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COLOUR DIRECTION Combining a variety of prints but all in greens and whites ensures this room feels calm and not overwhelming. SUNNY DISPOSITION Pink and yellow is a winning combination for a fresh, summery feel at the breakfast table. Mixing and matching designs creates a cheery gathering of colour and pattern. ARTISTIC INSPIRATION A much-loved piece of art is an ideal starting point for a scheme. Pulling out key tones from the artwork for curtains, upholstery and accessories offers a joyful cocktail of yellows, pinks and browns. BEAUTIFUL BOTANICALS Three diverse patterns – a perky floral, a modern African print and a classic trellis design – have been cleverly layered to work together harmoniously. PATTERN PLAY An exuberant headboard is the focal point here, with diagonal striped curtains complementing the happy scheme.…

Dominating the arid landscape on the edges of the Judaean Desert stands a hill that was once the pinnacle of territory controlled by Herod the Great. Identified in the mid 1800s as the site of the palace-fortress built by the king, Herodium housed a luxurious oasis in the lands southeast of Bethlehem. Even before its identification, historians had a clear vision of what this landmark once looked like, thanks to the Judeo-Roman historian Flavius Josephus. In his History of the Jewish War, written in the late first century a.d., Josephus described it as“a hill, raised by the hand of man, to be the shape of a woman’s breast.” Comprising palaces, forts, gardens, and a theater, the complex has provided rich insights into a king whose rule shaped the early life of Jesus.…

AFTER ‘ROCKET LAKE,’ 5 THINGS INTEL MUST DO ON DESKTOP TO GET ITS CPU MAGIC BACK Intel must replicate what Apple has done. The Apple M1 is the first ARM-based system on a chip designed by Apple Inc. as a central processing unit for its line of Macintosh computers. It was inspired by their ARM A14 chip. It is deployed in the MacBook Air, Mac mini, and the MacBook Pro. It is the first personal computer chip built using a 5nm process. Apple claims that it has the world’s fastest CPU core.—Richard Keyes It is past time for Intel to move its chip design to at least 10nm, achieving all of its economies in circuit density and power consumption, especially when TSMC and Samsung are already at 7nm. It boggles the mind…

| CELEBRATE | Ready to Launch No need to wait for twilight’s last gleaming. Kids will have a blast setting off these DIY confetti poppers whenever you hand them out. Making them is definitely not rocket science. You’ll just need a cardboard box and tubes you’d otherwise recycle—from gift wrap, toilet paper, or paper towels—plus some white paint, blue painters’ tape (for the patriotic stripes), barbecue skewers, red construction paper, and kitchen twine (for the faux fuses). The only thing you might not have on hand is the confetti; these oversize dots and stars are easy to find online and made of biodegradable paper. To let ’em rip, all little ones have to do is hold the rocket in one hand, push the handle up with the other, and … ka-boom! For…

Almost all the models we tested clean well, are easy to load, and come in a stainless finish. They also use far less water and energy than washing by hand. The picks here are excellent overall performers, and most have a timed-start feature, a heavy-duty or pots and pans cycle, and self-cleaning filters. The ratings rank models by overall performance. $ BOSCH ASCENTA SHX3AR75UC Cycle Time: 95 min. Water Usage: 4 gal. $630 88 The combination of superior performance and features that more commonly appear on pricier washers makes this model a great value. It scores very well for washing, drying, and quiet operation, and its 95-minute cycle for a normal wash is one of the shortest of any washer that CR tests. bosch-home.com BOSCH 300 DLX SERIES SHS863WD5N Cycle Time: 150 min. Water Usage: 4 gal. $770 84 This midpriced model earns a…

HOME RUNS “These intricately hand-carved and -dyed wooden trays make serving holiday drinks even more elegant.”—style director Tanya Graff SMALL VICTORIES “Art supplies are my go-to gift for kids. These colorful pastels from a century-old company will be hits with my daughters.”—creative director Abbey Kuster-Prokell KITCHEN ALL-STARS “These will make my mom’s legendary pizzelle cookies the high point of the dessert table.”—art director James Maikowski“This has become my favorite pan for nearly every cooking task. I especially love that it can go straight from stove top to table!”—senior food editor Lauryn Tyrell STYLE SCORES “My fashion-loving 23-year-old niece in Chicago will look so polished in this, and it will keep her toasty-warm all winter.”—executive editor Jennie Tung SLAM DUNKS COURTESY OF MANUFACTURERS (1, 2, 4–7, 10). COURTESY OF MANUFACTURERS (2–6, 8–10, 12). PETER ARDITO (13); COURTESY OF MANUFACTURERS (1–4,…

