The Conversation

By John MT Balmer As a fashion statement or piece of art, crowns are distinguished by their beauty, containing rare jewels, precious metals and velvet in deep, rich colours. As ...

By James Sunderland The death in custody on May 2 of Khader Adnan, the first Palestinian to die of a hunger strike for more than 30 years, sparked mass protests in Gaza ...

By Darren Ray Think back to September last year. What happened early that month? What news shook the world and reverberated for weeks, if not months? That’s a question ...

By Matthew Pittman Social media can be mentally draining. And when mentally drained, you are more likely to be influenced by a high number of likes on posts – even to ...

It’s a political statement says hair historian STEFAN HANS From Paul Mescal at the Baftas to Emma Corrin’s Governors Awards “mixie” haircut, the 1970s-inspired shaggy mullet is everywhere. ...

DUANE MELLOR on what the evidence says Ice cream lovers worldwide were probably rejoicing when a recent article suggested that indulging in your favourite flavour might be healthy. The article ...

By Silvia Hurtado González A few years ago the dating website eHarmony concluded that profiles that included reading in their list of hobbies were more attractive to the opposite ...

Traditional masculinity is a vague, unhelpful term we should abandon says MARINA YUSUPOVA Most of us think we know what we mean when we talk about “traditional masculinity”. A term ...

By Teresa Baron Surrogacy, where a woman agrees to carry and give birth to a child for another person or couple to raise, is growing in popularity. There aren’t ...

By Serin Quinn A lot of Easter traditions – including lamb on Sunday – stem from medieval Christian or even earlier pagan beliefs. The chocolate Easter egg, however, is a more modern ...

By Michelle de Souza British comedy Romantic Getaway recently dropped on streaming service Binge and sees Katherine Ryan and Romesh Ranganathan as Alison and Deacon, a couple desperate for a ...

Gen Z grew up in a world filled with ugly fashion – no wonder they love their Crocs says EMILY BRAYSHAW In 2017, Julia Hobbs of British Vogue declared Crocs “have an ...

Fruits and vegetables begin to lose nutrients as soon as they’re picked say GUNTER KUHNLE and KESHAVAN NIRANJAN The ongoing cost of living crisis and fruit and vegetable shortages ...

William G Pooley Since her death on March 9, celebrities and clients have been paying tribute to Margaret Ann Lake, better known by her stage name Mystic Meg. In a career ...

Ozempic helps weight loss by making you feel full. But certain foods can do the same thing – without the side-effects says EMMA BECKETT You’ve probably heard about the medication ...

Netflix’s Wellmania takes a humorous dive into the heady world of wellness says EDITH JENNIFER HILL What does it mean to be well? Wellmania, inspired by Brigid Delaney’s ...

By Matt Weaver Many among the British public will mourn Paul O’Grady, the beloved television host, philanthropist and drag queen, who has died at the age of 67. He brightened ...

By Frederic Gachon and Meltem Weger Some of us love to be tucked up in bed by a particular time every night, ensuring a certain number of hours of sleep. ...

GLEN JANKOWSKI offers a brief history of hairless men Balding is really common, affecting more than 50 per cent of men. It’s also physically inconsequential (bald men live just as ...

By Paul W Thomas Truffles, the prized fungi coveted worldwide by chefs and food connoisseurs, have long been held in high regard. Often associated with Mediterranean Europe, especially France, Italy ...

By Neil McArthur We are about to witness the birth of a new kind of religion. In the next few years, or perhaps even months, we will see the emergence ...

The real danger lies in how easily we’re prone to anthropomorphise it By Nir Eisikovits ChatGPT and similar large language models can produce compelling, humanlike answers to an endless ...

By Lucy Atkinson From the fairy tales read to us as children to the costumes every Halloween, the figure of the witch has been with most of us for our ...

By Christopher Patterson and Lance Barrie The idea of the 15-minute city, according to its originator Carlos Moreno, is that people are no more than a 15-minute walk or bike ...