. Saratoga, where Benjamin earned a post as the ship’s first officer. Unfortunately, this familial bliss would be short lived… When the Borg assimilated Captain Jean-Luc Picard and turned him into Locutus in 2367, the Saratoga was one of forty ships dispatched to intercept the Collective’s cube at Wolf 359. Jennifer was killed during the battle, while Benjamin and Jake narrowly…

LIFE AND LEGACY OF BENJAMIN SISKO

'Things Can Only Get Better'

This mission to retrieve the Breen ship had pushed them all to their limits and, in some cases, Kira suspected, well beyond. They’d barely started when Damar learned about the death of his wife and son, and he ended up shooting his friend, Rusot. Odo was sick — no, Odo was dying, Kira must face up to that, must admit that — and now he lay helplessly on a bed in the infirmary, hoping that somehow Julian would perform some miracle. As for Kira herself — there was nowhere she wanted to be less than on board this flyer heading toward Cardassian space. She wanted to be sitting with Odo, holding his beloved hand, giving whatever consolation she could. How desperately she wanted to see him. How bitterly she regretted…

'Things Can Only Get Better'

The Humble Warrior

CRAZY HORSE, OR TASUNKE WITKO, was born around 1840 in the midst of a war. The Lakota Nation had launched a concentrated expansion into the Trans-Mississippi West and was fighting several other Native nations over pasturelands, river valleys and trading privileges. A son of a wealthy, respected family, the young Crazy Horse was known as Curly Hair. His relatives described him as “full of fire.” Curly Hair received his military training from his father and counted his first coup in 1857 by striking a Pawnee enemy—by some accounts a woman—with a stick during battle. His reputation grew in subsequent conflicts, and in 1865 he earned membership in the elite Shirt Wearers’ Society, dedicated to protecting the welfare of the Oglala tribe. Most Americans know of Crazy Horse’s reputation as a fierce combatant,…

The Humble Warrior
4 stories that will warm your heart

4 stories that will warm your heart

Country wisdom Love must go on “I loved to drop in on my 79-year-old mother to keep her company because I knew after losing my father, she was incredibly lonely. With it being St. Patrick’s Day, I thought it was a good reason to pop in with some green frosted cupcakes. But when she opened the door, she seemed flustered and hurried me in saying she didn’t want to leave her ‘Irish gentleman’ alone for long. As I stared in shock, she shrugged and said, ‘As my mother always said, love must go on.’ Just then, an adorable Irish setter pup came scampering out of the kitchen, gazing up at my mom with adoring eyes. “‘This is Lucky, a rescue I adopted from the shelter,’ she beamed. ‘The new man in my life,…

BENEATH THE WAVES

BENEATH THE WAVES

The instruction from the boat's skipper was, “Lie quietly on the surface, don't try to approach them, just wait until they come to you.” Once in the water, I could see large boulders below me and kelp fronds swishing back and forth with the light swell. The movement was making me feel slightly nauseous, and soon, I felt I was beingwatched. I rolled over as smoothly as possible, just in time to see a young seal playing peek-a-boo behind my fins. The seal seemed to take my movement as a precursor to playtime, starting a game of tugging at the fins and chasing me. Laughing while wearing a mask and snorkel isn't ideal, as your mask tends to fill up with water which gets snorted up your nose. However, my…

GLORIOULY GREEN

Little did they know at the time, but this property was to solve an ongoing dilemma for Ana Perez and husband Alan. Having always intended to move a little further out of London, city-girl Ana was reluctant to leave, while Alan was questioning whether suburban life could ever satisfy his yen for the countryside. “We decided to buy a holiday home instead,” says Ana. “We'd fallen in love with N or folk and visited at weekends before finding this place online. It's in a lovely hamlet backing on to a forest and has a stream running down the side - it's quite magical.” But the more they visited, the more that magic worked its charms on the couple and they were soon persuaded to make the big move and leave the city…

GLORIOULY GREEN

REUSE AND REMAKE

OVERSIZED SHIRT TO GATHERED SKIRT Simply chop off the top to create a unique, gathered skirt. Feeling less adventurous? Upcycle a man's shirt by sewing along the side seams to make them fit better, or shorten the sleeves. You will need: Oversized man's shirt Matching thread Elastic, 2.5cm wide Basic sewing kit Safety pin 1 Start by steam pressing the shirt to remove any kinks and creases. Next, cut off the sleeves by following the sleeve stitch line along the armhole. 2 Using a ruler and tailor's chalk, draw a straight line beneath the shirt collar, running just below the top panel of the back piece (called the yoke). Cut away the top section of the shirt along your drawn line. 3 Depending on the design of the shirt, unpick any pleats at the back of the shirt. Using a…

