A double bank holiday around St Patrick’s Day is being considered by the Government. Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said March 17th and 18th could both be bank holidays for a four-day weekend in 2022. The extra holiday would serve as a day of remembrance and to thank frontline workers for theirContinue Reading
Sir Winston leaped off the page and smacked me right in the eye while scrutinising division one of the Maiden Stakes over seven furlongs of Wolverhampton tapeta this afternoon; every box is ticked, all signals are in place for this superbly-named, twice-raced Roger Varian-trained Churchill colt which will be riddenContinue Reading
Now that Adele has made her comeback, the remarkable autumn 2021 succession of blockbuster albums seems to be at an end, which leaves welcome room for the stranger stuff to make itself heard. I thought a 14-year-old girl singing Nick Cave songs with The Flaming Lips was the definitive candidateContinue Reading
A consistent feature of the pandemic has been the presence of a relatively small but vocal number of conspiracy theorists who resist attempts to tackle COVID-19. Their views might seem marginal and extreme but recent research suggests that we should take them seriously. Survey data shows that belief in conspiracyContinue Reading
WIRED approved picks from Apple, Fitbit, Samsung and more are discounted ahead of this week’s Black Friday sale.Continue Reading
h If recent events in Cuba are anything to go by, the government of Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez is facing significant challenges as the country marks five years since the death of its revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro, on November 25 2016. At least one leading dissident, journalist Guillermo Farinas, was takenContinue Reading
Physical activity can help protect the brain as we age. Johnny Bravoo/ Shutterstock Physical activity is very important for a number of reasons – including that it helps to protect the structure and function of our brain as we age. This may be key in reducing the risk of developingContinue Reading
panelsshutterstock Billions of solar panels globally will soon come to the end of their lives, but when they get thrown away, essential materials that are needed to make future panels are being wasted. It is estimated that there will be 78 million tonnes of total waste by 2050]. This isContinue Reading
Andy Rain/EPA The ability of the British police to operate effectively depends on the consent and support of the general public. The brutal kidnapping and murder of Sarah Everhard by PC Wayne Couzens in March 2021 severely damaged public trust in the police, and their ability to “police by consent”.Continue Reading
Review at a glance I t’s a dark and stormy night. Lady Diana Stuckley’s husband has just fallen down some stairs. A doctor, a priest and a far-right politician wash up at the door of her crumbling manor house, needing shelter from the biblical weather. Is Moira Buffini’s play, directedContinue Reading