□ My Fridge Lives up to Its Cooling Potential The refrigerator should be full but not stuffed and the coils free of dust. Avoid storing piping hot food. And though the savings are nominal, it can’t hurt to obey Dad’s edict: Don’t stand too long with the door open. □ I Clean Safely It’s wise to check labels on cleaning products for what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency calls signal words. Danger indicates the most harmful formulas, followed by warning and caution. To learn about its Safer Choice seal, see epa.gov/saferchoice. For other terminology, go to ewg.org/guides and click on Label Decoder. MORE THAN 1,600 GALLONS OF WATER THAT’S THE WASTE A FAUCET LEAKING ONE DRIP PER SECOND CAN CAUSE IN ONE YEAR. SOURCE: ENERGY STAR □ I PLAN MEALS THAT CONSERVE COOKING ENERGY Batch cooking, one-pot…

CHEESEBURGER SOUP PREP 25 minutes SLOW COOK 10 to 11 hours (low) or 5 to 5½ hours (high) 1 lb. ground beef½ cup chopped onion2 cloves garlic, minced2 cups cubed, peeled russet potatoes½ cup coarsely shredded carrot¼ cup ketchup2 Tbsp. yellow mustard1 Tbsp. finely chopped fresh serrano chile peppers (tip, p. 46)¼ tsp. salt¼ tsp. black pepper2 14.5-oz. cans beef broth1 10.75-oz. can condensed cheddar cheese soup½ cup shredded or thinly sliced cheddar cheese (2 oz.)Dill pickle slices or spears (optional) 1. In a large skillet cook ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium-high until meat is browned. Drain off fat. 2. In a 4- to 5-qt. slow cooker combine meat mixture and next seven ingredients (through black pepper). Stir in broth and condensed soup. 3. Cover and cook on low 10 to 11 hours or…

MY 8-MONTH-OLD called 911 the other night. I was bathing my two boys, trying to keep their slippery bodies from colliding, when my baby discovered the Apple Watch on my wrist. By the time I noticed he’d activated emergency mode, the screen was too wet to register touch. After I explained to the dispatcher that my infant was pranking them, she gave me a tip: “Next time, use the water lock feature.” It’s such a simple thing—swipe up, tap water droplet—and yet it prevents a fire truck from crashing bedtime. I’m a web developer and podcaster—a digital native. Arguably, I should know all the tech tricks that can ease life with kids. But the 911 incident made me wonder: Are other helpful features, apps, and gadgets hiding in plain sight? After…

QUICK PICKLES 101 I love project cooking, but most days I’m all about speed. Quick pickling fits that bill: With a basic formula and a few ingredients, you can transform fresh produce into a flavorful topper for tacos, eggs, Bloody Marys—you name it. Plus, you can use up extra peppers (or okra or beans) and extend their life. Win-win! —MELISSA KNIFIC Basic Brine You want a ratio of equal parts vinegar and water, which is easy to remember! From there, try experimenting with different vinegars (distilled, rice, apple cider, and white wine all yield favorable results) and spices (whole work best, such as peppercorns, coriander, cloves, and mustard seeds) for various flavor profiles. Smashed garlic cloves and fresh herbs add another dimension. You can pickle just about any fruit or veggie—and if you’re in…

Materials Finished Quilt: 661/8×795/8" Finished Block: 9½" square Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width. □ 13 to 16—1/4-yard pieces assorted light and dark batiks in yellow, orange, and pink (blocks, setting triangles, outer border)□ 17 to 20—1/4-yard pieces assorted light and dark batiks in turquoise, green, and purple (blocks, setting triangles, outer border)□ ½ yard black-and-white medium stripe (inner border)□ 5/8 yard black-and-white narrow stripe (binding)□ 40—10" squares muslin or lightweight paper (foundations)□ 5 yards backing fabric□ 75×88" batting Cut Fabrics Cut pieces in the following order. Before cutting, organize assorted batiks into four groups: • Group A—light yellow, orange, and pink batiks• Group B—dark yellow, orange, and pink batiks• Group C—light turquoise, green, and purple batiks• Group D—dark turquoise, green and purple batiks From one batik each in groups A and D,…

FOR MORE THAN TWO decades, experts have prophesied that stem cells will someday revolutionize medicine. While adult stem cells have long been used to treat a handful of blood and immune disorders, the excitement has centered on two more versatile varieties: embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), both of which can be transformed into any cell type in the body. Google “the promise of stem cells,” and you’ll get at least 200,000 hits, involving ailments ranging from diabetes to neurodegenerative disorders. So far, however, no one has managed to translate that potential into a practical therapy. In 2020, a string of breakthroughs suggested that the revolution may finally be near. The most dramatic news came in May, when the New England Journal of Medicine published the first case…

