In this edition:
• Showing our age
• Special delivery
• Unfriendly wagers
• A shore thing
• Sale therapy
“Inside the tiny community of English master thatchers, a fight is unfolding over a tradition that may not survive.”
How organized crime fell in love with cheese.
“I quite like the brass band version of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, but I’m not sure it’s what Freddie Mercury had in mind.”
“To love walking is to love the body, and this has been a barrier for me.”
“Emma Thompson, Andrew Garfield, Ian Wright, FKA Twigs, Anthony Joshua, Munroe Bergdorf, Brian Cox, Jade Thirlwall, Jason Isaacs, Ambika Mod, Will Poulter, Chloe Kelly, Amelia Dimoldenberg and yes – Mr Blobby – weigh in on what it truly means to be British in 2025.”
“As cats evolved from feral ratters into beloved Victorian companions, a nascent pet-food economy arose on the carts of so-called ‘cat’s meat men.’
“In England, a movement is growing to defy enclosure by trespassing on private land.”
Every quest holds at its heart a puzzle to solve—and that puzzle can become an obsession.
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