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15 stories for“gardening”
The problems are not heat but cold dry air from the vents, glass that is too bright on one side and too dark on the other, and owners who leave for the summer. A short list of plants tolerates all three.
Oct 22, 2024
Knitting, film photography, gardening and handwritten journals are growing because they replace restless scrolling with visible, satisfying progress.
Jul 27, 2026
A Michelin-starred vegetarian tasting menu, a food court burger stand, and the cafes in between: plant-based dining across Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Aug 14, 2025
A vegan bakery in Janabiyah, a Four Seasons tasting menu backed by a Saudi prince, and Muscat's coconut-bowl breakfast spot: the region's quieter vegan scene.
May 27, 2026
Hubble has confirmed a decagon riding a jet stream around Saturn's south pole, each side longer than Earth is wide. The northern hexagon has been there for forty years. This one was not there in 2022.
Sep 6, 2026
A 1989 NASA experiment in sealed chambers became the most repeated claim in interior décor. In an actual room, ventilation removes pollutants far faster than plants can, and you would need an implausible indoor forest to compete.
Aug 21, 2026
Shinrin-yoku has produced a body of research showing reduced cortisol and blood pressure after time among trees. It has also produced evidence that expecting to go may lower cortisol by itself, which complicates the story usefully.
Sep 4, 2026
The Tuscan bread salad predates the tomato in Italian kitchens; the original was bread, onion, oil and vinegar. The version everyone now makes adds ripe tomatoes and cucumber, and the argument is whether to soak the bread or toast it. Both, done right.
Sep 6, 2026
Two words cut into a slab forty centimetres across, FVLGVR SVBMANIVM, record a rite the Romans performed wherever a bolt came down: bury what it touched, mark the spot, never build on it. Found in place near the Amphitheatre by the University of Urbino.
Sep 12, 2026
Raja Ampat remains one of diving's richest destinations, but current, season, permits and mounting pressure from tourism and mining belong in the booking decision.
Jul 25, 2026
Handmade ceramics, woven blinds and vintage frames are displacing furniture bought to last three years. Designers say the grey rental box interior is finally over.
Aug 4, 2026
Home is first, work is second, and the third place is everywhere else you can exist without a transaction. In fast-built cities that category has been squeezed hardest, and people feel it before they can name it.
Aug 8, 2026
A French submarine at 36 metres, a 1939 freighter at 40, and a Victorian battleship far beyond recreational limits. Lebanon's coast is a wreck list before it is a reef.
Aug 6, 2026
Centuries of fasting cuisine gave Lebanon a plant-based head start. Here is where that history shows up on menus across Beirut today.
Mar 5, 2026
New resorts, new dive licences and a scaled-back masterplan. Here is the real state of Saudi Arabia's Red Sea diving push, not the pitch deck version.
Feb 10, 2026
