Gingerbread is a delicious yet ancient staple of the holiday season — and its spices may have some surprising health benefits

The gingerbread house traces its origins to 18th-century Germany. Tatiana Gordievskaia/ Shutterstock No confectionery symbolises the holidays quite like gingerbread. While most of us associate gingerbread with edible houses and spiced loaves of cake-like bread, it’s also increasingly appearing as flavouring in novelty drinks and Christmas cocktails. Gingerbread may beContinue Reading

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How bird feeders help small species fight infection

Great tits are familiar visitors to gardens. allanw/Shutterstock Every day, throughout the world, people put huge quantities of food out at feeding stations for birds and other wild animals. Although we know that connecting with nature benefits human health and wellbeing, scientists still know relatively little about the consequences ofContinue Reading

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When not on the road, the trio split their time between Siobhán’s house in north London, and their regular hangout, Shoreditch House – where you’ll likely find them on a Friday night. ‘On a Friday they have this backroom where they play early 90s R&B – I believe that wasContinue Reading

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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Christoper Nolan’s Oppenheimer will miss out on an Oscar nomination in the Visual Effects category, as it has been revealed the Cillian Murphy-starring blockbuster wasContinue Reading

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