It’s January, and the cliches are in full swing: it’s cold, dark, dry, you’re waiting for that next payslip … It doesn’t help that this month collides with the latest menswear fashion season. There’s nothing like scrolling Instagram with last night’s leftovers, watching a flurry of glamorous shows, parties and way out of budget trends…
Nothing exorcises the miserable spirit of January – dry or otherwise – like a Burns Night celebration. A whisky-fuelled supper to mark Robert Burns’s birthday is the perfect remedy to dreich midwinter days. It’s a bandwagon on to which I gladly jump each year, despite having no connection to Scotland whatsoever. And so should you….
People who choose not to have children are sometimes questioned about their choice – whether they have made the right decision, or told perhaps they will change their mind. While medical problems mean some people are unable to have children, others choose to be childfree. The Guardian has explored how friendships can be affected when…
Martin R, 28, Bristol Occupation Studying for a PhD in political theory Voting record Has voted for centre-left parties in France and Spain. He can’t vote in the UK, but would probably vote Green if he could Amuse bouche Despite his dual French/Spanish nationality, he has never lived in either country, having been born in…
Edith Langford at home in Daphne, Alabama. The day after I turned nine, 27 August 1961, I conquered the bicycle. After weeks of wobbly, failed attempts while on vacation at my older cousin Lillian’s house in Michigan, I had finally done it! I got on that bike and away I went. I turned a corner…
It may be inoffensive and ubiquitous, but parsley gives me the irrits. You can keep your flat and your curly versions. You can’t seduce me with your fancy Forest Green or Extra-Curled Dwarf. I just don’t like it. My disdain for the Ned Flanders of the herb world is partly because of childhood trauma and…