The Thursday quiz has always been interested in fjords, not least since it was revealed in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that they were the design work of Slartibartfast. However, it is difficult to ask questions about them. What is the longest fjord? Well, where are you measuring from and how are you accounting…
I grew up playing in the woods, sleeping with my dog and dead-heading flowers for my dad. This rampant early exposure should have turned me into a hay fever immunity machine, but here I am, all itchy eyes and streaming nose as summer hoves into view. Not that I can see it very well. The…
In case you aren’t related to me and didn’t know, it was my dad’s birthday last week. Looking through photos and various paraphernalia to make the perfect post about him that he almost certainly wouldn’t see, I found a note I had written to him as a child. In it, using language that would now…
Adele Zeynep Walton knew something was wrong when she stumbled out of her caravan in the New Forest at 8am – she was camping with her boyfriend – and, through her sleepy fog, saw her parents’ car driving towards her. Initially annoyed by the idea of a family walk so early in the day, she…
Carmen Casado – holasoyka. Madrid, Spain As an illustrator I’m lucky to be able to work with international clients who propose different and interesting projects, it’s always a pleasure to illustrate stimulating articles. Especially if you can mix an idea with humour and converse at the same time with the text. I also like to…
Jewel-encrusted Miu Miu sunglasses, an Yves Saint Laurent handbag, or a Louis Vuitton suit with the tags still on all sound like once-in-a-lifetime op shop discoveries, but all three are included in the approximately 20,000 items an Australian charity shop made available for sale online on Thursday. Vinnies Finds is a project four years in…