REUSE AND REMAKE
EARLY DECEMBER The tree and decorations

EARLY DECEMBER The tree and decorations

Chocolate orange hot chocolate A hot drink when it’s cold outside is one of life’s simple pleasures. Classic Christmassy confectionery adds a festive feel Serves 2 100g orange chocolate, such as Terry’s Chocolate Orange 30g dark chocolate 1 orange 400ml whole milk 100ml single cream Pinch of salt 1 Finely chop both types of chocolate using a sharp knife. 2 Using a peeler, remove a 10cm piece of peel from the orange. 3 Combine the chocolate, peel, milk, cream and salt in a pan and place over a low heat. While the chocolate slowly melts, stir well with a wooden spoon. 4 Once melted, pour into two mugs and serve immediately, or transfer to a flask for outdoor adventuring. First, choose your tree… Decorating our homes with evergreen trees dates back to the 4th century. This pagan ritual bringing…

INTO THE WOOD

INTO THE WOOD

Drawn to the coast of her youth and with a yearning for more space to raise her young family, Arabella Wilson, set her home search on Victoria’s rugged western coastline, where a lazy Sunday drive resulted in a surprise discovery. “Spotting the roadside ‘for sale’ sign was a stroke of luck and fate – I organised a viewing right there and then,” Arabella laughs. “The moment I walked in, I knew instantly that this was ‘the one’ and that Chris, my husband, would love it.” The couple – who have two young daughters, Marlowe and Lottie – swiftly purchased the property, and a short time later swapped their city living in Melbourne for a laid-back life by the beach. “One of the things that I love most is the fact that…

MY CITY* SEOUL

*There’s no better way to get to the heart of a city than through the people who live there. Every month we ask someone, clearly in love with their city, to take us on a personal tour and tell us what makes it so special. You may feel inspired to visit one day, but for now just sit back, relax and enjoy some armchair travel. How long have you lived in the city? I came to Seoul in 2006. What brought you there and where are you from originally? After graduating from Ohio University, I was looking to travel and got an English teaching job in South Korea. I only planned to stay for a year, but expat life suited me and eventually I met my Korean husband and stayed. Tell us what makes your…

MY CITY* SEOUL
Seeking enchantment

Seeking enchantment

When it came to walking, I used to joke that I only had one pace: ‘fast and far'. It probably says a lot about my frame of mind at the time. I couldn't imagine getting through my days without discipline and force. Walking was just another way to measure y achievements. But the last few years have changed me. Life hasn't been easy, and I've struggled with chronic illness, stress and burnout. I've had to accept that my body isn't always able to endure the intensity of my old walking habits, but I've also realised that I was missing out when I was racing along paths in a blur. I'm now seeking something deeper, a state of mind that can help me to soften rather than harden, and a way of…

Things to want and wish for

Bookshop browse TURN BACK TIME Hands Of Time: A Watchmaker's History of Time by Rebecca Struthers Rebecca Struthers' sunny studio in an old goldsmith's factory in Birmingham's historic Jewellery Quarter has wooden drawers full of tiny clockwork pieces and vintage machinery that make the hard-to-find parts for vintage watches – often no bigger than a thumbprint. In this fascinating book she celebrates the delicate craft of watchmaking and restoration (a finicky job involving intense concentration and minuscule coils and springs), while also unspooling the history of time and our relationship to it. It's a lovely combination of the micro and the macro – the minute precision of working on watches, and the huge sweep of humanity's quest to measure time accurately. (Hodder and Stoughton) Shopkeeper of the month Scandi style London's biggest showroom of vintage Scandinavian…

Things to want and wish for

THE MOTHER OF INVENTION

List great inventions and what comes to mind? The telephone, penicillin, the internet, possibly? These innovations have undoubtedly altered history, shaping lives throughout the world. But with inventions that have impacted most significantly on women’s lives - rather than universally - it’s notable how many are also by women - often stepping into gaps hitherto overlooked. Many such inventions transformed domestic spaces and responsibilities. For example, Derbyshire-born Valerie Hunter Gordon invented the disposable nappy in 1947 to cut out the “awful labour” of washing nappies. Surprised that no one seemed to have yet addressed the problem, she took matters into her own hands creating a prototype on her Singer. Her story is one of many that reinforce the phrase ‘necessity is the mother of invention’ and, for every Valerie, there will…

THE MOTHER OF INVENTION

WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK MY NEIGHBOURHOOD

When life throws you more than your fair share of curveballs, sometimes the only thing to do is to retreat to a place that feels like home. In 2015, after a tough couple of years of unsuccessful IVF treatment and losing her mum to cancer – and inspired by happy childhood memories of sailing on the River Deben and strawberry picking in the Suffolk countryside – Jemma took the plunge to begin a new chapter of her life in Woodbridge. “I LOVE TO THINK OF MY GRANNY ENJOYING THE FLOWERS BEFORE ME” “My grandparents had downsized to this Victorian coach house in 2000. When my mum’s illness brought my parents back from Greece, they took over the property, so it already felt like home,” explains Jemma. After her mother passed away and…

WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK MY NEIGHBOURHOOD

BELFAST

*There’s no better way to get to the heart of a city than through the people who live there. Every month we ask someone, clearly in love with their city, to take us on a personal tour and tell us what makes it so special. You may feel inspired to visit one day, but for now just sit back, relax and enjoy some armchair travel. How long have you lived in the city? I lived just outside Belfast until the age of 18 and then because of the Troubles, I couldn’t get out of it fast enough and went away for uni. Today, I split my time between Belfast and London, spending the summer here with my family and commuting back and forth regularly to work and look after my elderly mum. Tell…

BELFAST
Compost Offering

Compost Offering

THE ELEVATED cardboard box sits discreetly at the side of my couch. It draws no attention to itself, emitting little more than a whiff of woodsy vitality. And yet this box—my compost—is nonetheless a site of great activity. In my apartment, nowhere is busier, nowhere more exciting. I remove the white fabric cover and thrust a hand into the ongoing decomposition. The peat is grainy black, crumbly but damp, studded with the colorful remains of a dozen meals past: orange rinds, turnip tops, apple peels. Several inches down, near the reinforced base, my fingers register pockets of warmth. They thrill me, these thermal indicators that it’s working, that the mites and motes are actively devouring their way through my table scraps. I picture these microscopic agents as little Pac-men and-women, their…

The Footprint’s Story

ONCE THERE WAS a prince in want of a wife. The prince met a lady with gold hair, and he kissed her in front of video cameras. He took her to a polo match. The lady wore a sheer skirt and the prince rode a skittish pony named Drizzle. The lady wept because of the way the cameras, and the people behind them, trained their gazes on her. Young women are considered eligible for marriage because of their sensitivity and their long remaining breeding period. Photographs show the lady looking at her prince while he gazes into the distance, as though he were fascinated by every detail of the background. At the time there were 4 billion people on the planet. Soon after the engagement was announced, a married couple, fashion…

The Footprint’s Story

WOW FACTOR

"I am not color- or pattern-averse, as you can probably tell,” laughs Denver interior designer Miranda Cullen, describing the ultra-eclectic decor inside her newly constructed Littleton home. “If a piece speaks to me, I find a way to incorporate it. I love to say that nothing in here goes, but everything complements.” Cullen, the founder and principal of residential design firm Inside Stories, moved into this 5,500-square-foot, Cape Cod–style stunner in 2020 with her husband, Don; their two teenage children, Reagan and Jonah; and a gaggle of pets including four dogs, two cats, and a hamster—after living for 14 years in a cramped Highlands Ranch home that was less than half the size. With its blank canvas and ample space, the new semi-custom home offered Cullen plenty of room to make…

WOW FACTOR

EVERYDAY

VEGETARIAN GLUTEN FREE DAIRY FREE Carrot and chilli fritters with eggplant pickle and yoghurt SERVES 4 AS A LIGHT MEAL // PREP TIME 20 MINS // COOK 15 MINS 500 gm carrots (about 3 large), coarsely grated½ tsp each coriander and caraway seeds, crushed6 spring onions, finely chopped150 gm Persian feta, drained½ cup each (firmly packed) coriander and mint leaves, finely chopped, plus extra to serve2 eggs75 gm (½ cup) plain flour, sifted80 ml (⅓ cup) lemon extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling Eggplant pickle, natural yoghurt and winter slaw (see note), to serve 1 Place carrot into a bowl with crushed spices, spring onion, feta, herbs, eggs and flour; season to taste and mix to combine. Divide mixture into 12 and shape into 7cm-diameter fritters and place on a tray lined with baking paper. 2…

EVERYDAY

THE DAKOTA DIAMOND MYSTERY

THE BLACK BARNACLE-ENCRUSTED wedge as the tide rises and falls, a sand shadow below protruding from the white sand at Carnot Bay on Western Australia’s Kimberley coast is being swallowed by time. It disappears daily diamond ripples of water. Few would know this remnant of one of Australia’s great legends is even there – the corroded wing tip of an aeroplane that held great treasure and tragedy. Carnot Bay’s Smirnoff Beach is far from anywhere, along a rough four-wheel-drive track north of Broome on a potholed and washed-out road. There are no signposts to direct you through the dense and overgrown bush. If you make it there, you’ll find a memorial to the victims of a plane crash standing sentinel over the beach and silhouetted against the sheer translucent blue of…

THE DAKOTA DIAMOND MYSTERY
Free spirits An Easter with candles, incense – and no Moscow

