Who can tell me what the following words all have in common? smog liger bromance glamping pluot advertorial chocoholic Brangelina Anybody? Would it help if I said the clue was a French word portmanteau: a case or bag for carrying clothes that usually opens up into two equally sized compartments? The clue’s in the two… […]
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Margherita pizza grilled cheese sandwiches
My colleagues tell me I am weird. Nothing truly dysfunctional, mind you – I don’t keep mice in my filing drawer (or tequila, for that matter); I don’t hum tunelessly to myself all day; and I don’t eat salt cod casserole, durian fruit or Epoisse cheese sandwiches to work. I don’t clip my nails at […]
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When I was a tiny baby, my mom (who was a rank novice in the parenting game at the time) had read that the first thing she should try to feed me when she was weaning me onto solid foods was mashed banana. Sensible: it’s packed with nutrients and of a consistency that even a tiny […]
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Perhaps it is a consequence of growing up in a relatively young country, but even after fourteen years of living in London, I remain fascinated by the extent to which old things are preserved in Europe. I barely have one glass left from the year we arrived in London, and yet in the V&A I […]
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In 1998, researchers at Harvard and Kent State University in the US conducted a study to see how much pedestrians on campus actually noticed about their immediate surroundings. During the experiment, an actor would approach a random pedestrian and ask for directions. While the pedestrian was giving instructions, two more actors dressed as workmen would […]
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