They can swallow road signs and trigger lethal neighbour feuds. From the suburbs of Britain to the deserts of Arizona, we explore a show celebrating glorious green bordersSomewhere in the leafy depths of British suburbia, a thick circular hedge sprouts from the top of a grassy hill in the middle of a roundabout. The top of the hedge is carefully trimmed with rectangular crenellations, giving it the look of a motte-and-bailey castle, while a second more threadbare hedge encircles the foot of the...
San Diego's Oceanside Pier is destroyed by a major fire, forcing visitors to evacuate the 1,954-foot-long structure, the longest pier on the West Coast - By Rachel Bowman for Dailymail.Com Published: 7:22 p.m. EDT, April 25, 2024 | Updated: 00:33 EDT, April 26, 2024 Firefighters work to extinguish a fire that broke out at the historic Oceanside Pier in San Diego.The fire was reported around...
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) It pretends to be a democracy and a republic, but it actually represents only the richest .1% of the richest 1% — the richest hundred-thousandth — of Americans, and this has been empirically (i.e., scientifically) proven by all of the scientific analyses of the truth or falsehood of that cardinal […]
Shifting atmospheric circulation patterns have placed US state in frontline of climate crisisChanging weather patterns might not have been foremost in Bob Dylan’s mind when he wrote The Times They Are A-Changin’, but his lyrics seem apt now. Rising greenhouse gases are altering the world’s weather patterns and new research demonstrates how increased emissions have shifted atmospheric circulation patterns, resulting in more frequent extreme weather events around the world.California in North...
Today is the anniversary of both the birth and death of a man considered by many to be the greatest English writer and the greatest dramatist of all time: William Shakespeare.
The houseless. It’s easy to demonize this marginalized group of people. After all, they have made all the wrong choices to get where they are today, right?
Three years ago, on a tough day out with my kids, I barricaded myself in a toilet and wrote to Bluey’s creator with an idea. Now, it has become a reality. I couldn’t be more weirded outFor most people, the latest episode of Bluey – entitled Surprise – came as exactly that. Deliberately unannounced, it dropped like a Beyoncé album, ambushing viewers who were still coming to terms with the recent gut-wrenching, 28-minute masterpiece The Sign.However, I have spent the past three years waiting for...
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The only international poll that ever asked (1,000 people in each of 65 countries) its respondents to name the one country that is “the greatest threat to peace in the world today” found that 24% volunteered to name America as being that, and that #2 was Pakistan at 8%, #3 […]
Luke Littler refused to agree that he’s the best darts player in the world despite his latest Premier League win. The 17-year-old confirmed his spot in the play-offs on Thursday night with a
B Corp Certification is awarded to businesses that are able to demonstrate and maintain exceptionally high standards of socially and environmentally conscious practises. The castle, which is part of Carlowrie Group and owned by Scottish entrepreneur Andrew Marshall, joins international companies such as Patagonia, TOMS and Aesop who have all received the coveted Certification for putting people and planet before profit. Andrew Marshall says: “In an age where businesses and consumers are seeing...
The Tennessee castle where Taylor Swift filmed the music video for her 2008 hit song “Love Story” will soon open as a wedding and honeymoon destination, according to its owner.
The compound archery team finals will be held on Saturday.