Last week brought bad news for the American people and President Joe Biden. Inflation persists and jobs are decaying. On inflation, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported prices rose 3.5 percent between March 2023 and March 2024. This bad number is far higher than the U.S. Federal Reserve’s goal of 2 percent inflation –…
Anodyne children’s picture provides some gentle entertainment once you forgive the cloying anthropomorphism ‘Is that a butterfly fairy?” asks a confused seven-year-old who watches with me, pointing to the screen at the start of this Canadian animated tale. Nope. The purple creature with a humanish face and body, dressed in a hoodie, wings poking out…
A fishing village stay on one of the country’s less-visited large islands reveals a quiet Adriatic gem boasting green lakes, holm oak forests, and unspoilt beaches The first thing that struck me about Luka was the silence. My wife, Caroline, and I had driven our rental car from Split north along the Croatian coast to…
Time taken for Farhad Moshiri to attract new investors may have made a viable solution harder to find Everton fans are used to owner Farhad Moshiri telling them that better times will be arriving soon. He began his reign at the club in 2016 promising to give fans “whatever I have” – the type of…
The European Commission president is running for re-election. Yet a political cronyism scandal is dogging her path Ursula von der Leyen became president of the European Commission in a backroom deal in 2019 without facing Europe’s voters. Now she is running for re-election almost without campaigning. The former German defence minister, 65, was chosen unopposed…
Make a feast out of anything with the Guardian’s new recipe app – Feast. Click here to download the Feast app from the iOS store. Ever found yourself staring into the fridge at a loss for what to cook, or felt the urge to make a Sunday-level banquet with a Wednesday evening time slot? This…
The car is just five years old, and now the company seems to be washing its hands of the matter I read with interest your recent letter. Unfortunately, I am having a very similar experience, but, in my case, Renault wants to charge us £9,121 to repair the heater on our Zoe, which we bought…
Seven years after a terrible fall, I teamed up with two other disabled sportsmen to scale Iceland’s highest peak. With each drive of my poles into the snow, I came closer to the man I’d once been The view from the top was breathtaking. It was 2023 and I had just climbed the Hvannadals Peak…
