With spring in full swing, it’s time to go shopping for plants. While adding to or creating a garden has obvious green credentials, some plants are more sustainable than others. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Whether it’s hidden peat, throwaway plants,…
Mayor Heddlesten has long sideburns and a mustache that curls around the corners of his mouth. The day we met, he was wearing his patriotic glasses, emblazoned with the American flag. Audio clip of Weinberger: Are your eyeglasses, is it the red, white, and blue? Are they — oh, wow. They’re magnetic. Audio clip of…
SMALL TOWN GIRLS: A Writer’s Memoir, By Jayne Anne Phillips Most fiction writers have given so much of their own experiences to their characters that, after long careers, they are rarely inspired to become late-life autobiographers. Over the years, however, many are likely to have published a variety of nonfiction pieces — personal essays, talks,…
When a ship comes under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the first places its distress call is likely to be heard is thousands of miles away, on a military base outside Portsmouth, on the south coast of Britain. “The most distressing events are ones where you are being called up by the…
Reporting Highlights Big Promises: Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished. “Here We Go Again”: There have been no new homes built in Cairo, Illinois, in at least 30 years. Residents have grown wary of…
Shorouk Express “The twice-yearly task of publishing a large and sensitive document is out of scale with virtually all of the rest of its publication activities,” said the investigation, which was hastily carried out by peer Sarah Hogg and OBR board member and City bigwig Susan Rice. It called for “completely new arrangements” to be…
Sandisk has released what it says is the world’s smallest 1TB USB-C flash drive, one tiny enough to plug into a laptop and never take out. The Extreme Fit is just a little bigger than the wireless dongle for my Logitech mouse. It’s L-shaped, slotting into a USB-C port but sticking up ever so slightly…
If your Android is a few years old and starting to feel sluggish, it doesn’t mean you have to rush out and buy the newest flagship model. Thanks to longer software support from brands like Google and Samsung, older models can still run smoothly, as long as you give them a little attention. Before you start shopping…
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