Barbour and Farm Rio partner for collab that blends Britishness with the tropics
Published September 9, 2025 Barbour has made a speciality of collaborations in recent years, linking…
Elsewhere in: Paris: Lagerfeld, Torishéju, Olivia von Halle
Published October 3, 2025 Lagerfeld: Very La Vigie Lagerfeld spring/summer 2026 show – Courtesy of Karl Lagerfeld A Mediterranean mood at the house of Lagerfeld, where the leitmotif was La Vigie, the beautiful villa/palace in which Karl resided on the frontier of Monaco and France. La Vigie’s elegantly easy mood wafted through the collection. The…
Green leader Zack Polanski backs legalisation of all drugs
Charlotte WrightPolitical Editor, South East PA Media Green Party leader Zack Polanski spoke to Charlotte Wright ahead of the party’s annual conference in Bournemouth The leader of the Green Party says he wants to legalise all drugs, calling for an approach “led by public health experts, not politicians”. Speaking to BBC South East ahead of…
Analysts flag ageing brands as a hurdle to Coty’s consumer beauty unit sale
By Reuters Published October 3, 2025 Analysts weigh in on Coty’s consumer beauty review, warning that ageing brands and falling sales could limit valuation and complicate the sale. Coty’s ageing mass-market brands seen as obstacle in Consumer Beauty sale – Rimmel Aging brands and declining sales could make Coty’s makeup business a challenging asset to…
Luxury finds resilience amid transformation and shifting consumer values
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published October 3, 2025 The luxury sector appears to be finding resilience through transformation. That is the conclusion of a study conducted by Ipsos, presented at the “Dissonances, résonance et nouveau(x) luxe(s)” conference at the Sorbonne. Conducted among 1,500 individuals from the most affluent populations in the United States, France,…
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Weighs Political Consequences of Health Policy Legislation
Key Takeaways As Congress debates federal health care spending as part of spending bill negotiations, including extending the enhanced premium tax credits, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll finds three-quarters (78%) of adults say Congress should extend the enhanced tax credits for people who buy their own insurance through the ACA Marketplace. This is more…
Vaccine breakthrough for deadly elephant virus
Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC News Victoria Gill/BBC Chester Zoo alone has lost seven baby elephants to disease caused by the virus Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of new vaccine to prevent a deadly virus that affects young elephants. The vaccine, produced by an international research team, aims to prevent the severe disease…
A flu test you can chew
Flu season is fast approaching in the northern hemisphere. And a taste-based influenza testcould somedayhave you swapping nasal swabs for chewing gum. A new molecular sensor has been designed to release a thyme flavor when it encounters the influenza virus. Researchers reporting in ACS Central Science say that they plan to incorporate this type of…
Scientists just found the shocking reason Chile’s quake shook so hard
In July 2024, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Calama, Chile, damaging buildings and causing power outages. The country has endured violent earthquakes, including the most powerful recorded in history: a 9.5-magnitude “megathrust” event that struck central Chile in 1960, causing a tsunami and killing between 1,000 to 6,000 people. However, the Calama quake was different from…
The Moon’s far side is hiding a chilling secret
The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new analysis of rock samples co-led by a UCL (University College London) and Peking University researcher. The study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, looked at fragments of rock and soil scooped up by…
Japan’s hot springs hold clues to the origins of life on Earth
Earth was not always the blue-green world we know today: the early Earth’s oxygen levels were about a million times lower than we now experience. There were no forests and no animals. For ancient organisms, oxygen was toxic. What did life look like at that time then? A recent study led by Fatima Li-Hau (graduate…
