Lifestyle » 3 weeks ago
Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro converge in the Accursed Mountains, offering skiing days where you see more countries than you do other skiersPushing my skis forward in tracks carved deep into the snow and a swirling wind and thick fog, I finally reach a vast plateau where...
Lifestyle » 3 weeks ago
Just how excited should we be about LaKe, the substance discovered by researchers at Denmark’s Aarhus University?Can a pill really mimic all the beneficial effects of exercise? You’d think so from some of the stories about substances that “could make going to the gym unne...
Lifestyle » 3 weeks ago
I used to joke that in my divorce settlement my ex got the house and I got the cat. I still think mine was the better dealTwo summers ago, on a warm afternoon, I walked through the streets of north London, carrying my cat. Dollface was 17 years old, and had been diagnosed...
Lifestyle » 3 weeks ago
The amount of money stolen from plastic that is being intercepted and used for spending is soaring rapidlyWhen Denise George* received a notification on her phone that a replacement credit card she’d ordered had been used, she was surprised … as she was still waiting for ...
Lifestyle » 3 weeks ago
Because money wasn’t transferred to the seller in time, me, my child and our cat had to find emergency accommodationAfter an acrimonious divorce I was forced to sell the family house and move to a flat with my young daughter and cat. On the completion date, ...
Lifestyle » 3 weeks ago
Everything is easier with modern technology – except fulfilling your true potentialThe convenience of modern life is nothing short of astounding. As I write this, my phone is wirelessly sending some of the greatest hits from the 1700s (Bach, if you must know) to my portab...
Lifestyle » 3 weeks ago
When human solvers battle artificial intelligence, who is able to think more cryptically, faster? And are some devious clues just too tough for software?The Times hosts an annual crossword-solving competition and it remains, until such time as the Guardian has its own ver...
Entertainment » 3 weeks ago
Its Game of Thronesian intrigue, benevolent Skeletor protagonist and surprising lack of gratuitous violence sets this series apartStarting with the customary lore-hosing and predicated on the usual tumescent brawls and characters declaiming their power moves, Overlord: Th...
Entertainment » 3 weeks ago
Adapted from Juan Rulfo’s inflential novel, Rodrigo Prieto’s fractured drama of a son’s return home is confusing but powerfulHere is a new adaptation of Juan Rulfo’s 1955 magic-realist novel that later inspired Gabriel García Márquez, among others; judging by the non-line...
Lifestyle » 3 weeks ago
Head of LVMH, an investor in Italy’s Moncler, reportedly keen to get deal done with British luxury brand...