Half were told they were enjoying “me-time” while the other half were informed they were in “isolation.” Those who believed ...

The Finnish writer Tove Jansson returned from a U.S. trip with a new perspective on home—and an enduring novel.

A few words on singer/actress Marianne Faithfull who died last week at the age of 78. I have followed her career with some interest because she lived in my home town of Reading in the early 1960s, att ...

A pair of ghost hunters were gobsmacked after visiting an abandoned and 'creepy' graveyard where they claim they had ...

Checking the word count on Google Docs helps track document length. Follow this quick guide to easily find and use the word count feature. Word count serves as one way to measure the length of a ...

“No other decorative device or object can accomplish so much per dollar as wallpaper.” That’s the midcentury decorator Michael Greer, writing in his gem of a book “Inside Design ...

Scores were dichotomized into “lonely” and “not lonely.” Social isolation was measured via five questions about social interactions and network size. Responses were analyzed individually.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There’s a wordless passage in Roy Williams’ cracking adaptation of The Lonely Londoners when Henry ...

Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders instantly piqued my interest. I love winter sports and I adored its predecessor. As such, I knew this would be a winner. I admit, though, I was pretty awful at the first ...

How do you perk up a lonely fish? This may sound like the start of a particularly silly joke, but it was a very real challenge faced by staff at a Japanese aquarium when they noticed their sunfish ...

In a nutshell: Netherlands-based software engineer Wojciech Graj has created another unusual port of the iconic first-person shooter Doom, ingeniously embedding it within a Microsoft Word document.