Don’t zap the Zip: Zip card petition wants to save kids’ free travel
Don't zap the Zip: a recent Zip card petition wants to ensure kids' free travel scheme doesn't get scrapped.
Travel
Farewell Principality of Hutt River, but many micronations are going strong
After 50 years, the tiny Principality of Hutt River has ended its claim to be indep…
One Arctic island is backing everything up in case of the Apocalypse
The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is already home to the Global Seed Vault…
Scientists identify best place on Earth for stargazing
A new study has revealed that a remote site in Antarctica is the best place on Eart…
Lock-down life: Greece wins battle with coronavirus, but tourist season uncertain
If you’re daydreaming of vacations in Greece, think twice. Lock-down life has helped stave off coronavirus, but the tourist season remains uncertain.
Three Gorges Dam: Dispelling myths about China's ill-fated structure
Flood waters have raised doubts about China's Three Gorges Dam this week, but it's …
Sexual harassment in Sri Lanka: stop glossing over it
Travel bloggers must stop glossing over this shocking Sri Lanka statistic.
Health & Fitness
What is Intuitive Eating?
In this day and age, there are so many different diets and eating styles that it's …
Men can suffer from eating disorders too
Eating disorders affect millions around the world and sadly are on the rise for man…
Sweet dreams or Inception nightmare: Scientists create device to control dreams
It may sound like something from a sci-fi film, but scientists have created a devic…
Life is well worth living with a stoma bag
A man who did not wish to live with a stoma bag was recently granted the right to d…
Study outlines biggest threat to human life and it isn't covid-19
While covid-19 may be commanding the headlines, a new study claims that air polluti…
Why health is about more than your BMI
With the recent reopening of indoor gyms, studios, and pools in the UK, there has b…
Food & Drink
What’s in season now: five courgette recipes
At their best between June and September, courgettes are versatile and readily avai…
The cheesy trademark battle over halloumi
What does cheese say when it looks in the mirror? Halloumi. The cheesy joke m…
Recipe: Briony May Williams’ melted ice cream cake showstopper
Star of The Great British Bake-Off Briony May Williams shares a fun seasonal recipe for melted ice cream cake to make at home
The Queen’s Royal Gin, and other hilarious celebrity products
G&T lovers, have you heard the news? HM The Queen has brought out her own small…
Hospitality reopening could present problems for people with sight loss
The news that pubs can reopen in Scotland on 15 July after over three months of clo…
Why the Leicester coronavirus flare-up matters
It matters how – and more crucially, when – the government helps Leicester to help itself
Education
Class of Corona: what it’s like to graduate from university in 2020
It’s true. I am one of the unfortunate students that had to finish a university deg…
Five ways universities may be about to change post-covid-19
With more than 450,000 international students, the UK is the second most popular de…
This second Elizabethan age is just as uncertain as the first. How we respond is up to us
Uncertainty allows for freedom and creativity and perhaps humility as well
Introducing the Trip Advisor for contraception
The Trip Advisor for contraception The topic of birth control is finally v…
Mars is the new moonshot. Here’s why
Some are calling it “the summer of Mars”
Texting your ex in lock-down? Here’s why
During lock-down, my friends and I frequently discussed the bizarre increase in mes…