Free spirits An Easter with candles, incense – and no Moscow

Dawn did not break over wartime Kyiv on Orthodox Easter Day. It was more that the darkness gradually paled, leaving the pinnacle of the 18th-century bell tower wreathed in a wan mist. Soon after 5.30am, the faithful began to trickle into Dormition Cathedral, which stands at the heart of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, or Monastery of the Caves. Families carried wicker baskets, covered with hand-embroidered cloths and filled with sweet Easter bread, eggs dyed with onion skins, salt and meat. Members of the congregation lit candles; the great golden candelabra in front of the iconostasis was soon bristling with flames. Easter has been celebrated on this spot since the 11th century, when monks from Mount Athos first hollowed out the rocky hillside to form their cells and shrines, establishing the lavra as…

Top 100 Prospects: 9-12

Top 100 Prospects: 9-12

9. DAVID REINBACHER BORN Oct. 25, 2004, Hohenems, Aut. 2022-23 Kloten POS D HT 6-2 WT 185 SHOOTS R CENTRAL SCOUTING No. 5 (Int’l skaters) THERE ARE SOME scouts who believe Reinbacher’s value will be inflated by the fact 2023 doesn’t look like a strong draft for defensemen. In fact, there’s a chance Reinbacher will be the first blueliner to hear his name called. The Austrian-born defenseman fared well with Kloten in Switzerland this season and has the kind of size and skill set that translate well to the NHL. “There’s really nothing bad in his game,” one scout said. “He’s a good skater, he’s a good puck-mover, he has better than average skill, he has better than average compete, he has really good size. What’s not to like?” Scouts would like to see more offense from…

Taiwan fears fuelling US efforts to stifle chip industry

Taiwan fears fuelling US efforts to stifle chip industry

ITALY Cleanup begins after deadly floods Page 18 → Signs of the burgeoning conflict between the US and China can be spotted in many different places, from balloons in the sky to videos on TikTok. But nowhere is it more apparent than on the microscopic wafers of silicon otherwise known as semiconductors. Semiconductors, or microchips, are tiny pieces of technology that power everything from microwaves to military weapons. The industry is worth more than $580bn, but even that figure belies their importance to the global economy. Their existence powers several trillion dollars’ worth of goods and processes; without them the global economy would shudder to a halt. It’s therefore a source of concern to many that over 90% of the world’s semiconductors are made in the place many US officials think could be the site…

IsoAcoustics GAIA series

The GAIA speaker isolation devices from IsoAcoustics will improve the performance of any loudspeaker or subwoofer. They replace the existing feet or spikes, isolating the speaker from the surface it is sitting on as much as possible. There are three models… GAIA 1 Designed for speakers or subwoofers weighing up to 100kg. $1,099/pack 4 GAIA 2 For speakers or subwoofers up to 55kg. $499/pack 4 GAIA 3 For speakers or subwoofers up to 32kg. $349/pack 4 Iso Tek power cables Most power cables that come with hi-fi components are inadequate. They are not built to maintain the electrical integrity to the standard required, and most act as an aerial to EMI/RFI. We recognise that this part of our industry is controversial, with many dismissing it as snake oil. For that reason we are happy to offer a money back guarantee on all…

IsoAcoustics GAIA series
A costly winter

A costly winter

For all the latest news, visit countrylife.co.uk WINTER has been been unbelievably slow to arrive this year, but it surely is coming and with it the need to turn on the heating. Those whose lives revolve around heritage buildings are considering their options carefully. Last week, the National Trust told COUNTRY LIFE that it will not be closing its properties this winter, despite the cost-of-living crisis. ‘The two big impacts this winter will be energy and inflation, particularly the inflation of the cost of materials and repairs,’ says Andy Beer, director of operations and consultancy. ‘We are accelerating our investment in energy-saving measures and encouraging our teams to be assiduous in keeping costs down, but we want to stay open. What we are not going to do is close anywhere because…

How to get the best sound from your turntable

How to get the best sound from your turntable

Vinyl is the format that just refuses to die. It looked mortally wounded from the mid-80s CD revolution until the turn of the century, but since then sales have risen and are now steady. And that's something to be celebrated! It's a hugely likeable format capable of terrific sound, provided a bit of care is taken with it. And this is where vinyl is different from other formats. Unlike the digital alternatives, for the most part, a lack of care In installation can really cripple the final sound. There are some undeniably great ‘plug and play’ record players on the market and, when it comes to more complex decks, a number of dealers who will help you set them up correctly. But if you're prepared to get your hands a little…

