Indians angry at concert facilities
X/diljitdosanjh Crowds at Diljit Dosanjh’s recent concert in Chandigarh complained of poor facilities When Amrita Kaur decided to attend Punjabi pop star Diljit Dosanjh’s concert in India this month, she was prepared to experience some discomfort. Having attended several concerts in the past, Ms Kaur was sort of looking forward to the “exhilarating chaos” that […]
Flying underway at Bournemouth Air Festival
Bournemouth Air Festival Friday’s display featured the RAF Typhoon The Bournemouth Air Festival is underway with hundreds of thousands of people expected in the town over the weekend. The event began on Thursday with its launch held indoors for the first time in its history because of adverse weather. Rain and fog forced the Red […]
Gaetz paid ‘tens of thousands’ for sex and drugs, ethics report says
Reuters Former Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz spent tens of thousands of dollars on sex and drugs while serving as a US congressman, according to a long-awaited report from the House of Representatives ethics committee. It follows a years-long investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use by Gaetz, who President-elect Donald Trump wanted […]
Did the Dutch ‘steal’ this African food?
ton koene/Alamy Teff is used to make injera, a pancake-like fermented bread perfect for scooping up meat and vegetable stews (Credit: ton koene/Alamy) It’s been the basis of Ethiopia’s staple dish for more than 2,000 years, so how did a Dutch man claim ownership of the new ‘superfood’ teff? In the early 1980s, images of […]
Conwy’s Surf Snowdonia closes as redundancies announced
Getty Images Adventure Parc Snowdonia announced it was closing with immediate effect The world’s first inland surf lagoon has closed down after warnings last year the north Wales business may have to sell up. Adventure Parc Snowdonia said it was “bitterly disappointed” in an announcement online. Adventure Parc Snowdonia opened in 2015 with £4m of […]
The New England fish dish that saved a nation
Ashley Winchester At shad bakes, the fish is nailed to slabs of wood and cooked over a fire (Credit: Ashley Winchester) Shad bakes are a dance of heat and timing that have been going on for generations up and down the East Coast of the United States for more than 100 years. Joseph Shea presides […]
A strange welcome in Canada
Ned White, Inc./Getty Images The centrepiece of the screech-in ceremony involves kissing a codfish (Credit: Ned White, Inc./Getty Images) Getting ‘screeched in’, which turns a visitor into an honorary Newfoundlander, involves doing jigs with an ugly stick, kissing a codfish and a shot or two of rum. Suddenly, I’d become the post-dinner entertainment. I felt […]
The ingenious story behind Michelin stars
Alexandre ROUSSEL/Alamy Today, Michelin covers 34 destinations, and a ‘Michelin star’ is the goal of almost every aspiring chef (Credit: Alexandre ROUSSEL/Alamy) From humble beginnings in 1889, the Michelin brothers built an empire that revolutionised travel and transformed Clermont-Ferrand into an engine of French productivity. Clermont-Ferrand’s cobblestoned lanes and lava-stone buildings look more quaint than […]
Proposed 3M factory closure puts 100 jobs at risk
Nigel Davies | Geograph Technology company 3M said products for the “personal care industry and collision aftermarket and vehicle repair centres” are made at its site in Penllergaer More than 100 jobs are at risk at a factory in Swansea after plans to close it were announced. 3M said it had opened a 45-day consultation […]
The diner capital of the world?
Myles Pritchard (Credit: Myles Pritchard) New Jersey is the spiritual home of the American diner, with more diners than in any other state. But what does the future hold for these calorific local institutions? Myles Pritchard (Credit: Myles Pritchard) Diners are part of our mythology; everyone from New Jersey grows up with the culture of […]