JoJo 160 East 64th Street (Tel.: 212-223-5656) JoJo has been a Three Star in our All-Star Eateries since Jean-Georges Vongerichten opened it in 1991. Due to a glitch, it was dropped from the magazine version this year but was promptly reinstated online. Our apologies to chef Steven Boutross, the talented staff and the wonderful management, who every night deliver a magical culinary experience. JoJo’s recent renovation has left it airy, light-filled and comfortable. Start with the delicate peekytoe crab dumplings or the spicy tuna tartare in lettuce cups. Then try two incomparable classics: the crispy-skin organic chicken surrounded by thin fried onion rings and potato skins, or the juicy, peppercorn-crusted beef tenderloin with potato gnocchi and Brussels sprouts. Don’t leave without tasting the delicious carrot cake or the butter scotch pudding with caramel…

You don’t need acres of INTRICATELY GATHERED fabric to create a CANOPY. A simple flat length of LINED FABRIC, with a channel for a pole, looks BOLD and APPEALING…

IN THIS SECTION Bubbly Breathing Libidinous Bees Visions of a ‘Kilonova’ Channel Islands Park ILLUM INATING THE MYSTERIES—AND WONDERS—ALL AROUND US EVERY DAY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | VOL. 243 NO. 6 NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES grew up in Waterloo, Iowa, where most of her family still lives. As an 11-year-old she wrote a letter to the editor of her local newspaper about a presidential primary. In 2017 she received a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, known as the “genius grant,” for her work on educational inequality. Close ties to her community contributed to a thirst to share deeper knowledge of the American past and present, which place the enslavement of Africans at the center of the American story. To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the beginning of slavery in what would become the United States, Hannah-Jones created an extensive project…

A pochi metri in linea d’aria dalle Gallerie dell’Accademia, affacciata sul Canal Grande, c’è una casa che – anche per gli standard di Venezia – è unica. L’aveva voluta la discendente di una famiglia di antiquari, la gallerista e collezionista Loredana Balboni, al piano terra e al primo della palazzina ottocentesca di famiglia. Per ripensare questo spazio e portarlo nella modernità chiama Carlo Scarpa: è il 1964, lui ha già firmato progetti importantissimi come palazzo Abatellis a Palermo, la Gipsoteca Canoviana a Possagno, la Fondazione Querini Stampalia nella sua Venezia. Scarpa entra in questo volume e lo reinventa. Da maestro, seguendo sia la razionalità sia l’emozione. Per proteggere gli interni dall’acqua alta rialza il livello del piano terra e riduce in conseguenza le altezze dei soffitti; ma nel punto centrale della…

Prima di fake news, sorveglianza di massa, dittatura dei like e profilazione selvaggia, la retorica che circolava sulla rete era tutta sotto il segno di un ottimismo quasi insolente. Per i tecnoutopisti californiani, internet ci avrebbe portato per mano in un mondo nuovo, radicalmente libero. Ora si sa che non è andata proprio così. Ma esplorando le piattaforme delle community di cryptoarte si percepisce subito una vibrazione familiare. È l’eco dell’entusiasmo e delle speranze che un tempo si associavano a internet in quanto tale, e che qui si riferiscono, più prosaicamente, a un suo strumento: l’NFT. Il “Non-Fungible Token” è una tecnologia in grado di trasformare jpg, video o anche semplici tweet in entità digitali uniche, verificate, tracciabili. Tutto questo grazie all’utilizzo del blockchain, una sorta di registro digitale cronologico non…

IN MAY, the killing of George Floyd brought a harsh reality to the forefront of conversations worldwide: Racism permeates every aspect of society. And science, as part of society and my own profession, is not immune. Social media movements in 2020 such as #BlackInTheIvory and #BlackBirdersWeek urged the scientific community to take a hard look at the racism that lies within its walls, as revealed by its own community members. Thousands of Black scientists took to Twitter, Facebook and beyond to share personal stories of prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination faced throughout their careers. These experiences have had devastating consequences for their mental health, professional success and, ultimately, willingness to stay in their fields. Racism in science is nothing new. For centuries, science has been a foremost tool used to build, defend…

If it’s summer and I’m within a 30-minute drive of Outlet Beach, a little slip of sand and pines on Maine’s Sabbathday Lake, I’m making the detour. Not for the swimming, though it’s pleasant enough, but for the ice cream. In 2013, chef Krista Kern Desjarlais was at the height of her career. The awards for her Portland, Maine, restaurant, Bresca, were piling up, and there were requests to appear on television, entreaties to open more restaurants, and a packed reservation book. But for the veteran chef, there was something more important: her then-2-year-old daughter, Cortland, who was no longer content to hang out in the restaurant kitchen while her mom cooked. “I had worked my whole life to have those opportunities, but none of them were worth spending less time…

