The beauty of concreteOne of the unifying features of architectural styles before the twentieth century is the presence of ornament. We speak of architectural elements as ornamental inasmuch as they are shaped by aesthetic considerations rather than structural or functional ones.
Five Types of Trees You Can Safely Plant Close to Your HouseIf you would like to plant a tree in your yard but you’re not sure that you have the space because you've heard it's a bad idea to plant a tree too close to your house, you’re in luck.
Encouraging the journey of play for early childhood education in IndiaWhen early childhood experts, gather, it is unlikely to be a quiet place. As they sang, shared, laughed, they walked the talk on the play-based learning approach in India. There are over 13 lakh Anganwadi...
‘A history that’s been suppressed’: the Black cowboy story is 200 years oldThe Bill Pickett invitational rodeo in Conyers, Georgia, in 2019. Photograph: Diwang Valdez/Rolling Stone/Penske Media/Getty ImagesWhen Larry Callies went to the movies as a boy in Rosenberg, Texas, the heroes riding horses and wearing 10-gallon hats were all white men.
India’s silent youth crisis: College-educated but poorer than a farm handRalegaon, India – Sometimes, Shivanand Sawale rues his choices and dreams. Growing up in Dabhadi village in the Yavatmal district of western India’s Maharashtra state, the 42-year-old was so inspired by teachers around him that he wanted to become one himself.
A Martini Tour of New York CityThree years ago, as the pandemic was loosening its grip on the world, and as I started to recover from the aftereffects of a botched childhood circumcision that had returned to haunt me in middle age, I rediscovered the bottomless pleasure of a cold dry Martini.
Forget pull-ups — you just need a set of dumbbells and 5 exercises to build your back and bicepsTry these five dumbbell exercises as a standalone exercise routine, or add them to your resistance training program. You can build your back and biceps using a medium-heavy set of weights like the best adjustable dumbbells and progressively overload your muscles using weight, volume, or both.
The end is nigh and Labour MPs just want to have fun. At the Tories’ expenseThe end can’t come too soon. Not just for the Tory backbenchers, but for cabinet ministers too. They sit in the Commons with resigned expressions, checking their phones for potentially lucrative job offers. No one can remember the last time Penny Mordaunt was seen with a smile on her face.
It Doesn't Take Long to Reset Your Gut Health With Small Lifestyle ChangesMany things can throw one’s microbiome out of kilter. Not eating enough fiber or relying too much on highly processed food can starve the “good bacteria” dwelling in your gut. Frequent and sustained antibiotic use can also unintentionally kill them off.
The World’s Greatest Party Crasher Strikes Again!For those who suffer from FOMO, the fear of missing out, this can be a mean season in Manhattan, with red-carpet events sucking all the air out of the social calendar. But Fred Karger, a seventy-four-year-old former political consultant, finds high season to be an enjoyable challenge.
Students protested for Palestine before Israel was even foundedAnd for decades, schools have tried to crack down on their activism.
If You Make Under $120,000, You May Get Student Loan Forgiveness For Accrued Interest This FallMillions of borrowers who have experienced accrued or capitalized interest may get student loan forgiveness starting this fall under a proposed Biden administration plan. Borrowers who make $120,000 or less would see the most significant relief.
The Most Infamous Cop in New Orleans HistoryThis is an excerpt from issue no. 150, “The Last Shall Be First.” A few weeks before Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Len Davis rose to face a jury. A former policeman, Davis was a big man who’d once exuded toughness and sometimes thrown himself in harm’s way on the streets.
Looking at Art with Peter SchjeldahlWhen I heard Peter utter this sentence at a dinner party, I knew I was in over my head. Peter, at these dinners, where no one was shy with opinions, would sit tolerantly, head tucked in, allowing us all to blather until our balloon heads had deflated.
The Truth About the Past That ‘Tradwives’ Want to ReviveEstee Williams faced her TikTok followers and detractors head-on with full makeup, coiffed blonde waves, and a floral-printed puff sleeve peasant top cinched at the center with a tidy bow.