Normcore! Ghosting! Cheugy! The internet loves a buzzword. The latest entry into this category shows no signs of waning anytime soon: ‘stealth wealth’ — also known by its sister moniker, quiet luxury —which speaks to the rise in an inconspicuous (albeit, extortionately-priced) personal aesthetic. It’s popular with the super-rich, whichContinue Reading

Government to introduce targets to cut sewage dumping in rivers

W ater companies will face legally binding targets to cut sewage discharges into the UK’s rivers, the Government has announced. Environment Secretary Therese Coffey said the Government would introduce legislation to put plans to reduce storm overflows on a “new legal footing”. In a written statement to Parliament, Ms CoffeyContinue Reading

Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman has died three days before his 79th birthday, following a short battle with bone cancer. The “much-loved husband, father and grandfather” died “peacefully” in a hospice in Tunbridge Wells in Kent on Saturday, “surrounded by his family”, his spokesperson said. Goodman rose to stardom at theContinue Reading

The British composer Rebecca Saunders is a leading figure in European music, said Andrew Clements in The Guardian. But perhaps because she mainly lives and works in Germany, she gets relatively little attention in the UK. This “superb disc ought to gain Saunders many more admirers, for it includes oneContinue Reading