Contender: 2022 Subaru WRX

Contender: 2022 Subaru WRX

PROS • Feels a lot like the original • More practical than the previous sedan • Manual version is quite fun CONS • Powerband is too narrow • Among the slowest WRX models ever • The automatic option isn’t fun LIMITED; GT VEHICLE LAYOUT Front-engine, AWD, 5-pass, 4-door sedan ENGINE, TRANSMISSION 2.4L turbo direct-injected DOHC 16-valve flat-4, 6-speed manual; cont variable auto CURB WEIGHT (F/R DIST) 3,400 lb (60/40%); 3,538 lb (61/39%) WHEELBASE 105.2 in LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 183.8 x 71.9 x 57.8 in ON SALE Now The Subaru WRX has long been the enthusiast’s default choice for an all-weather sport compact. With rally-bred heritage, standard all-wheel drive, and potent turbocharged engines, the WRX has mastered its domain—especially since Mitsubishi vacated the space when it canned the Lancer. By that measure, the new WRX is primed for success. Longer, lower, wider, and stiffer…

Chinese junks

Chinese junks

Inside the iconic Chinese vessel DID YOU KNOW? Chinese junks developed in the Han Dynasty of 206 BCE-220 AD 5 TOP FACTS JUNKS 1 Taiwan San In 1955, six men sailed a Ming Dynasty-style replica junk 6,000 miles from Taiwan to San Francisco. In 1959, Catalan men also used a junk to sail from Hong Kong to Barcelona. 2 Junco The word entered the English language in the mid 17th Century via the Portuguese word ‘junco’. Other names include ‘jong’ in Malay and ‘chuán’ in Mandarin. 3 da Conti During his expeditions in Asia (1419-1444), Venetian merchant and explorer Niccolo da Conti sighted junks weighing over 2,000 tons with five sails and multiple masts. 4 Trade The primary use of Chinese junks were as trading vessels. According to Richard Cocks, head of the English trading factory in Hirado, over 60…

Global report United Kingdom

Global report United Kingdom

CONSERVATIVES Official knew of minister’s alleged speeding request The most senior civil servant in the Home Office was made aware of allegations that Suella Braverman wanted civil service help in dealing with a speeding fine, the Guardian understands. The development raises questions about how many other senior officials and ministers across Whitehall were then informed about the claims, and puts pressure on the prime minister to order an investigation into the allegations. Matthew Rycroft, the department’s permanent secretary, was told about the home secretary’s alleged request to set up a private driving awareness course in the autumn, informed sources said. Braverman had made the request to another senior civil servant who “had concerns about whether it was appropriate”, it is understood, so had reported it to the top official. The home secretary insisted she had done…

Airways Photo News

Airways Photo News

1 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES BOEING 737-8 N871HK MSN 67775 · LN 8405 Southwest Airlines (WN) took delivery of a Boeing 737-8 sporting its iconic ‘Desert Gold’ colors, which will bear the name of Herbert D. Kelleher (1931-2019), WN’s founder, CEO, and chairman emeritus. The number 71 in the registration is a nod to 1971 (the year Southwest took to the skies), together with Herb’s initials. 2 GLOBAL CROSSING AIRLINES AIRBUS A320-214 N281GX MSN 2830 GlobalX (Global Crossing Airlines) (G6) has put a ‘Bad Bunny—Adidas’ promotional livery on one of its Airbus A320s. Bad Bunny, a Puerto Rican rapper and singer, chartered the aircraft in collaboration with Adidas. The winners of a free raffle received a one-night stay in Puerto Rico and concert tickets to Bad Bunny’s concert in New York, among other prizes. 3 SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES BOEING 737-8K5 N844SY MSN…

STILL THE ONE

NO DIVISION in football has undergone more upheaval than the NFC South, where every team will enter the 2022 season with either a new coach or a new projected starting quarterback. The team with the greatest claim to stability is the one whose coach and Hall of Fame tight end retired—and whose quarterback retired, too, only to reverse course after 40 days. The Bucs’ change at the top should not be that radical, because Todd Bowles had been Tampa Bay’s defensive coordinator for three seasons before he was promoted to replace head coach Bruce Arians. And Arians, who announced his surprise retirement March 30, will still be around the team in a front-office role. And Tom Brady, 45, is the ultimate stabilizer. Any hand-wringing over his age seems foolish given his continued…

STILL THE ONE
SNOW FUN IS THE BEST FUN

SNOW FUN IS THE BEST FUN

Groundhandling. Pull up, stabilise, turn around, tilt the wing to one side, collapse it, control it, move with it, stay centred, move forwards, feel the wind, balance on one foot, feel the pressure, play with the brakes, turn, pull, collapse, control. These, and much more, are a standard part of any good paragliding groundhandling training day, and over time will result in giving the pilot a high level of confidence both on the ground and in flight. Sometimes though it takes a little effort to practise these exercises after a great day’s flying, or to look for the best place to unpack the glider just for groundhandling when the weather is not right for flying. But what if you could do these training exercises at speed on skis on the snow…