Город Москва Тип жилья Квартира в сталинском доме Двухкомнатную сталинку на Фрунзенской набережной взрослые дети купили для своей мамы, чтобы она могла как можно чаще видеть шестерых внуков, но при этом имела возможность отдохнуть от них. “Естественно, была задача сделать максимальное количество мест хранения”, – рассказывает Снежана Цуцаева. Хозяйка квартиры – большая модница, у нее солидный гардероб, поэтому предполагалось много встроенных шкафов, которые нужно было разместить так, чтобы не сделать небольшую квартиру тесной. ПЛАНИРОВКА Старую планировку Снежана откорректировала минимально – объединила кухню с гостиной и ванную комнату с туалетом (когда в квартире живет один человек, это логично). На снимках кухни видна загадочная дверь рядом с окном. Для тех, кто бывал в московских сталинках, ничего таинственного в ней нет, это черный ход, который ведет или на лестницу, или, как в данном случае, в другую квартиру.…

Until about two years ago, 9-year-old Tyler Blatzheim’s diet consisted mostly of milk, applesauce, crustless PB&J, and crackers. “His pediatrician kept telling me not to worry because Tyler was otherwise healthy—even his weight and height were fine,” recalls his mom, Jocelyn, of Gambrills, Maryland. “The doctor said he would grow out of being picky.” But that didn’t happen. By the time he turned 7, his pickiness escalated to the point where he started gagging when he tried a new food, even if it was a chocolate chip or a bite of mac ’n’ cheese. Birthday parties and family get-togethers were nerve-racking. “He wouldn’t eat the pizza or even the treats at his friends’ parties,” she says. “When we’d go for ice cream as a family, he would just ask for…

EVERY YEAR, Kevin Sharkey devotes pretty much an entire December weekend to decorating the 14-foot tree that grazes the ceiling of his sleek New York City apartment overlooking the Hudson River. “You’d think it would take longer because the tree is so tall, but it actually goes by pretty quickly,” he says. Moreover, he enjoys every minute of it, and his efforts are fueled by the excitement of good times—and good friends—to come. There’s a thoughtful method to his yuletide madness, too. He stores his ornaments in bins organized by type, then arranges similar ones in groups before hanging them. “It’s a great exercise of all my styling muscles and instincts,” he says. “I want it to look like it’s encrusted in baubles.” And to that end, he goes for…

Starlink is catnip for PCMag readers. Just say the word, and they come a’clicking in the tens of thousands. The satellite ISP’s mystique is a combination of Elon Musk (an unappealingly named men’s cologne) and Americans’ hopeless desperation for better home internet choices. And at this point, it’s getting way out of hand. “SpaceX is aiming to one day deliver 10Gbps internet speeds over its satellite internet system,” our story reads, couching SpaceX’s ambitions in similar terms to my ambition to have ripped abs. Americans are desperate for better connectivity. They’ve given up on regulators, incumbent ISPs, and their own communities to provide them. They’re holding out for a hero (‘til the end of the night). They want Musk to be their streetwise Hercules, but he’s Loki. But not hot. Kind of…

Looking at the mammogram image, with its spiderweb of faint gray lines showing dense breast tissue, you wouldn’t suspect anything was amiss. No human radiologist would hesitate to give this Massachusetts General Hospital patient a clean bill of health. But the Mirai artificial-intelligence system, created at MIT, thinks differently. When it scanned the mammogram, it flagged the patient as high risk for getting breast cancer in the next five years. Ultimately, the machine’s hunch proved correct: The patient indeed developed breast cancer, just four years after the image was taken. Since about 90 percent of people who develop breast cancer don’t have a known genetic mutation, the disease’s emergence can be highly unpredictable. Regina Barzilay, an MIT computer scientist now working on Mirai, was blindsided when she got her own breast…

The resulting mural greets visitors to the Mazmanian Lab today. A vaguely psychedelic, 40-foot-long, tube-shaped colon that’s pink, purple and red snakes down the hallway. In a panel next to it, fluorescent yellow and green bacteria explode out of a deeply inflamed section of the intestinal tract, like radioactive lava from outer space. The mural is modest compared with what the scientist has been working on since. Over the last decade or so, Mazmanian has been a leading proponent of the idea that the flora of the human digestive tract has a far more powerful effect on the human body and mind than we thought — a scientific effort that earned him a $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant” in 2012. Since then, Mazmanian and a small but growing cadre of fellow…

INSIDE A 13TH-FLOOR BOARDROOM IN DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO, THE ATMOSPHERE WAS TENSE. It was November 2015, and Databricks, a two-year-old software company started by a group of seven Berkeley researchers, was long on buzz but short on revenue. The directors awkwardly broached subjects that had been rehashed time and again. The startup had been trying to raise funds for five months, but venture capitalists were keeping it at arm’s length, wary of its paltry sales. Seeing no other option, NEA partner Pete Sonsini, an existing investor, raised his hand to save the company with an emergency $30 million injection. The next order of business: a new boss. Founding CEO Ion Stoica had agreed to step aside and return to his professorship at the University of California, Berkeley. The obvious move was to bring…

