I reach Ekeberg Park at sunset and walk along the muddy paths to find the viewpoint. The late winter sky is like a watercolour: soft blue and grey clouds layer together, with a sweeping gradient of yellow verging from tobacco stain to pale lemon above the distant, bruise-coloured hills. At the viewpoint, I look out … Read more
new video loaded: NASA Launches Powerful Space Telescope transcript Back transcript NASA Launches Powerful Space Telescope A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from California carrying the telescope, named SPHEREx, along with a suite of satellites called PUNCH. 3, 2, 1, ignition. Liftoff of the Falcon 9. Go SpaceX. Go SPHEREx, Go PUNCH. SPHEREx and PUNCH … Read more
‘Keeping my mom in my life fed an endless hope that she really had meant to love me.’ Photograph: Sarah Blesener for the Guardian The church, though aware of our abuser’s crimes, had kept Father Francis Melfe employed and in our lives throughout our childhoods. At Saint Patrick’s, where he was a priest, we were … Read more
As well as condiments, legumes, rice and pasta, I always have dried fruit in my pantry. While they’re great to nibble on, mixed with toasted nuts and seeds for a moreish trail mix, at this time of year, when pickings are sparse, they bring a concentrated, jammy decadence to savoury and sweet things alike. Raisins, … Read more
The other night, I got home from work feeling very tired. It was really cold and what I really wanted for dinner was a jacket potato. In fact, I wanted two. So I heated the oven, slathered my potatoes in oil and sea salt and cooked them for an hour and 20 minutes. I was so … Read more
Illustration: Sarah Mazzetti/The Guardian As employers crack down on hybrid work, insisting that the US corporate class head back to the office, gen Z reckons with a dilemma. How do you appear to look busy enough to appease an ever-present boss? Thirty years ago, Seinfeld’s George Costanza had a theory: “Always look annoyed.” That way, … Read more
I once noted here that testing heated airers is like weighing kittens. Testing mattresses is more like weight-lifting hippos. Manoeuvring these floppy giants around a small house would be hard enough for a normal person, but as a 53-year-old woman who never reached five feet tall, I wouldn’t be anyone’s first pick for a mattress-lifting … Read more
Two NASA missions will have to wait longer for a launch aboard a single rocket. Both aim to unravel mysteries about the universe — one by peering far from Earth, the other by looking closer to home. SpaceX on Saturday night announced on the website X around two hours before the scheduled launch time of … Read more
After more than a week of delays, two NASA missions are again scheduled for a late-night launch aboard a single rocket. Both aim to unravel mysteries about the universe — one by peering far from Earth, the other by looking closer to home. The rocket’s chief passenger is SPHEREx, a space telescope that will take … Read more
I used to think I was great at therapy. From 17 to 23, I saw a total of four therapists for anywhere between two weeks and three months. Each time, I would sit in their quiet, softly furnished rooms and reel off the story of why I was there: my mum had been diagnosed with … Read more