EXPLORATION

EXPLORATION

INCLUDING JOURNEYS that would take them across the globe, find out how – and why – the Vikings spread their wings and discovered new lands far and wide. TRANSPORT SOME VIKINGS travelled extensively. Others remained at home on their farms, growing crops and fishing to survive, but they still needed to travel occasionally, perhaps to visit a neighbour or to go to the Althing, the yearly assembly. Horses were a common means of transport, particularly in Iceland, where travel was easier by land. Although the horses used were not large and were certainly not war horses like medieval knights used, they were a means of travelling relatively quickly. The Vikings made good use of this mobility in their forays abroad. When they invaded East Anglia in the ninth century, they promptly sought out…

Artur Schnabel

Artur Schnabel

Schnabel recalled in his memoir (My Life and Music, published posthumously in 1961) that Leschetizky, his childhood teacher in Vienna, repeatedly told him: ‘You will never be a pianist. You are a musician.’ Leschetizky’s prediction was off the mark, for Schnabel emerged as one of the most significant pianists (and pedagogues) of the first half of the 20th century. He was not only a serious and erudite musician of integrity, but also a musical polymath: a composer, editor, author and teacher as well as a great pianist. From Schnabel, as from Arturo Toscanini, stems the idea that the composer’s text must be the performer’s guide. Both musicians were committed to faithful realisation of the text, and this principle remains a core aspect of their respective legacies (though the results they obtained…

Logic

Logic

Professional mixers use drum replacement so much that you would be surprised to learn how many rock albums contain little, if any, of the original kick and snare in the final mixes. For the most part, sample replacement is used on multitrack drum recordings to provide several worthwhile benefits. Rather than put a badly recorded kick drum through a half dozen plug‑ins to beef it up or give it more snap, simply replace it with a sample that has all of the characteristics you need — or enhance it with just the attributes that your original drum lacks. Another application is to replace the snare (while keeping the original in the mix) and use the sampled snare to send to reverb, rooms, and other effects to achieve clean ambience without…

Outside In

Outside In

Chemistry is hard to fake in a relationship, but when it happens, it creates an environment where great things happen naturally. From the very start, a lively rapport was established between Ground Up (Design + Build) and their clients, a couple who were new parents and their baby. “What attracted us to the project were the clients themselves. They were really warm people with a creative background,” recounts Ground Up creative director, Megan Lai. So it is no wonder this Seni Mont Kiara home brims with personality and a relaxed, buoyant charm. The exuberance of this 3500 sq ft apartment is held together by a strong thematic continuity. In its original state, Lai notes, “there was no cohesiveness between each space.” The designers addressed this issue by focusing on the coastal…

QUARK, RETURNED!

"The makeup wasn’t that difficult when I did it in England,” Shimerman says. “Karen was there, and I knew I was in good hands. When you’re being made up, you really have no input. You are simply a piece of canvas the artist draws on. What I was surprised by, when Karen was finished — and because we’d meticulously gone and found pieces used on the show — was how much like Quark I looked. “That may seem overly simplistic, but it isn’t. I know I’ve aged. I look in the mirror and see how much older I’ve gotten, so I assumed the Quark makeup would not be the same, because of the changes in me. But, because so much of my face was covered with prosthetics, because Karen remembered meticulously…

QUARK, RETURNED!

TERRY MATALAS

Star Trek, for Terry Matalas, meant Sunday afternoons perched on the couch with his dad, excitedly watching repeats of episodes featuring Captain Kirk, Spock, Dr. McCoy and the rest of the classic cast. For his first Trek movie in a theater, he ventured out to see The Search for Spock. As a result, “the U.S.S. Enterprise returning to space dock, the Excelsior, and Klingon Birds of Prey are all burned into my DNA,” and the "incredible” trilogy of The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, and The Voyage Home informed "a lot of who I would become as a storyteller." Then, it was back to the couch for Star Trek: The Next Generation. It all paved the way for Matalas to put his own mark on Star Trek. While attending…

TERRY MATALAS
They Weren’t Witches

They Weren’t Witches

THE VILLAGE OF Sant Feliu Sasserra perches on a hilltop in a pine-forested region of Catalonia. Fifty-three miles north of Barcelona, the place retains a medieval atmosphere, with a tenth-century church in the plaza and cobblestone alleys lined by old sandstone-block houses. A plain, three-story edifice with a pair of Spanish flags draped from the top-floor windows serves as the ajuntament, or town hall. I’ve come to this quiet village of 600 people because of a major reckoning with history that has made headlines across Europe—a vote by the Catalan Parliament to apologize for the more than 700 “witches” condemned in the region over three centuries beginning in 1424, when Catalonia enacted Europe’s first law prohibiting witchcraft. Catalonia was a center of witchcraft trials in Europe for more than 300 years;…

“We are healing hearts with cow cuddling!”

