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

Q. The comforts of home without all the chores? Sure. That’s a winning hotel formula. But, do we want to see other guests in their rumpled, blinds-down, teeth-out, home glory? We do not. What types of in-hotel behaviour do others find particularly off-putting? . A. Groan number one: put on

Q. They are awfully stubborn. The elephants refuse to leave the room, the thoughts cower inside the box, and the tattered idioms worm their way back into innocent conversations. What are some more examples of lesser used idioms? . A. The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms houses thousands of these ‘phrases that

Q. You’ve put a lot of time into watching this show: episode after episode, year after year. Now, it’s all coming to an end. How on earth will they wrap things up in the finale? Will the tone fit what we have experienced so far? Will the ultimate character arcs,