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Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 242, dated January 21, 2020. The Ringer and Spotify. On Friday evening, at the top of a long weekend a time slot known in some cultures as “News Dump O’Clock” The Wall Street Journal dropped a mi…

Image copyrightGetty Images A major UN climate conference will take place in Glasgow later this year and the spotlight will fall on Scotland's efforts to deal with climate change. What are Scotland's climate change targets? The Scottish government has set…

Today’s Warm Hands designer, Tiina Väätäinen, hails from eastern Finland – where there are many opportunities to wear the warm, woollen accessories she loves to knit and design. Tiina’s a talented designer of socks and mittens which often incorporate many pla…

— By Tom Harper ‘Atlas: a world of maps in the British Library’ is a different sort of atlas to, say, the Times world atlas or the AA motoring atlas, because you would never use it to find your way from A to B or peruse potential venues for your…

It’s a real pleasure to introduce today’s designer to you – Chihiro Sato. Chihiro’s an experienced knitwear designer who lives and works in Tokyo, but her inspiration comes from Shetland, its landscape, its culture, and its knitting. Bringing traditional pa…

Lure Fishbar in New York City Lure Fishbar The cold, damp winter air furiously blew down the street with the cluster of brick buildings assisting to form a wind tunnel to intensify the force. New Yorkers and tourists alike shivered in their big winter coats…

Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher born in 544 B.C.E. said, No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. 2564 years later, the same can be said about each plate of food we get served, each cute baby we…

Artist: Simon Starling Venues: Franco Noero, Torino and Modern Institute, Glasgow Exhibition Title: A-A, B-B Date: October 5, 2019  January 11, 2020 Click here to view slideshow Full gallery of images, press release and link available after the jump. Im…

It may not have been Englands year at the Rugby World Cup as Eddie Joness side came up one hurdle short, but 2019 still proved a fairy tale for the Springboks as captain Siya Kolisi captured the imagination not just of a nation, but of the eyes of the world.…

Exterior of The Balmoral from Princes St Gardens (with Scott Monument) The Balmoral/Adrian Houston Limited The Scottish capital is the second most visited city in the UK (after London) and its obvious why. Edinburgh writer Alexander McCall Smith said this …