How a corporate mission can drive young workers away
Sydney Finkelstein Features correspondent Getty Images Firms that don’t live up to their corporate values risk falling foul of their millennial workforce, writes Sydney Finkelstein. A former student of mine called the other day. She’d worked at a major global company in the food industry, with primary responsibility for sourcing a key ingredient needed for […]
How to identify, and handle, a demanding boss
Mark Johanson Features correspondent Alamy (Credit: Alamy) Many people will work under a difficult manager at some point in their career. Identifying the type of boss they are can help you handle their challenging behaviour. It’s no secret that as some people climb the ranks of their industry, the stress caused by increases in pressure […]
Meet the people who’ve retired at sea
Elizabeth Garone Features correspondent Alamy Travel to multiple ports, activities and hotel-like services make a cruising retirement attractive. (Credit: Alamy) The ultimate sea change might be to spend your golden years afloat. Retirement has often been synonymous with quietly living out your golden years in a sunny climate. But for a more adventurous breed of […]
The return of the spirit horse to Canada
Karen Gardiner Features correspondent Mādahòkì Farm (Credit: Mādahòkì Farm) The commonly accepted story is that colonisers introduced horses to North America. But some people believe there was a surviving native breed of horse when the Spanish arrived. It was a bright day in December 2021 and snow was lightly falling over Mādahòki Farm, an Indigenous […]
The ‘Indian burger’ McDonald’s can’t master
Charukesi Ramadurai Features correspondent Charukesi Ramadurai Kaushal Karkhanis: “I think it’s the first ‘eating out’ experience for just about anyone in Mumbai” (Credit: Charukesi Ramadurai) Vada pav is synonymous with the city of Mumbai, with almost every resident, from factory workers to Bollywood stars, unabashed in declaring their love for it. Suresh Thakur dropped another […]
The secret cherry taking over Canada
Ryan MacDonald Features correspondent Greg Huszar Photography/Tourism Saskatchewan Prairie cherries are tart and can be eaten straight from the tree (Credit: Greg Huszar Photography/Tourism Saskatchewan) Able to survive temperatures as low as -40C, Saskatchewan’s prairie cherries are tarter than traditional sweet cherries and can be eaten straight from the tree. My eyes drifted toward a […]
Why Italian cheesemakers buried their pecorino
John Henderson Features correspondent seraficus/Getty Images When Covid hit Italy in 2020, the pecorino industry careened towards life support (Credit: seraficus/Getty Images) When Covid hit Italy in 2020, the pecorino industry careened towards life support. But thanks to the ingenuity of several producers, the cheese is now perhaps better than ever. Loreto Pacitti was stumped. […]
The exquisite fruit that brings rabbis
Solveig Steinhardt Features correspondent Eugenio Magurno – Giovanni Carnevale/Consorzio del Cedro di Calabria (Credit: Eugenio Magurno – Giovanni Carnevale/Consorzio del Cedro di Calabria) The most ancient and aromatic of all citrus fruits, citrons are far less known than their renowned yellow and orange cousins. But each summer, they lure Jews from all over the world. […]
The French breakfast you don’t know
Anna Richards Features correspondent Anna Richards (Credit: Anna Richards) While France is renowned for its pains au chocolat and croissants, Lyon has a long-standing tradition of tucking into wine and offal at breakfast. Among the high-rise apartment blocks of Vaise, one of Lyon’s newer quartiers (districts), I stepped into a little restaurant where time seemed […]
What’s behind the N Korean ‘ghost ships’ washing up in Japan?
With most of the boats washing up empty or only with dead bodies, it was initially not clear where they had come from but some observers speculated they were North Korean fishing boats that had been searching for king crab, squid and sandfish. Markings on some of the vessels, in Korean, indicated that they belonged […]