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The moment I knew: He said he was having a midlife crisis – I saw a man willing to face his fears
Performer Jeremy Lloyd had a rule: no dating within the theatre and dance industry. They broke that rule with DavidFind more stories from the moment I knew seriesWhen David and I met, we’d both recently come out of long-term relationships and had our lives reorganised by the reality of mortality. He’d survived two strokes and had learned how to walk and talk again. I’d been diagnosed HIV positive at 21, five years earlier.In early 2018 I was in my mid-20s, living in Sydney, and had just returned to dancing and performing after a three-year hiatus. Continue reading...
The best plastic-free ice cube trays in the US won’t crack, stink or taste like a freezer
From stackable silicone options to a stainless steel model, you’ll never have to use a plastic ice cube tray againSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsFor those of us without a luxury refrigerator, an ice cube tray can be a tether to sanity. On hot summer days, it refreshes. At 6pm, it turns booze into a cocktail. In the morning, it can be an essential ingredient in the smoothie you drink while rushing to work.Most classic ice cube trays, however, are made from hard plastic. If you’re like me, you grew up with them: stacking trays, that, if they were fancy, came with covers. So if you’re trying to cut plastic out of your kitchen and home, as so many people are, an upgrade is probably in order.Best all around ice cube tray: Just Smart Kitchenware’s No-Spill Small Ice Cube TrayBest tray for cocktail enthusiasts: Viski Ice Cube Tray Continue reading...
Standing in the way of slop bowls: the woman blocking food delivery robots
Semi-retired professor Carolyn Marvin became a local celebrity facing down Philadelphia’s growing robot delivery army: ‘It’s my first amendment right to protest’“One of you needs to be on the lookout for cops, while I block the robot, OK?”It is a crisp fall morning in Philadelphia. Tucked away in a dingy alley, opposite a garage called Patriot Parking, 78-year-old Carolyn Marvin is laying out some ground rules for a robot-disrupting expedition. Once a suitable target is identified, we will follow it to a busy sidewalk and Marvin will stand in front of the robot, blocking its way. The photographer and I will take turns ensuring we’re not all carted off by the police. Continue reading...
In defense of feral children
Adults complain and say kids should occupy more space in the world. Then when they do, the world tells them to quiet downOn the Maine island where I live, childhood ends when you’re old enough to catch the 7.15am ferry to school.We live year-round on Peaks Island, a small island accessible only by boat about 3 miles off the coast of Portland. There is an elementary school here, but no middle or high school. So, once island children reach sixth grade, they begin commuting to the mainland by ferry. In many ways, it is a rite of passage. Continue reading...
‘My reward for waiting in the cold was this painting-like view of the ghat’: Priya Ojha’s best phone picture
There was dense fog over a sacred Indian river, but the photographer would not be deterred …When Priya Ojha first arrived at Yamuna Ghat in New Delhi, late in December 2021, she was disappointed. She had left her home at 5am especially to capture shots of one of the most sacred rivers in India, but had arrived in dense fog and almost complete silence.“Visibility was so low that all I could do was wait in the cold,” Ojha recalls. “Around 8am, I heard a voice call out, ‘Dhoop aa gayi’ – the sunrays have come out. They were right. This place that had looked like a graveyard slowly became more lively as local priests started their daily routines and boat riders took out their craft for business.” Continue reading...
The datacentre arms race hits pause in south-east Asia
Power and water constraints are pressuring what seemed like a juggernaut of growth for the region just months agoIn early 2026, Thailand’s datacentre industry was on a roll. The country’s board of investment had recently announced approval of datacentre projects from Tiktok, a UAE-based Skyline datacentre and Singapore’s Bridge datacentres, totalling a planned investment of $27bn.As the year has passed, however, what once seemed like a new industrial juggernaut has ground to a halt. Thailand paused construction on 49 projects and approval decisions on 117 more in September 2026, amidst growing concern about the lack of sufficient details for regulation and monitoring. It is not alone in reconsidering datacentre projects. In neighbouring Indonesia, the governor of the country’s most populous province of West Java halted construction on a datacentre due to lack of permits and an incomplete environmental assessment process. Continue reading...
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Powered by NVIDIA technology, LiveX’s human-like AI Hosts are bringing conversational assistance, personalized recommendations, and multilingual guidance to airports, hospitals, stores, and public venues. Imagine arriving at an unfamiliar airport and being able to ask where your gate is, whether there’s somewhere nearby to eat, and how long it will take to get there. Now […] The post Meet the AI Host That Could Help You Navigate Everyday Life appeared first on Grit Daily News.
John Smedley will always be in vogue | Letters
Tim Heavisides recalls his fondness for the historic fashion firm and his enduring attachment to a black jumperRe your report (Fashion and tradition: how John Smedley is innovating in a tough market, 1 November), I was fortunate to grow up with a mum who was interested in good quality clothes and fashion, and who, when I was 17, bought me a black rollneck top. Think Roger Moore. Think Illya Kuryakin (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.). Think of me in the lower sixth at a rural grammar school in Wiltshire, who missed going to the Bath blues festival at Shepton Mallet in 1970. I also missed the Isle of Wight ferry once.I recall going on a school trip to see the film Kanał by the Polish director Andrzej Wajda. There were girls on the coach from the girls’ high school. Shock horror. What should I wear? My black polo top, of course. It would be perfect with my tweed sports jacket. And then Mum uttered those immortal words: “It’s made by John Smedley. You can wear it with anything.” Continue reading...
Fearing AI disruption, white-collar workers are quitting their jobs
While there’s no evidence linking AI to mass layoffs, the tech has already ‘changed worker psychology’When artificial intelligence researcher Mrinank Sharma quit his job at Anthropic earlier this year, the news rippled across the internet. In his resignation letter, posted on X and viewed 15.3m times, Sharma warned of a world “in peril” from the technology he had helped build.“It is clear to me the time has come to move on,” he wrote. His next move: a poetry degree. Continue reading...
‘I’m not shaving my legs just to not orgasm’: 14 single women on their relationship to sex
Women of all ages across the globe open up about their sexual experiences amid a time of supposed societal sexual upheaval The recently released film Wicker is full of sex. So much sex that some theaters released a 4D version where audiences can feel their seats creak in sync with the passionate lovemaking of the protagonist, a fisher played by Olivia Colman, and her husband, played by Alexander Skarsgård.Also, this husband is made of wicker. Continue reading...
Cocktail of the week: The Peacock Inn’s fallen leaf – recipe | The good mixer
An autumnal highball of dark rum, apple juice, warming lemon and honey, with a leg-up from cinnamon and gingerA warming, seasonal highball built on dark rum and cloudy apple juice. The rum brings a deep, molasses richness that pairs naturally with the apple, while lemon and honey keep things from tipping into sweetness. A pinch of cinnamon runs through the drink, while the ginger beer top adds gentle spice and lift. Garnished with an apple fan, a cinnamon stick (lit, if you like a bit of theatre!) and a dusting of cinnamon, this is a drink made for cold evenings.Jessica Symonds, restaurant manager, The Peacock Inn, Chelsworth, Suffolk Continue reading...
Upside-down homes for sale in England – in pictures
From a former Kentish oast house to an award-winning 1950s home an architect built for himself• This article was amended on 6 November 2026 as one of the captions was mistakenly repeated Continue reading...