Aimee Takaha closed her eyes and pictured herself on a lush farm, watching peacefully as a menagerie of animals roamed around her. It was her inner happy place, the place she had escaped to countless times during her traumatic, abuse-filled childhood. Even as an adult, the Arizona resident retreated to her fantasy farm when she experienced debilitating flashbacks from PTSD, like she was now. If only that farm existed in real life, Aimee dreamed. And as a feeling of calm came over her, the then-45-year-old suddenly had a thought: Why can’t it? What if I were to create just such a farm in real life? It would be a place of healing, not just for her but for the animals as well. Imagining herself snuggling and petting animals had been Aimee’s lifeline…her…

“We are healing hearts with cow cuddling!”
Store CUPBOARD SUMS…

Store CUPBOARD SUMS…

It's a rose hip November Rosehip wine Based on an old 1850 recipe. Select firm, ripe hips. Cut off all stems and tops. Put into a large jar that can be made airtight. To each 450g of hips allow 450g white sugar, and 710ml of water. Pour boiling water over sugar. When quite dissolved, pour lukewarm over hips. Cover with a cloth. Stand in a warm kitchen for two weeks, stirring twice daily. Make airtight with three layers of greaseproof paper, brushed with flour and water paste. Stand in a cool dark place for six months. Strain off wine carefully through a fine muslin. Bottle and cork. It becomes quite potent with keeping - the less you boil, the better the flavour. Taken from Wild Fruits, Nuts and Flowers: 101 Good…

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THINGS TO NOTE AND NOTICE Birdwatch Once endangered, siskins are now thriving in the UK. These finches are resident all year but are joined by visiting cousins from Scandinavia in winter so you're more likely to see one now. Look for: Canary yellow feathers with black stripes on the side (which helps you tell them apart from a greenfinch) and a curved beak. Males have a black cap, too. Spot them: In gardens - they love a bird table, particularly one with niger seed on offer. They also love alder, pine and spruce cones, so look out for them in those trees. Listen for: A rather harmonious &tilu, tilu' call. FOLKLORE: Turning thr Devil's Stone, Shebbear On 5 November as the rest of us are enjoying bonfire and firework displays, the folk of Shebbear, Devon, are waiting…

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THE CHRISTMAS ELVIS

Stood in her fragrant kitchen, under a garland of twinkling fairy lights, Rose drops cloves, orange slices, star anise and cinnamon into a pan for mulled wine. On a stool beside her, Bea is a Christmas angel in Rose’s too long apron and a halo of flour. Amid the mess of pastry and icing sugar, Rose heaves the box of decorations onto the table, and they begin. Excitedly, Bea’s sugary fingers dive for the three kings she made out of clothes pegs with Granny: glued on crowns of tin foil and cheerful crayoned faces. Rose unwraps the hand-blown glass bauble she brought back from Venice, years ago: before Ben, before Bea. They marvel at its beauty and hang it in the kitchen window to watch it spin in the pale winter…

THE CHRISTMAS ELVIS
SEEKING WINTER

SEEKING WINTER

One of my favourite ways to spend a midwinter afternoon is walking. Especially on the hill above my home, where the crisp air forces me to huddle deeper into my thick woollen scarf. It’s a good vantage point for seeing how the season has settled across the landscape: leafless woods, shallow puddles topped with thin layers of ice and hedgerows decorated with trailing tufts of traveller’s joy (also called old man’s beard). Seemingly empty fields offer up wintry gifts: roe deer, given away by their bright white rumps, grazing happily in the fading light. And I often flush out flocks of fieldfares, with flecked chests and iron-coloured heads, from the hawthorn. These thrushes travel from as far as Scandinavia to avoid biting temperatures, and their chuckling calls are a welcome…

MY CITY* PALERMO

MY CITY* PALERMO

*There’s no better way to get to the heart of a city than through the people who live there. Every month we ask someone, clearly in love with their city, to take us on a personal tour and tell us what makes it so special. You may feel inspired to visit one day, but for now just sit back, relax and enjoy some armchair travel. How long have you lived in the city? I’ve been living in Palermo for five years now, but first began travelling and studying here in 2011. Why Palermo, and where are you from originally? I arrived in Palermo after many years in New York, where I’d been working as a private chef. After completing my culinary degree at the French Culinary Institute in NYC, I was awarded a scholarship…

JESMOND, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE MY NEIGHBOURHOOD

Born and raised in Newcastle, Nancy Straughan spent her twenties in London, but while pregnant with her first child, she felt the call to return home. “I loved the buzz of London, but when Simon and I started a family, I began to crave the landscape of my roots,” says Nancy, a freelance photographer and stylist. “I missed the open countryside, the coastlines and wanted to be closer to my mum, so we decided to move back to Newcastle.” With Nancy heavily pregnant, they left behind their jobs and London life and moved back up north, staying with Nancy’s mum while they looked for a home to rent. “We’d hoped to find somewhere quickly as it was quite a squash, and finally found our flat online five months later.” Their London flat…

