Summertime and the butterflies are flying. These days, you may have noticed the big yellow and black butterflies, the Western swallowtails, flitting about your yard. The overwintering chrysalises have opened and butterflies now fill meadows and local gardens alike. Perhaps you would like to encourage wild butterflies such as swallowtails to hang around your garden. … Read more
Is that your garden?’ my friend Michele, who was smoking a cigarette out of our kitchen window, gestured down at the bramble jungle below that was, technically, our garden. ‘What a waste,’ he said. He was staying with us in north London while he flat-hunted and most of the places he saw didn’t even have … Read more
Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday expressed serious concern over diminishing traditional businesses of Kashmir and urged the youth to evince interest in old means of trade while starting their new business ventures. Mirwaiz stated this while inaugurating a business venture in Rainawari area of Downtown Srinagar. On the occasion, Mirwaiz urged youth … Read more
The first photos of Shloka Mehta and Akash Ambani’s Mehendi ceremony are out! Shloka looks gorgeous in a traditional lehenga in the combination of navy blue and white for the special night. Photos inside. The first photographs of Shloka Mehta and Akash Ambani’s Mehendi ceremony are out. The two, who are set to get engaged … Read more
With the aim of reviving traditional millet-based food in Tamil Nadu through farmers, IAS officer U Sagayam had flagged off the ‘Uzhavan Unavagam’ initiative in Madurai almost eight years ago. A few years later, the initiative deeply inspired a young IT professional in Chennai, who had begun to feel saturated in his well-paid job and … Read more
A saree is arguably the classiest outfit to wear whether it be to a dinner or a wedding and it never goes out of style. However, the otherwise traditional saree has in recent times seen designers experimenting with it and replacing the petticoat with pants and shalwars and the blouse with crop tops giving it … Read more
From memes to dance moves, 2018 is already responsible for a huge number of worldwide trends… but which are the ones that need to go out of style already? Reddit user Fireswar posed the question to the website, asking for people’s suggestions of trends that should stop as soon as possible, and people had strong opinions. Here … Read more
Modern MRI machines could end up poisoning people who have had a filling put in at the dentist, as new high-powered scanners can cause mercury to leak out of previously set fillings, a study has found. Research, published in the journal Radiology on Tuesday, found levels of the poisonous metal were much higher after they were exposed to the strong magnetic … Read more
No matter what you call it — antiquing, thrifting, junking, picking — the effect is the same: Incorporating secondhand scores is a great way to add interest and depth to today’s interiors. Here, R•Home asks three stylish Richmonders who love shopping vintage to show us what to look for, and how to use these finds … Read more
A month into officially being a royal and she’s already making history. Meghan Markle is the first royal nominated for a Teen Choice Award, which audiences learned when the 2018 Teen Choice nominees were revealed last Friday, June 22. Markle was nominated for Choice Style Icon. This means every teenager on earth better vote to see if she’ll … Read more