Benedictine Convent of St Johann in Müstair, Switzerland This convent is said to have been founded by Charlemagne in the eighth century, and was recognised as a Unesco world heritage site in 1983. For 1,250 years Benedictine nuns have followed a structured monastic life here, which guests are invited to experience by staying in the convent…
It is Saturday, and my wife wants me to walk the dog before we go to the dump, which strikes me as a lot. I would prefer to combine the dog walk and dump trip into a single excursion. I make a fuss about this, and prevail. The purpose of the dump visit – by appointment only…
Federal employees are suing to disconnect a server, reportedly operated by associates of Elon Musk, from the US Office of Personnel Management. A motion filed today as part of a class action suit and obtained by Wired claims that the new server connected to OPM systems is a violation of federal laws as well as…
Sydneysiders have been warned that more than 1,000 train services are expected to be cancelled by the end of Wednesday while those that do run could suffer hours-long delays, as the state government vows to explore legal action to quash “intolerable” industrial action from continuing into Thursday. By Wednesday afternoon, about 400 services had been…
NFL players try to guess Kirk Cousins’ next landing spot NFL players, past and present, on Radio Row try to figure out where Kirk Cousins will play next. Sports Seriously NFL free agency begins in March. Veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers is slated to hit free agency after the New York Jets announced they are moving…
The head of the NHS in England is under fresh fire after a second influential group of MPs in barely 12 hours accused her of lacking the “drive and dynamism” to radically reform the service. The cross-party Commons health and social care committee criticised Amanda Pritchard, the chief executive of NHS England, after taking detailed…