When springtime arrives in Germany, the snow melts, the Biergärten open and cherry blossoms decorate the country’s streets and parks in glorious pink petals. If you more readily associate cherry blossom season with Japan, you might be surprised to learn that there are lots of places to see the sakura trees bloom in Central Europe.
The cherry blossom season in Germany is brief—on average, the trees bloom for only ten days— but the fleetingness of the beauty makes it all the more special. Read More...
The NHS has come a long way in the past few years. Not so long ago it was described as our national religion: so revered by the vast majority that we stood on our doorsteps and applauded those who worked for it. Now it is more vilified than lauded. In the past few days it has been described by one of the country’s most distinguished doctors as a lobster trap: easy to get into it, but impossible to get out. Read More...
Does life have meaning?The YouGov Death Study shows that six in ten (59%) of Britons think life has a meaning, but a quarter (26%) say it does not.
Overall, men (34%) are about twice as likely than women (18%) to say that life has no meaning, although this gender difference is not present among the youngest Britons (31% of 16-29 year old men and 29% of women the same age). Read More...