Consumer Reports recently conducted its most comprehensive review of pesticides in 59 US fruits and vegetables. Here the organization shares what it found What’s safe to eat? Here is the pesticide risk level for each fruit and vegetable When it comes to healthy eating, fruits and vegetables reign supreme. But along with all their vitamins,…

In this haunting and restrained novel, a young woman sets out to escape the confines of a Welsh island The remote coastal or island location has become something of a cliche in recent literary fiction, often giving a novel an off-the-peg windswept atmosphere while isolating its frequently solitary protagonist for the purpose of unhealthy introspection….

A new analysis by Consumer Reports shows that pesticides have contaminated the US fruit and vegetable supply – even some organics What’s safe to eat? Here is the pesticide risk level for each fruit and vegetable Watermelon, green beans and bell peppers are among the many common fruits and vegetables found in US supermarkets that…

The public supports it, and even the rich are calling for it. We must prevent a deeper slide into global inequality Abigail Disney is a member of Patriotic Millionaires The need to tax rich people like me has never been so dire. Extreme wealth concentration in the hands of a few oligarchs is a threat…

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare? The Thursday quiz always thought it was written with an incredible lack of self-awareness, but then it was unwittingly exposed to the new book by Liz Truss, and discovered that you could take it to a whole new…