In 1965, Jim Clark was in the lead in the British Grand Prix. He liked to build up a big lead as fast as he could. He didn’t like to save anything for later. He knew that Formula One cars are subjecte...

Thomas Piketty, Daron Acemoglu, Dani Rodrik, Branko Milanovic, Mariana Mazzucato, Abhijit Banerjee y Ha-Joon Chang dan soluciones ante retos como la vivienda, la desigualdad, el cambio climático o el ...

El sociólogo británico definió el realismo capitalista como un sistema que niega cualquier alternativa de futuro con el objetivo de bloquear la imaginación política y defender el ‘statu quo’. Este es ...

Director Robert Eggers reveals eerie new details about Werwulf, his upcoming medieval horror film starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe and Lily-Rose Depp.

In 1981, MTV was launched: a cable TV channel that was nothing but popular music, mainly rock & roll. The problem was music videos didn’t exist then, no one made them because there was nowhere to watc...

My wife is Chinese so, obviously, all my in-laws are Chinese. I always knew the Chinese liked to gamble, but what I’ve learned is that an even stronger emotion is they hate waste. They hate wasting ti...

Canadian prime minister says he welcomes “ambition” of European Commission president’s idea in speech in EU Parliament.

Scotland is unique in that each clan has its own tartan. Each tartan is different and everyone can trace their heritage back to the particular tartan their clan has always worn. Except they can’t. It ...

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When Uber launched in London, in 2012, there were already well-developed transport systems. Aside from trains and buses, there were 3,000 private car-hire companies. Just one of those, Addison Lee, ha...

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Most of us have two kinds of screwdriver at home, a standard type (the head looks like a minus sign) and a Phillips (the head looks like a plus sign). Why is that? Originally all screw-heads were just...

First published 40 years ago in 1986, Frank Miller's graphic novel changed the Caped Crusader from camp and comical to an ultra-violent figure

Florence Nightingale was born in 1820. At that time women weren’t allowed to go to university, there was no point. So Florence Nightingale’s father educated her at home. He taught her history, philoso...

The chainsaw was originally invented to help women give birth. Childbirth is always painful, but it used to be a lot worse. Especially if, for example, the baby wouldn’t fit through the mother’s openi...

In 1953, it was a foregone conclusion that Ferrari would win the Le Mans 24hr race. They had the Ferrari 375 with the massively powerful 4.5 litre V12 engine. They also had Alberto Ascari, the world c...

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In the film Casino Royale, James Bond knows the secret of winning at poker is reading the other person’s ‘tell’. The ‘tell’ is when they give away their hand by an involuntary reaction, it might be a ...

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In 1990, the UK government imposed a tax on company cars. It was £4,600 and would be added to cars costing over £29,000. At that time the average cost of a Porsche 968 was £34,000. The extra tax would...

When I left art school, I went for interviews on Madison Avenue. I wanted to work in one of the hot young agencies that were following Bill Bernbach’s model: putting art directors and copywriters toge...

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—A mi hijo Sebastián se lo llevó el narco para reclutarlo. Estoy segura. Lo desaparecieron para llevárselo con ellos. La veracruzana Beatriz Uscanga habla sentada en una banca, en el patio de una casa

Today is Bank Holiday Monday in the UK, everyone gets the day off work. Have you ever wondered why Bank Holidays are called that? After all, it isn’t only the banks that get a holiday. So is it because the holidays started with the banks? Well yes and no. Sir John Lubbock was

La misión Artemis II se prepara para su reingreso a la Tierra; autoridades advierten sobre un posible boom sónico durante la operación.