After my partner Ben’s recent Covid-19 diagnosis, I issued a rallying cry to the three of our four boys who are stuck at home with us: ‘Right now, life is a ship that we’re sailing in together.’ Ben and I were the captains; they were the crew. ‘This is not a democracy,’ I told them. … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK DANCING BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON by Gyles Brandreth (Michael Joseph £14.99, 464 pp) What a piece of work is Gyles Brandreth, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, and how like an irrepressible Butlin’s Redcoat or jolly tambourine-banging clergyman, insisting that we absolutely must ‘keep those synapses happy!’ … Read more
Richard Layard, an economist, has written a study into how society can be happier. He has long promoted happiness as a better measure of society’s progress than GDP.
Has your IT shop taken on the trappings of a royal family? If so, perhaps it’s time to mingle with the commoners. Image: Alexey Surgay, Getty Images/iStockphoto I’ve never been much of a follower of the British monarchy and personally find it to be a bit of an anachronism, but the recent announcement of Prince … Read more
These are the best programming languages to learn to land a great developer job and to earn more money. Also, find out developers’ favorite tools, free resources for coders, GitHub guides, and more. Image: iStockphoto/comzeal While not every programmer may follow the oft-repeated advice to learn at least one new programming language each year, most … Read more
Learn a language before your next trip with these apps Length: 6:48 | Jan 16, 2020 Can learning a language with an app work as well as taking a class? Maybe or maybe not. But it can definitely get you on your way to international understanding.