Q. As summer approaches, thoughts of travel – or more budget-friendly dreams about future travel – are ramping up. Which global landmarks are fascinating us most in 2026? . A. To get a sense, Players Time analyzed search demand and hashtag volume on Instagram and TikTok. What did they find?

Q. How happy are you to barrel through a singalong, knowing full well that you’re botching the lyrics?.’ ‘Here comes the hummunuhh.’ In mangling the words – and, in so doing, changing the meaning of it all – we are committing a ‘mondegreen.’ Which song lyrics are most often misheard?

Q. It’s the heavy-browed splaining: ‘You’re not understanding me.’ It’s the meeting without end: ‘Let me circle back to my first point.’ It’s the performance art that offers neither performance nor art: ‘Foo la la. My spleen is a dream.’ Bored. What are some lesser-used words that can be employed

Q. ‘Do not put those vegetables on my plate. Please. Do not put those vegetables on my plate.’ As a childhood ‘supertaster,’ few things were as terrifying as a host with a cold-hearted smile, a giant serving spoon, and an insistence on sharing all the food equally between all the

Q. Between weddings, grad, and summer soirées, ‘tis the season of DJs. Which beats are you most likely to hear night to party night? Which songs are perennial requests? . A. We can get some hints from the most requested songs of DJs in 2025. According to DJ Event Player…

Q. We need all the art escape we can get. Which museums were most busy in 2025? . A. The Art Newspaper’s 2025 Visitor Figure Survey reports that more than 200 million visitors made their way to the most popular 100 museums. Once again sitting at the top was Musée

Q. Happy Mother’s Day to all you incredible Mothers, and to those celebrating their Mums in person, at a distance, or in memorium. Love and miss you, Mum ❤️ What hints do the flower-loving Victorians offer us as we assemble bouquets or paint cards for Mother’s Day? . A. We

Q. A kaleidoscope of butterflies that flutter from blossom to blossom as you inhale your way through a path of lilacs? Yes, please. A cloud of midges that are suddenly all up in your face as you walk down the beach? Absolutely not. Which insects would you be delighted versus

Q. Fear not the hard-bit, brown-mush, drywall fruit cake. Wedding cakes have become much more interesting, and much more edible. What kinds of cakes and other sweets might we see during the 2026 wedding season? . A. This month, Pinterest reports out on the quirky wedding cakes that are generating

Q. For his 1942 painting Nighthawks, artist Edward Hopper used both his wife, Jo – a frequent muse – and himself as models. As Jo wrote in a letter to Edward’s sister, Marion: ‘Ed has just finished a very fine picture—a lunch counter at night with 3 figures. Night Hawks