The goats fighting fires in Los Angeles

The goats fighting fires in Los Angeles

The goats’ hard work has paid off so much that the city’s fire service credited the herds with helping stop the flames during a fire in 2022, saving a housing complex. “Our fire chief said if the goats had not made a previous pass in that field, the fire could have been a lot worse,” … Read more

I Truly, Truly Love Doing My Job

I Truly, Truly Love Doing My Job

In the two years since Lorde delivered her third album Solar Power, she’s done what most pop stars do in similar situations: toured the world performing her music. That long jaunt wrapped in March, so she’s got some time to update fans via email about what’s going on, as she likes to. Videos by American … Read more

How I rewired my brain in six weeks

How I rewired my brain in six weeks

At the end of the six weeks, I was extremely curious to see if all this work had any effect on my brain. After another brain scan, and some trepidation about what might have happened inside my head in the intervening weeks, I visited Barnhofer at the University of Surrey to find out. He had … Read more

FASHION PHOTOS: Siriano marks 15 years in business with Sia singing and a sparkling ballet fantasy

FASHION PHOTOS: Siriano marks 15 years in business with Sia singing and a sparkling ballet fantasy

ByMARY ALTAFFER Associated Press and LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press September 8, 2023, 8:58 PM The Christian Siriano collection is modeled during Fashion Week, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) The Associated Press NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Christian Siriano marked 15 years in business Friday with Sia performing on … Read more

Le Touquet: The ‘most British of French resorts’

Le Touquet: The ‘most British of French resorts’

According to Fasquelle, it’s the town’s golf courses that have provided the most lasting draw for Brits. Fleming’s Le Touquet home was located beside the 18th hole of the oldest of the three, La Forêt, while La Mer, a six-time French Open host, is perhaps the most famous. An internationally renowned equestrian park and 33-court … Read more

The ancient civilisation that inspired US democracy

The ancient civilisation that inspired US democracy

In mountain villages spangled with poppies and wildflowers, women in baggy şalvar trousers brought me goat cheese, fresh honey and gozleme flatbread, washed down with glasses of tea. During the hottest hours I plunged into the sea, sheltered in forested canyons or stretched out in thyme-scented groves of oak, wild olive and dogwood. After dusk, a … Read more

Why Aperol Spritz is the drink of the summer

Why Aperol Spritz is the drink of the summer

A universal crowd-pleaser, and much less alcoholic than Campari, Aperol introduced a taste for bitterness to people who didn’t know they liked it yet, Villa explained. In the US, Aperol played a key role in the evangelisation of bitterness. Until about 40 years ago, Americans weren’t open to bitter flavours, just as they weren’t to … Read more