Pipe leaks and puck joy: Milan’s winter wasteland comes alive for ice hockey opener
The hosts managed to just about get the Santagiulia arena ready for Italy’s win over France – and the locals responded ‘Ladies and gentlemen! The women’s preliminary Group B match…
Donald Trump is making China great again | Steven Greenhouse
The president’s policies have weakened the US’s competitive position and undermined its alliances to China’s advantage If Donald Trump’s presidency has any theme (beyond self-promotion), it’s that his “America First”…
The last US-Russia arms control treaty is expiring. We must stop a new arms race | Edward J Markey
New Start expires on Thursday. That leaves no limits on US and Russian nuclear arsenals Let’s be honest: America needs another nuclear weapon about as much as Donald Trump deserves…
We can reverse America’s decline | Bernie Sanders
It is not good enough just to criticize Trump. We must offer a positive vision that will improve the lives of Americans At this difficult moment in American history, it’s…
‘People are turning themselves into lab rats’: the injectable peptides craze sweeping the US
Though lab-made peptides are touted as a cure-all, they are not FDA-regulated and pose serious risks, experts warn Here’s a new trend that sounds unwise: buying unregulated substances from dealers…
After high school, a friend I was very close to drifted away. Should I seek closure from her? | Leading questions
Getting closure and reaching out are two different questions, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. One may not help with the other Read more Leading questions Should I try to seek…
I loved Prue, but Nigella joining Bake Off feels like the good news I need | Rebecca Shaw
In my mind, Nigella Lawson should already be spending her life where random people just prepare delicious things for her to have bites of Last week, I was sent an…
Bugger by Michael Mohammed Ahmad review – tender, unflinching and difficult to read
The author’s fourth novel offers a devastating day in the life of a 10-year-old boy who cannot be kept safe Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email First, a confession:…
‘I’m so co-o-old’: ahead of Wuthering Heights, the 20 best films with dreadful weather – ranked!
As we don our oilskins for the release of Emerald Fennell’s rain-lashed romance, we count down the films pitting their stars against the elements Pathetic fallacy is the literary device…
Five young teens on life under Australia’s social media ban: ‘It’s not a big deal any more’
Nearly two months after age restrictions for under-16s were introduced, we revisit five teenagers on how they’re experiencing – or getting around – the ban Australian social media ban explained:…