Kiran Desai: 'I never expected this to occur in the US.'
Not long after novelist Kiran Desai published her second book, The Inheritance of Loss—which won the Booker Prize in 2006—she…
'It's a resurrection': 1,000-year-old seeds may sprout ancient plants in England's ice-age ghost ponds.
If you looked out over a green field and spotted a yellow excavator tearing up the turf, you might think…
The people of Lochee in Dundee didn't let Elon Musk's remarks get to them. Instead, they showed that their community spirit is as strong as ever.
The old mill chimney still stands tall over the high street in Lochee, a Dundee neighborhood once famous worldwide for…
The restaurant staff were delighted when we mentioned we were heading out for a blind date.
Niamh on Harry What were you hoping for? A witty, well-dressed pub quiz partner, preferably Irish. My family is originally…
"We saw how those young women were so harshly judged": Nadia Fall on her debut film, Brides
In Nadia Fall’s debut feature film, “Brides,” two teenage girls run away from Britain to join Islamic State in Syria…
'Abject horror': the troubling history of TV shows about vigilante paedophile hunters
Here’s how it would typically unfold. A man would show up at a house after chatting online with someone he…
Parents are furious after Meta used photos of schoolgirls in advertisements aimed at men.
Meta used back-to-school photos of schoolgirls to promote its social media platform Threads to a 37-year-old man, a move that…
Ted Cruz likens FCC chair's threats to ABC to those of a mob boss.
Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, compared FCC chair Brendan Carr’s threats to revoke ABC’s broadcast licenses over Jimmy…
Scientists say a massive crater beneath the North Sea was formed by an asteroid impact.
Eighty miles off the coast of Yorkshire, deep beneath the seabed, lies a remarkable crater that has long puzzled scientists.…
Government documents caution that Northern Ireland faces a persistent risk of race-related riots.
Northern Ireland is facing a “permacrisis” due to recurring racial riots, and government documents suggest military bases may be needed…