IPOS Since mid-March 2020, 1,489 IPOs (including SPACs) raised $314 billion globally. More than half went public in the U.S., where they raised $277 billion. These 10 billionaires land on the list as a result of such public offerings. Pan Dong $8.3 billion • Consumer goods • Canada The richest woman new to this year’s list, she chairs laundry detergent maker Blue Moon Group Holdings, which listed in Hong Kong in December. Her husband, Luo Qiuping, is the company’s CEO. Vyacheslav Kim $3.3 billion • Fintech • Kazakhstan Mikhail Lomtadze $3.2 billion • Fintech • Georgia CEO Lomtadze and chairman Kim have steered Kaspi—a payments, e-commerce and mobile-banking app used in Kazakhstan—from a small-time retail bank to a London public listing. Half of Kazakhstan’s 18 million people use the service. Pablo Legorreta $2.9 billion • Investments • U.S. The former investment banker…

THE TREND Youthquake FROM MINI TO MICRO, HEMLINES ARE GETTING HOTTER AND HIGHER. ON THE CATWALKS, SIXTIES REBELLION COLLIDED WITH NOUGHTIES EXUBERANCE FOR A BARELY-THERE TAKE ON THE TREND THAT’S BOTH LOW-RISE (SEE MIU MIU, WHERE SKIRTS BARELY SKIMMED THE HIP BONES) AND HIGH-RISE (SEE EVERYONE ELSE). THE LOOK Over the rainbow TAKING THE MATCHY MATCHY THING TO EXTREME LENGTHS, HAIRSTYLIST GUIDO PALAU GAVE LOEWE LOOKS AN EXTRA ACCESSORY: COLOUR CO-ORDINATED WIGS. SO FOR SS22, FORGET THE STATEMENT HANDBAG AND OPT FOR A PASTEL DYE JOB INSTEAD. THE MOOD Time travel POST-PANDEMIC DRESSING GOES DRAMATIC COURTESY OF LOUIS VUITTON, WHERE NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE PRESENTED A MASTERCLASSS IN MAKING THE GOTHIC GLAMOROUS BY STYLING OLD WITH NEW. OTHER DESIGNERS ALSO LOOKED BACK TO THE FUTURE FOR THEIR COLLECTIONS, WITH CRAZY, CREATIVE TAKES ON 18TH- AND 19TH-CENTURY STYLE.…

It could have been a scene from a fairytale, in which the beautiful bride marries a handsome aristocrat in the landscaped gardens of his family’s historic ancestral palace. But this real-life love story took place in Madrid’s 18th-century Liria Palace, where last week around 300 guests gathered to witness Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Solís, Count of Osorno, marry Belén Corsini de Lacalle. While hundreds of onlookers gathered outside to catch a glimpse of Europe’s first high-society wedding in 18 months, the bride arrived at her future husband’s family home dressed in an empire-line georgette silk gown by Cristina Martínez-Pardo Cobián for Navascués. SOMETHING BORROWED Holding her hair in place was a silver and diamond decoration shaped into two interlocking circles to symbolise eternal love, created from a piece belonging to her mother. Following family tradition,…

As soon as they were inaugurated, U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris started making good on their campaign promises. They reentered the Paris climate accord, renewed U.S. support for the World Health Organization, and ended the Trump administration’s travel bans targeting nationals of select Muslim-majority and African nations. Racial justice was also high on the list of issues that they identified as most pressing and requiring action in their first 100 days. On Jan. 26, Biden rolled out his administration’s first steps to advance racial equity and promote national unity and reconciliation. He issued four executive orders spanning issues that affect multiple racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States, namely Black, Latino, Indigenous, Asian, and Pacific Islander Americans. The first executive order directed the Department of Housing…

‘It was an honour to see her, let alone speak to her. The highlight of my career’ Resplendent in a military-style, brick-red cashmere coat, the Queen cut an elegant figure making her first solo engagement since the death of the Duke of Edinburgh. But as she arrived at Portsmouth Naval Base to visit the flagship she named in 2014, the monarch was paying a tender tribute to her husband by teaming her outfit with the striking ruby, diamond and gold Scarab brooch he gave her in 1966. Smiling brightly, Her Majesty stepped on board HMS Queen Elizabeth as the crew prepared for the huge aircraft carrier’s maiden operational voyage – a seven-month deployment to the Far East. She was greeted by Captain Angus Essenhigh and Commodore Steve Moorhouse, commander of the UK Carrier Strike…

Just imagine a Lotus able to fight Porsche without the excuses: a sports car funded by a multi-national and sold globally, at a price that’s in the ballpark, with a significant uplift in quality, room to put stuff, and state-of-the-art rather than off-the-shelf infotainment. Then imagine it still upholding all the Lotus virtues of best-in-class ride and handling, driver engagement and striking design, having been developed and assembled at Hethel. Like England football fans, it’s best to keep expectations in check when dealing with Lotus, but that’s the potential in its new Emira – a sports car developed under Chinese majority owners Geely Holdings, with design like a downsized McLaren, but an ‘under £60k’ price that floats it in mid-spec Porsche Cayman S waters. A Lotus to sell lots, possibly doubling…