JESMOND, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE MY NEIGHBOURHOOD
MY CITY * ROME

MY CITY * ROME

*There's no better way to get to the heart of a city than through the people who live there. Every month we ask someone, clearly in love with their city, to take us on a personal tour and tell us what makes it so special. You may feel inspired to visit one day, but for now just sit back, relax and enjoy some armchair travel. How long have you lived in the city? Rome is my city of birth and where my family are, but I haven't always lived here. I grew up jumping back and forth between Italy and the US, and, as an adult, I've often lived abroad for work. But Rome is my home, the place I always miss when I'm somewhere else and the place I always return…

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THINGS TO NOTE AND NOTICE Beneath your feet BLUEBELL CARPETS We're lucky here in the UK to have half the world's bluebell population to enjoy – a pretty amazing thought, given what a small collection of islands we are. The average date to see the first bluebell here is 14 April but they can bloom any time between late March and early May, depending on the weather and where in the country you are. You can find them under hedgerows but for spectacular hazy, blue carpets of them, heading to an ancient woodland is your best bet. Visit the Woodland Trust's website for lists of bluebell woods around the UK. You can also help protect bluebells by recording your sightings on their ‘Nature's Calendar' each year. Find it in the ‘visiting woods' section on woodlandtrust.org.uk. Weatherlore Folklore…

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BATHING BEAUTIES

BATHING BEAUTIES

LAVENDER AND ROSE BATH BOMBS Smell sweet, soothe your skin and a simple thing to make You will need: 290g bicarbonate of soda 110g citric acid 26 drops lavender essential oil 13 drops rose-geranium essential oil 25g oats Witch hazel (in a spray bottle) Dried lavender Dried rose petals Bath bomb moulds - we used 7cm diameter plastic moulds to make one large bomb with spare mix. 5cm moulds should make two bombs. 1 Sieve the bicarbonate of soda and citric acid into a bowl. Add the essential oils and mix with your hands. Add the oats and mix again. 2 Spray the mix 10 times with the witch hazel and stir. Spray 5 more times and stir again. The consistency should resemble ever so slightly damp sand so that it holds its shape when…

The forgotten sense

What does summer mean to you? From barbeques and salty sea air to candy floss and freshly cut grass, many of our strongest associations with the season are smells that are stored in our memory. Smells can make us feel happy, hungry, or attracted to a person. We can smell an impending change in weather before we feel the first raindrops, and smell serves as a crucial warning to all kinds of dangers, from inedible foods to harmful chemicals. While you might think smell is your least important sense, it has a more significant role to play in your emotional and physical health than you probably appreciate. “Smell is our only sense that is directly hard wired to the emotional centre of the brain,” says Dr Rachel Herz, neuroscientist and expert…

The forgotten sense

IDENTIFIER Edible fungi

Chanterelle You've won the forager's cup if you spot these chef favourites. Chanterelle comes from the Greek kantharos, or ‘cup'. The blusher Not so-called because you need to look at its ‘skirt' to tell it apart from the lethal Panthercap - but rather the colour it goes when cut. Parasol Like its namesake, mostly out in the summer months. And like us, when we've been in the sun too long, recognisable by its scaly cap. Porcini Meaning piglets in Italian, also known as penny bun in English, and ‘squirrel's bread' in Dutch, it's a foodie favourite no matter the language. Saffron milkcap Yellow tinged pink and a Northern star, fond of pine forests. Also has orange-y latex 'milk'. Eat a lot and urine for a colourful surprise. Wood blewit Clue's in the name: found in woods, and is 'blew'… and violet…

IDENTIFIER Edible fungi
Cobblestones to Asphalt Drives DESIGNING TO COMPLEMENT THE HOUSE

Cobblestones to Asphalt Drives DESIGNING TO COMPLEMENT THE HOUSE

DRIVEWAY AESTHETIC “Design is determined by the locale,” says architect Patrick Ahearn. Brick is appropriate for an in-town dwelling, if brick is prominent, while pea stone is casual. Pea stone can be rolled into asphalt when snowplowing is a concern. double-track driveways Dating to the early automobile era, this concept is applicable to houses built ca. 1900 to 1940 and for earlier homes that probably got their first driveways during those decades. Twin tire tracks of concrete, brick, or stone surround a grass (or moss) median, which diminishes the apparent width of the driveway The permeable center and verges allow rainwater to percolate: environmentally sound, it also helps avoid pooling and icing. With less paving material, the installation cost is probably less, as well. You do have to maintain the grass. FORMAL vs. INFORMAL Formality…