Shared from www.theguardian.com Spain was a slow starter with trains. Its first tracks, between Mataró and Barcelona, covering about 20 miles, were laid in 1848, 18 years after the world’s first intercity line, between Manchester […]
Shared from www.theguardian.com Nicola Helgesen’s love for old buildings and objects was formed as a child, visiting her grandmother’s “crumbly flint cottage” on the north Norfolk coast. She recalls how “the smell was old and […]
Shared from www.theguardian.com When he was a teenager, Joe Woodhouse bred and showed whippets. His dogs won the junior category at Crufts and other big shows. On the way home to their farm in Cambridge, […]
Shared from www.latimes.com When Mary J. Blige turned 50 last year, the best birthday present she received didn’t come from a friend or a colleague or a member of her family. “Man, the best present […]
Shared from www.tmz.com An up-and-coming rapper from the ATL is drawing a line in the sand over who can and can’t claim her turf — and by default … kinda ostracizes A LOT of big […]
Shared from www.latimes.com “Dune”! A novel as dangerous as the desert planet it’s named for: deep and strange. Shifting sands always ready to swallow the unwary. Adapting a famous book is fraught with peril. “Dune” […]
Shared from www.theguardian.com As European travel returns, many of us will be hoping to ensure our holidays do good rather than harm. But tracking down eco-friendly, affordable escapes can be tricky, which is where, for […]
Shared from www.mtv.com It’s true — the Jersey Shore crew has been long overdue for a bona fide Family Vacation. But on tonight’s episode of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, the roommates, passports in hand, boarded […]
Shared from fashionweekdaily.com Earlier this week in sunny Palm Beach, Max Mara, Nicky Hilton Rothschild, and The Daily Front Row’s Lizzi Bickford Meadow came together to host a two-part event celebrating the luxury brand’s latest […]
Shared from www.nytimes.com I hurt. Constellations of sallow contusions pulse on my legs, and my elbows resemble raw meat. Sweat soaks my helmet and drips into my ski boots. I have fallen more today than […]
Shared from www.hola.com Stylish sisters in the city! Princess Diana’s nieces, Lady Amelia Spencer and Lady Eliza Spencer, made a glamorous pair at New York Fashion Week on Tuesday. The 29-year-old twins, who are the […]
Shared from www.theguardian.com You needn’t be a Hollywood expert to be familiar with the movie motif of a flag fluttering on a conquered planet far away. But as real-life space exploration is an increasingly global […]
Shared from www.theguardian.com Start: Anstruther waterfrontDistance: 7 miles (14 miles if not returning by bus)Time: 3-4 hoursTotal ascent 102 metresDifficulty: Easy. Use OS Explorer 371 map Google map of the route Allow Google content? This […]
Shared from Business of Fashion The former head of content at Dazed Media will become the second ever editor-in-chief at GQ Middle East when he takes the helm on Mar. 7. Adam Baidawi, GQ Middle […]
Shared from News Vinny might not live with his mama Paola no more!, but the Staten Island native is about to be much closer to her — and his Jersey Shore family. After less than […]