Inside the historic St George’s Chapel, the setting for so many joyful royal family moments in recent years, the nave had been stripped of furniture but was bathed in bright sunlight from the windows high overhead. Before the service, chapel organist Luke Bond played JS Bach’s Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele, Adagio Espressivo by Sir William Harris, Salix by Percy Whitlock, Berceuse by Louis Vierne and Rhosymedre by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The last piece was also played at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales and at the weddings of both Prince William and Prince Harry. Rhosymedre was also played at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales The pallbearers approached the organ screen and, as the coffin entered the quire, a choir conducted by James Vivian sang The Sentences by William Croft…

{ONE} THE COUNTRY’S MOST IMPORTANT politicians and industrialists walked into a brightly lit hall in Chennai on 18 January 2015. Among them were the senior ministers Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Piyush Goyal, M Venkaiah Naidu and Ravi Shankar Prasad, and the former deputy prime minister LK Advani. Also in attendance were powerful Tamil politicians, including the heads of three regional outfits. Amit Shah, the Bharatiya Janata Party president at the time, used the opportunity to iron out their possible alliances in the state. The actor Rajnikanth ate well that day, as did the head of the national broadcaster. Also walking under the gold-painted eaves were prominent industrialists: the heads of Larsen and Toubro, India Cements, TVS and Amalgamations. They had all reached the quiet Brahmin-majority locality of Mylapore in Chennai for…

PRINCEGEORGE’S BIRTHDAY Ensure many happy returns with practical shorts and playful dresses Prince George’s eighth-birthday party is sure to be a lively affair, so classic but comfortable attire is called for. Smart stripy shorts worn with loafers and a crisp white shirt are de rigueur for any little prince, while their sisters will enchant in pastel-coloured party frocks and Mary-Janes. Presents should aim to please the parents too – eschew garish electronics and opt for a set of stylish Liberty skittles or a Tiffany teddy bear. LYDIA SLATER THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX’S BABYSHOWER Welcome the newborn in cosseting pinks Dressing up for arguably the most exclusive event of 2021 – Serena Williams co-hosted the last one – demands serious thought. Dior’s blush-pink gown is both exquisitely elegant and a graceful nod to the baby-to-be’s gender.…

• Stranded colorwork • Circular yoke • Bottom up • Seamless • 3x3 rib YARN Stone Wool Cormo, distributed by Twig & Horn DIFFICULTY FINISHED SIZE 34¼ (38¼, 42¼, 46¼, 50¼)" bust circumference. Pullover shown measures 38¼"; modeled with 4¾" of positive ease. YARN Stone Wool Cormo (100% Cormo wool; 200 yd [183 m]/3½ oz [100 g]): tobacco 03 (MC), 5 (6, 7, 8, 8) skeins; tobacco 01 (CC1) and scoured white (CC2), 1 skein each. Yarn distributed by Twig & Horn. YARN WEIGHT 4 NEEDLES Sizes 6 (4 mm) and 8 (5 mm): 24" circular (cir) and set of double-pointed (dpn). Size 8 (5 mm): 16" cir. Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge. NOTIONS Markers (m); stitch holders; tapestry needle. A: 35¼ (40½, 45½, 50½, 55½)" B: 31½ (33¾, 38¾, 41¾, 46¾)" C: 34¼ (38¼, 42¼, 46¼, 50¼)" D: 15…

SHOP OWNERS Barbara and Sam Gillespie ESTABLISHED 2012 SIZE 4,300 square feet MORE INFO? cherrytreequilts.ca Nestled in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Summerland gets more days of springtime sunshine than any other place in Canada. It has long been a major producer of stone fruit and apples, and these days it’s making a splash with its vineyards and wine, too. “It’s beautiful here,” says Barbara Gillespie, co-owner with her husband, Sam, of Cherry Tree Quilts. “You don’t realize how beautiful until you leave for a while and come back.” Barbara was raised in Summerland but spent over 20 years in Ottawa, Ontario, where Sam worked as an electrical engineer. They moved to Summerland, a community of 11,600, in 2012 after Sam retired. Almost immediately, they opened Cherry Tree Quilts. “Things just fell into place to open a quilt…

ON A TRIP to the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in February 2017, Sana Javeri Kadri, right out of college and working in marketing at Bi-Rite, San Francisco’s beloved specialty-grocery chain, was introduced to a turmeric so flavorful and nuanced, it changed the direction of her life. That might sound dramatic, but given the dusty old spices she was familiar with, this golden, glowing powder, packed with zesty, floral notes, was nothing short of a revelation. The man behind the bounty was a third-generation farmer, Prabhu Kasaraneni, who had planted heirloom turmeric using ancient, self-taught farming methods among fields of marigolds, bananas, and black rice. Within days, Javeri Kadri decided to put an income-tax return toward purchasing roughly seven hundred pounds of turmeric from him, promising to return to India…

