Record UK petrol price risks a mass exodus of essential workers Community health workers, cab drivers, couriers and van drivers are ‘paying to go to work’ The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2022
Ellis L. Williams: Panthers have a core under 25 they can win with and build around The math isn’t adding up. Tribune News Service · Jun 10, 2022
Stirling energy bills 40th highest in UK as price rises begin to bite The figures have come via research from the Compare the Market website. Daily Record · Jun 8, 2022
Don’t Trust Your Gut by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz review – the problem with intuition From relationships, to sport, to happiness – why data points, not feelings, are a better guide to what works The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2022
Calls for ‘fatally wounded’ Boris Johnson to quit after damaging confidence vote Strirling area politicians have called for Boris Johnson to resign in the aftermath of this week's Tory confidence vote that saw more than 140 MP's vote to oust the Prime Minister. Daily Record · Jun 8, 2022
Jewish roots: the Kent farm cultivating Jewish principles of land stewardship As Europe’s only Jewish farm faces closure, its founder explains why reviving Judaism’s ancient precepts of sustainable agriculture and conservation has never been more urgent The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2022
Teenager Leila Mottley on writing her debut novel: ‘I’ve always done things at a warp speed’ The 19-year-old’s uncommonly assured book Nightcrawling, about marginalised lives in her home town of Oakland, has won fans including Dave Eggers and Ruth Ozeki The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022
Toast of the town: a home in Oxfordshire French finds and classic designs mingle gracefully in this lovely family house The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022
Ex-nurse Christie Watson: ‘Women’s health has always been undervalued’ The nurse turned academic and author on her experience of the menopause, returning to the wards during the pandemic and dating a man with a tarantula The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022
‘I see this money as not mine’: the people giving away fortunes from slavery and fossil fuels What would you do if your inherited wealth was built on slavery, fossil fuels or came at the price of neglect? Meet the guilty rich who want nothing to do with their money The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022
‘We want a queen who is like a parent’: Observer writers down the decades on the monarch’s reign A selection of this newspaper’s writing about the monarch since she became queen when, as the fashion editor wrote, ‘surprise is an undesired quality’ The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022
Black Salt, London: ‘A thrilling take on familiar dishes’ – restaurant review Far more than just another suburban restaurant, Black Salt has real quality and class The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022
Lea Ypi: ‘Hope is a moral duty’ The Albanian author and academic on what she misses most about her homeland and how a communist childhood steeped in lies sparked her interest in philosophy The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2022
Bunting and biryanis: how one multicultural street is marking the jubilee St Mark’s Road in Bristol is involving a rich mix of ethnicities and generations in its celebrations The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2022 Police were told Michaela Hall was being strangled. Why didn’t they break in? A vulnerable woman was killed by her violent partner on the night officers knocked at her door. Now her family wants answers
The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2022 Enemy tongue: eastern Ukrainians reject their Russian birth language In towns near Russia’s border, Moscow’s influence was strong and Ukrainian was rarely spoken. The war has changed that
Texas Observer · Jun 3, 2022 Southern Baptists Face Up to Sexual Abuse “The rot runs deep in this institution.”
Daily Record · Jun 2, 2022 Residents’ relief after U-turn on rural village's social care provision Vulnerable residents in parts of rural Stirling were left sweating over vital social care provisions this week after being informed that they were to be removed. Villagers in Killin were told they were to be left without social care provision after
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2022 A moment that changed me: I played professional basketball, until I broke my eye socket – and came to my senses I was putting off adulthood by trying my luck as an athlete. But when I was hit in the face I had a realisation
The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2022 Danish smørrebrød, Vietnamese salad rolls, scotch eggs – the 20 best recipes for eating outdoors From Joe Woodhouse’s lentil and spring green pies and Yasmin Khan’s sunshine salad to Ben Tish’s lasagne bread and Ravneet Gill’s ras malai cake, these alfresco dishes will keep friends and family happy in any outdoor setting
The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2022 Right from Wrong; Criminal; The Life Inside review – the problem with our prisons Three different viewpoints on the UK’s system of incarceration – by Jacob Dunne, Angela Kirwin and Andy West – examine the human cost of our investment in punishment rather than rehabilitation
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022 Simon Fairlie: ‘People are so detached from the land’ Simon Fairlie is possibly the most influential – and unusual – eco-activist you might not have heard of. A hippy in the 60s and a pioneer of the road protest movement, he’s now a persuasive advocate of micro-dairy farming
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022 Sheila Hancock: ‘Don’t let them tell you you’re old’ At 89, the beloved British actor is still striving. In fact, she’s just published a new memoir, Old Rage, in which she lays bare her anger and anxiety over work, life and love…
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022 Sean Paul: ‘A new generation are making dancehall their own’ His 00s megahits took the sound of Kingston clubs global. He talks about the genre’s influence, its new female stars, and the debate over the monarchy in his native Jamaica
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022 ‘I’m here because of hustle’: Selling Sunset’s Christine Quinn on how to be a ‘boss bitch’ Christine Quinn is the real estate agent turned Hollywood reality star who stole the show as the villainess on Selling Sunset. She reveals why we all need to embrace our inner ‘boss bitch’