This is a really useful herb-speckled mayonnaise, to toss with crunchy raw veg for a quick lunch or to serve as an accompaniment. Place 4 rashers of smoked streaky bacon on a shallow grill pan and cook under an overhead grill until crisp. Remove the rashers and drain on kitchen paper, then cut into short…
The sticker Zuckerberg and fellow employees wore at San Francisco’s Pride parade in 2013. Illustration: Guardian Design In 2019, Facebook set a goal for itself: ensure half of its workforce was from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds by 2024. The lofty ambition made the company stand out among its Silicon Valley peers. Maxine Williams, a longtime…
Stuart Diver woke up to a roar that sounded like a low-flying plane. The floor was shaking. The windows rattled. It was 11.35pm and 4,000 tons of mud, building and debris was hurtling down the mountainside in Thredbo, New South Wales, towards Bimbadeen Lodge, where he had been asleep with his wife, Sally. In a…
Two friends and I were walking through our various rationales for some recent stupid act or thought. I didn’t pay my tax on time, because I didn’t want to cash in my premium bonds before the end of the month, because maybe I’d win a million pounds. H reckons if she applied herself seriously to…
I haven’t had sex with my wife for more than 10 years. We have four dogs and she has them sleep in the bed; I told her I can’t sleep with the dogs and she didn’t do anything about it. She has me sleeping in another room by myself.I don’t know what to do and…
The models on the Coach catwalk could have walked straight off the New York street outside the venue. Men and women alike wore shrunken T-shirts and silver earrings, handbags jammed under one arm like a skateboard as they loped along, baggy jeans dragging over scuffed trainers. To make fashion that speaks to the moment, “you…