For Oscar-winning costume designer Catherine Martin, creating the looks for the new biopic Elvis came down to sexuality, the swerve of a hip, and a little bit of shake, rattle and roll. She says of working with director Baz Luhrmann, her husband and longtime collaborator: “Baz wanted to make sure contemporary audiences could connect to the rebel nature of Elvis Presley [played by Austin Butler] and both his innate sexuality and the sexuality of his movement connected with his body underneath his clothes. We needed to be sensitive to both the historical veracity and the meaning for the clothes that Elvis wore.” Those clothes were often, she notes, “highly controversial.” The Warner Bros. film, due out June 24, is a tale of three decades in the King of Rock and Roll’s…

Khao Yai, a two-and-a-half hour drive north-east of Bangkok, was once seen as little more than a gateway to Thailand’s oldest and third-largest national park; a quick rest stop to fuel up on spicy som tam before four-wheel-drive safaris and rainforest treks in an 800-square-mile Eden of rushing rivers and waterfalls, shared with roaming elephants, gibbons and Asian black bears. But now a clutch of resorts is offering a reason to linger. First among them is the InterContinental Khao Yai Resort, where superstar hotel designer Bill Bensley has helped to turn a former swathe of fallow farmland into a manicured jungle of baobabs and gnarled trees dripping with ferns and tillandsia. Railcar-like rooms, spread over a trio of gingerbread-trimmed lakeside guesthouses, nod to the late 19th-century Pak Chong railway station…

Liya Kebede Founder and creative director of Lemlem, model, and actress New York City and Paris In a Lemlem dress, you can’t help but float through summer. Whisper-light and awash in happy, sun-drenched colors, each one is hand-woven on wooden looms by African artisans, following centuries-old traditions. The brand’s founder is Ethiopian model and maternal-health advocate Liya Kebede, who rose to fame in the early aughts as the face of Tom Ford’s Gucci and the first Black spokesmodel for Estée Lauder. On a trip to her hometown of Addis Ababa around that time, she noticed a distressing drop in the demand for traditional garments, and got busy. “Weaving is a craft that has been passed through generations and holds deep cultural significance,” says Kebede, who set her mind to preserving the art,…

Sh—t happens. Sometimes it’s minor, but occasionally it’s very serious—either way, the first few minutes after an injury are usually the most critical. You need to know what to do, remain calm, and be prepared to take action. Although not every emergency requires a trip to the ER, you should always call 911 if you feel it’s necessary. But if that’s not an option and you’re forced to take care of business on your own, here’s what to do if you… Are Bitten by a Snake Your chances of being bitten by a snake are small—unless you’re a young, drunk male. “Approximately 98% of all snakebites occur in men, and 40% of all people bitten had a blood-alcohol level greater than 0.1%,” says Doug Ross, M.D., an emergency physician in Las Vegas.…

Ku‘ulani Muise was raised on the Hawaiian island of Moloka‘i, as part of a hunting family. When the invasive, rapidly multiplying axis deer population began to threaten the state’s island ecosystems, she wanted to find a responsible solution. In 2020, she founded Maui Nui with her husband, Jake, to help restore balance on Maui with a field-to-table operation that harvests venison for local consumption. They now provide meat to local food banks and upscale restaurants, combating overpopulation in the deer community and providing food to the human one. We talked to Muise about her creative, life-changing idea. Growing up in Hawai‘i, what was your relationship to the land and to axis deer? On our island of Moloka‘i, ina family of subsistence hunters, venison was always on the table. I grew up with…

WHEN OUR FAMILY shares good news or an accomplishment at the dinner table—like the time my daughter, Rosie, told us she sat with a classmate who was eating lunch alone—we pump our arms and cheer: “Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray for Rosie!” And even though she’s 12, she still appreciates our enthusiasm. Traditions like ours are the glue that helps hold families together. From a secret handshake to Friday movie night, these rituals boost happiness, strengthen family bonds, and provide kids with a strong sense of identity and security, according to research from Syracuse University. “Parents think they need to do something big to make memories, when the little actions and rituals you do together tend to stick in a child’s mind,” says social psychologist Susan Newman,…

Look anywhere and you’ll find music. Without a single exception, every culture produces some form of it; like language, it’s a universal trait in our species, and over the millennia it has bloomed into a diverse and stunning global symphony. Yet music’s origin remains one of the great secrets of human history. The oldest known instruments are 42,000-year-old bone flutes discovered in caves in Germany. Vocal music surely predates these, but the problem, according to University of Amsterdam musicologist Henkjan Honing, “is that music doesn’t fossilize and our brains don’t fossilize.” With little hard evidence, scientists still debate what evolutionary purpose music serves. And because its purpose is obscure enough to warrant debate, some skeptics question whether it serves any purpose at all. Charles Darwin thought it did. In music, he found…

