The recipe A last-minute sweet treat for Easter. The lemon zest and toasted almonds lend an Italian note. These will keep for a fortnight in a biscuit tin (that is, if they’re not all eaten today). The biscuits are fragile directly after baking. Let them rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before lifting…
I have great empathy with Adrian Chiles’ protectiveness of inanimate objects (Why am I so sad about seeing a robot get beaten up?, 5 February), but these objects can exercise tyranny, so we should beware the jacket that won’t let you put it on, the paper serviette that it is impervious to fluid and, of course,…
In its last few days of power, the Biden administration is expected to officially propose a limit on nicotine in cigarettes. It’d be a last-minute move to push back against the tobacco industry after President Joe Biden failed to finalize a long-standing pledge to ban menthol cigarettes. The proposal, which could come as soon as…
Japan is to flood the market with almost a quarter of a million tonnes of stockpiled rice in an unprecedented attempt to arrest soaring prices caused by record summer heat, panic buying and distribution problems. The government will release up to 210,000 tonnes of rice, the agriculture minister, Taku Eto, said on Friday, as consumers…
Google has for years used its popular online services to remind users about cultural events, marking its calendar app with occasions such as Black History Month and Women’s History Month. Last week, some users noticed that the popular app was no longer displaying those observances, as well as a litany of others, prompting an online…