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Country diary: Here for all to see – nature’s remarkable ability to rebound | Mark Cocker ⊕⊕
Mousley Bottom, Derbyshire: This area was a literal dump 40 years ago, devoid of life. But time and a dedicated council have worked their magic
Stand in this wood by the River Goyt, listening to the b…
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Turn into a brat at Christmas? Psychologist reveals why we revert to acting like teenagers around our family ⊕
According to Dr Chester Sunde, a licensed clinical psychologist in California, this is due to a completely normal and very common process called 'regression'.
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‘Extreme heebie-jeebies’: writers on their scariest movies of all time ⊖
For Halloween, Guardian writers pick their most terrifying films ever – from The Shining and The Descent to The Strangers
“Sometimes one can’t help … imagining things.” Truman Capote helped to adapt H…
Florence + the Machine: Everybody Scream review – alt-rock survivor surveys her kingdom with swagger ⊖⊖
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On her self-deprecating, viscera-flecked sixth record, Florence Welch picks apart the compulsions and contradictions of fame
The title track of Everybody Scream provides a suitably striking o…
7 months ago
Puff tart and brown sugar loaf – Alexina Anatole’s courgette recipes ○
Turn this summer favourite into a savoury lunchtime tart or a warm spiced bake
Summer courgettes seem to multiply faster than we can cook them, and demand a little more of our love from June through t…
Turn empty London office blocks into ‘late-night party zones’, report suggests ○
Creative studio says financial districts deserted in working-from-home shift could host revitalised nightlife sector
Could the future of Canary Wharf lie in thumping beats and dancefloor raves? Could …
How to turn broad bean pods into a refreshing summer soup – recipe | Waste not ○
Turn shelled broad bean pods into a quick, bright green and nourishing soup – an ingenious way to use an otherwise unused byproduct
Broad bean pods are one of the most under-appreciated edible scraps,…
8 months ago
‘Sidmouth became our summer place’: Jeremy Vine on why his family love holidaying in Devon ○
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The broadcaster and author can’t get enough of this stretch of England’s south coast, and has even set his first murder mystery there
My earliest memory of Devon is being lost, and my mum crying. I wa…
9 months ago
The Acid Queen by Susannah Cahalan review – Timothy Leary’s right hand woman ○
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A key a protagonist of the psychedelic counterculture, Rosemary Woodruff lived a life every bit as fascinating as her husband’s
Of Timothy Leary, we know plenty. How, in the early 1960s, he gave LSD t…