“BACTERIA IN YOUR GUT PRODUCE ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF THE SEROTONIN IN YOUR BODY — THE SAME HAPPY HORMONE THAT REGULATES YOUR MOODS.” Fielding the volley of work messages became a Sisyphean task. “There’s always the overriding fear that I’m not going to come out of it, that I’m always going to feel this way,” Peters says. “That probably is the scariest thing.” Peters, 50, had read about mood probiotics, gut bacterial strains marketed to help with depression and anxiety, but never felt like they were for him. “I was very skeptical,” he says. When his wife, who was battling panic attacks, tried mood probiotics and saw her episodes diminish, he began to reconsider. After his depression symptoms returned last summer, and the Prozac he’d tried in the past had lost its…

You’ve come a long way, blockchain! Since our inaugural roundup of the Blockchain 50, published in 2019, the billion-dollar companies (minimum, by sales or market value) on our annual list have moved beyond test projects and now rely on “distributed ledger” technology to do serious work. A lot of the action is in the back office, verifying insurance claims or facilitating real estate deals. It has also become vital to supply chains, whether checking the provenance of conflict minerals like cobalt or tracking auto parts for Renault. Nearly half of the Blockchain 50 are based outside the United States; 14% are Chinese. New this year: venture capital firms, which as a group invested more than $32 billion in the sector in 2021. Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether grab all the headlines,…

It’s been a year like no other, and we aren’t talking about the pandemic. There were rapid-fire public offerings, surging cryptocurrencies and skyrocketing stock prices. The number of billionaires simply exploded. Forbes found an unprecedented 2,755 around the world—660 more than a year ago. A staggering 86% are richer than they were then. Altogether they’re worth $13.1 trillion, up from $8 trillion in 2020; their average net worth is $4.7 billion, $900 million more than last year. The U.S. still has the most billionaires, with 724, followed by Greater China with 698. We used stock prices and exchange rates from March 5, 2021, to calculate net worths. For the full list of the world’s billionaires and our methodology, please visit forbes.com/billionaires. 1. Jeff Bezos $177 BIL ⬆ • SOURCE: AMAZON AGE: 57 •…

Cauliflower-and-Lentil Stew With Onion Relish 1 red onion, finely chopped (about 1¼ cups) and divided3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger (from a 2-inch piece)Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper1 teaspoon garam masala or berbere spice blend1 cup red lentils, rinsed and picked through4 cups cauliflower florets, cut into bite-size pieces (from ½ head)1 can (14.5 ounces) diced fire-roasted tomatoes3 cups packed baby kale½ teaspoon finely grated lime zest, plus 3 tablespoons fresh juice 1. Place ½ cup onion in a small bowl of ice water. Heat oil in a pot over medium-high; add remaining onion and ginger and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion begins to brown, 6 to 7 minutes. Add garam masala; cook, stirring, until fragrant, 1 to 2…

A famous piece of career advice, interestingly attributed to both Confucius and Mark Twain, goes as follows: ‘Do what you love, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.’ In other words, if your job is going well, it shouldn’t feel like work at all. This chimes with today’s mood, which decrees that we should have passions, callings and vocations as opposed to mere employment. We are all expected to talk about our work with profound reverence, as though it is the most defining aspect of our lives, whether we are brain surgeons or quantity surveyors. It is no longer enough to shrug and say: ‘It pays the bills.’ Perhaps it took a global pandemic – during which workplace happiness plummeted and nine in 10 people in the…

‘Y ou have no authority here, Jackie Weaver!’ A chaotic Handforth Parish Council Zoom meeting turned into an internet sensation earlier this year, raising our spirits in the dankest of lockdowns as we watched shouty men shut down at the click of a mouse by a preternaturally calm middleaged woman. If only it were always so easy to close the authority gap; the difference between how seriously we take women compared to men. You know when you come up with a good idea and nobody takes any notice, only for a man to repeat it 10 minutes later and it’s treated like the second coming? Or when you’re in full flow, and a male colleague interrupts and starts talking over you? Or when you’re an expert in a subject, but every…

The scale is the first thing that strikes me when I step through Edeline Lee’s front door, an unassuming entrance just off the urban bustle of the Commercial Road. Inside the Victorian building, a former bank, I’m immediately faced with double-height ceilings and a wide staircase that snakes round in dramatic fashion to the first floor. I pass workrooms and studios that have light pouring in through the windows, and arrive at the heart of the house, an open, well-proportioned room, wall-to-wall bookshelves on one side, and a kitchen on the other where the designer is sitting, serenely, at the long table. It’s an unexpectedly unvarnished space for someone whose designs are renowned for their effortless polish. Her flattering creations are favourites with the Oscar winners Alicia Vikander and Olivia…