Helsinki: Finland’s waterfront capital of style and design
In this video, we pay a pre-Covid visit to Helsinki, Finland’s capital on the Baltic coast, situated 80km north of Tallinn, Estonia, 400km east of Stockholm, Sweden, and 300km ...
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Tired all the time? Here’s how to stay energised
By Lisa Salmon
Feeling over-tired, no energy? Some experts believe a lack of energy is often directly related to our diet and lifestyle – and two new books have just been ...
Star attraction: future space hotel promises flash getaway
A space hotel is hardly a new idea: the thought of leaving the atmosphere and combining it with a vacation, seems like a match made in, well, heaven. But soon, ...
Untethering from the 20th century: the future of hospitals
In this video, Dr. Bertalan Mesko, host of The Medical Futurist YouTube channel discusses new ways of thinking about healthcare, and how hospitals should be redesigned for the 21st century.
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Foreshadowing digital art: Victor Vasarely’s visual inventions
In this video, we encounter the visual inventions of 20th-century artist Victor Vasarely, as exhibited at the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris in 2019, in a retrospective show titled: ‘Le Partage ...
How to preserve and extend the life of fresh herbs
In this video, chef Billy Parisi explains how to keep herbs fresh for longer, avoiding them turning into the brown goop that makes them inedible.
In their normal, store-bought packaging, ...
Plate tectonics: mapping the earth’s changing faces
In this video, we meet Lucía Pérez-Díaz, a geologist at Oxford, who studies our planet’s stunning ability to constantly change its face, through the process of ...
How to make a DIY noticeboard for your home office
Now that working from home has become the new norm, it’s more important than ever to be organised and have visual reminders of which tasks need doing, when. In ...
Katy Perry and Miranda Kerr bond over motherhood
Celebrities Katy Perry and Miranda Kerr recently bonded about motherhood, demonstrating their amicable relationship as present and ex partners, respectively, of actor Orlando Bloom.
Singer Perry, 36, joined supermodel Kerr, 37, on ...
Can kids write a movie? Advice for young screenwriters
Hey kids, have you ever wondered what it might be like to write the story of a movie?
What would it be like to have your screenplay made into film – ...
How do dogs know what time it is?
Every pet deserves a loving and respectful home: please only consider acquiring a pet if you will be able to take care of its long-term needs. Also, consider choosing your ...
High and roe: how Europe’s largest caviar producer farms its black gold
Thought of as gastronomy’s ‘black gold’ for its indulgence, the delicacy that is caviar, is roe traditionally extracted from wild sturgeon, originating from the Caspian and the Black Sea.
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Rad altitudes: what you need to know about wingsuit flying
If you have ever dreamt of wearing a wingsuit and flying across peaks or plunging down sheer cliff faces, this video gives you the eight-point lowdown of attaining such feats.
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Four yogic approaches to optimal nutrition – Sadhguru (Cyprus)
In this video, yogi and mystic Sadhguru, discusses four strategies for optimal nutrition, drawing attention to the fact that no one-diet-fits-all exists. That said, there are certainly ways of eating ...
Out of Africa
By Richard Dickenson
A couple of thousand years ago the estimated two million or so people living in what is now the UK were mostly farming people. At best their ...
Catching a cosmic finale: watching how a star dies
In this video, we meet astronomer Emily Levesque, who studies the moment of mystery when a star dies – that millisecond when its bright light explodes into a supernova, or collapses ...
22 interchangeable spring outfit ideas, inspired by Van Gogh
In this video, YouTuber Daria Andronescu, who specialises in sustainable, capsule wardrobes and ethical shopping, offers up 22 ideas for interchangeable outfits, inspired by the springtime colour palette of Vincent van ...
Classic Levantine Yoghurt Chickpea Fatteh
In this video, we learn how to make a delicious classic dish from the Levant: yoghurt chickpea fatteh, or simply, hummus fatteh.
Chickpeas are a healthy and versatile ingredient very ...
Revisiting hit rom-com ‘Bridget Jones’ 20 years after release
In this video, Access Hollywood marks 20 years since rom-com ‘Bridget Jones’ Diary’ opened in cinemas.
For the uninitiated, the film, the first in what would become a successful three-part series (...
Green schools: a look at the future of ‘sustainable’ education
In this NMF-sponsored video, we take a peek at the future of sustainable education, by considering the pioneering efforts of three ‘green’ schools from across the world: the Green School ...
Mapping the IQ of domesticated dogs
Every pet deserves a loving and respectful home: please only consider acquiring a pet if you will be able to take care of its long-term needs. Also, consider choosing your ...
New environmental movement sweeping island
Save Your Hood is seeking to overcome years of neglect and clean up Cyprus
By Melina Alexandrou
The shift towards greater awareness about environmental change, the overfishing of our oceans ...
EU taxonomy is a tool for climate transition
But it comes with both risk and opportunities for business
By Antigoni Pafitis
In the past few years there has been a great deal of interest in the concept of ‘...
Model getaway: Naomi Campbell’s Indian Ocean mansion
In this Architectural Digest video, we head to the coast of the Indian Ocean in Kenya, to visit supermodel Naomi Campbell at her luxurious, airy villa.
Life as a fashion ...