After years of struggling to buy cheese in Asia, I’m still amazed by the variety available in Britain. My need for cheese and my lack of knowledge about it are being addressed by my cheese subscription box from Pong Cheese. The second of the three I...

If good writers “kill [their] darlings”, then as with Newton’s Lex III: Actioni contrariam semper et æqualem esse reactionem: sive corporum duorum actiones in se mutuo semper esse æquales et in partes contrarias dirigi, every action has an equal...

When buying clothes, I’ve always looked at the material. I stick to traditional ideas--cotton in summer and wool in winter. I also like new innovations in fabrics that mean clothes drape well without creasing, wick moisture, or stretch and shape. One...

‘When I had heard all the evidence, I leaned back and shut my eyes and began to think.’
Hercule Poirot
Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie

In the best detective novels, there’s always a dazzling twist at the end—Murder on the Orient ...

What if by (trying to) criminalise more (ordinary) people in the west, you’re losing support for your cause in already tolerant societies? https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/comment/lets-not-expand-hate-crime-even-further-cszz7zx28

‘87% of Amer...

Newspapers thrive on human interest stories about interesting or unusual people. The story of one person’s experience makes something real. People who have shared the same experience will feel close; people who don’t have the same experience will fe...