Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, email… it seems as if our day is not complete if we don’t spend a few hours immersed in these rabbit holes, hours that could have been spent talking to a friend, helping out a parent, or striking…
T-shirts for just €2? That’s pretty sweet. After all, it’s hard to get a cup of coffee — let alone a t-shirt — for that price. We love cheap clothing. But have you ever stopped to think at what cost? This is…
In the latest piece of astonishing news to emerge from Nepal, 101-year-old Funchu Tamang was pulled out from the rubble of his home one week after the deadly earthquake. It was the day after the government ruled out finding any…
Meet Mrs T from Pembroke, Wales. She’s just a run-of-the-mill, 90-year-old tortoise, except for one thing: she has wheels for front legs. When her owner, Jude Ryder, found out that rats had chewed off her hibernating tortoise’s legs right up to the elbow joint,…
A stroll through the forest can mend a bad mood. The Japanese call it Shinrin-Yoku or “Forest Bathing.” It’s the practice of simply wandering through the woods to improve one’s health and wellbeing. More and more studies are proving that spending time amongst the trees…
As a journalist making $95,000 a year in glamorous New York City, it seemed like Noelle Hancock had it all. Yet, she felt very disconnected — everyone worked hard to be able to live in the expensive city, which meant…
There are many ways to cure hiccups. You can hold your breath, plug your ears, or stick your tongue out. Or you can try to scare it away with a few yips and some well-meaning growls. Which is exactly what…
Since the 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on April 25, the media has been saturated with tales and images of grief and loss. Amid all the destruction and misery, it is therefore, heart-warming to see an image like this surfacing: Four-month-old Sonit…
Every person’s body is unique. We are all built differently, but for some reason people think there’s nothing wrong with judging plus-size women. Well, there is. We’ve heard it all, and are fed up with it. Who wouldn’t get tired of all…
“There’s no place like home,” Dorothy said of Kansas. There’s no place quite as bad, more like. #1. The entire state is basically dead. Sunflower field. #2. Nothing grows here. Wheat field. #3. They say ‘it’s quaint’, we say ‘it…
Celebrity interviews are always fun to watch, so it can be quite easy to overlook the fact that they can get a tad sexist — something that Scarlett Johansson was quick to point out in a press conference for the…
Developers who demolished a historic pub in West London, without permission from Westminster council, have been ordered to rebuild it “brick by brick”. The owners of Carlton Tavern in Maida Vale — Tel Aviv-based developers CLTX Ltd — brought in bulldozers and reduced the early 1920s…
We’re all so used to the grandiose tales of love in the movies — running through a crowded airport, sending love letters every single day for ten years, leaving one’s entire life behind — that anything less than trial by…
America is a country of beautiful people and equally beautiful places. That is, all but one: Pennsylvania. A painfully provincial state wedged between its more attractive sister-states, New York and Ohio, Pennsylvania’s lackluster countenance just pales in comparison. #1. Let’s get straight to the point:…
Meet Yves Van De Ven, a food blogger from the Netherlands. He recently went on a trip to Paris, lucky guy. Naturally, he had an obligatory Eiffel Tower photo. “Nailed it,” he said ironically, poking fun out of typical cliche tourist photos. Like…
Do soulmates really exist? It’s a crazy idea that there is a single person out there who is perfect for us — not just someone who is our supporter and life-long companion, but a special someone who can make us feel whole…