Illustration: Valero Doval/The Guardian What makes a place somewhere good to live? Where might we be happiest if we had the choice of going anywhere? It’s an almost impossible question, as we do not all thrive on the same things, but there are some that are universally agreed to be conducive to cheeriness. When we…
The 2025 Preakness Stakes featured a field of nine horses competing on a dirt track at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore for a distance of 1 3/16 miles, all vying for the prestigious Middle Jewel title. With coveted trainers such as Bob Baffert returning to Pimlico, there was a lot of intrigue around this race,…
I like to think of myself as a bit of a connoisseur of tinned seafood, and of tinned sardines, in particular. Well, of course I do: I’m Spanish, after all, and I’ve been eating this stuff since I was two (which, let me tell you, is a very long time ago indeed!). So I jumped…
Can the Florida Panthers really go back-to-back? With a dominant roster and playoff experience, the Panthers are poised to make a strong run at back-to-back Stanley Cup titles. Sports Pulse The Winnipeg Jets were playing with heavy hearts on Saturday even before they lost to the Dallas Stars because star Mark Scheifele’s father Brad had…
At least one person is dead after a car exploded near a reproductive facility in Palm Springs, California, on Saturday morning, according to local authorities. “The blast appears to be an intentional act of violence,” the Palm Springs police chief Andy Mills said in a statement. “There has been one fatality. The person’s identity is…
Norway’s generous parental leave, heavily subsidised childcare and high living standards have earned it a reputation as one of the best places in the world to have children. And yet fewer than ever are being born in the Nordic country. Although falling birthrates are a global trend, such is the concern in Oslo the government…