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At this remote outpost, Australians are racing to find the world’s oldest ice and unlock the secrets it holds
Champagne makers say sales losing fizz amid global gloom and changing habits
Changing habits and the gloomy state of the world are taking the fizz out of French champagne sales, the producers’ association has said, with shipments down nearly 10% last year.
Consumers in crucial markets such as the US and home country France cut down on the luxury beverage, as economic …
My friend walks into the village hall, scene of my son’s third birthday party, a mixture of panic and incredulity creeping across his face. “I didn’t realise we were dressing up,” he says, taking in my outfit. I feel myself blush. I’m wearing a mint-green tulle midi dress with sheer …
Davos is appealing for ‘collaboration in the intelligent age’. Good luck with that
This year’s week-long gabfest in the Alpine resort of Davos, which kicks off on Monday, will be held under the banner: “A Call for Collaboration in the Intelligent Age”.
Given that it will open as Donald Trump is inaugurated with a promise to jack up import tariffs, trash the Paris …
‘Asking Rachel Reeves to reverse 15 years of austerity in two years is unreasonable’
Calm has been restored, for the time being, but the lingering effect has been to increase the UK government’s cost of borrowing.
…The new gold rush: why the precious metal has lost none of its allure
There’s a secrecy to the specifics of our planned rendezvous, when I meet a sharp-suited Egon von Greyerz in Zurich airport’s arrivals hall. Hands shaken, he guides us out of a side entrance towards a car park in a quiet corner of the sprawling complex. Roughly 30,000 people work in …
‘We are resting on our laurels’: Scotland faces significant challenge to protect its environment
Scotland faces a significant challenge to meet its pledges on protecting nature without more funding and a shift in attitudes, a senior conservation figure has warned.
Francesca Osowska, the outgoing chief executive of the agency NatureScot, said greater urgency and action was needed to meet a promise to restore 30% …
First Brexit, now Trump and Musk: ignorance is back with a vengeance | William Keegan
‘Never underestimate the power of ignorance.” I came across this thought while looking for something to watch late at night after the television news on the horrors in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and the Los Angeles fires.
The quote comes from an old episode of my friend Paul Whitehouse’s
The …
Rollercoaster week for the chancellor ends in relief … and a lesson learned that fortunes can change very fast
Harlequins see off Glasgow to reach Champions Cup knockout stages
A Champions Cup of modest returns for the English was at least given a fillip by Quins. This reasonably comfortable win over Glasgow across the road from where the Calcutta Cup will be contested next week put the home team through to the last 16. No one will particularly relish …