Sunday 31 December New Year’s Eve around the world
"Auld Lang Syne", written by the Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788, is traditionally sung at midnight on New Year's Eve. The words auld lang…
Man-bun replaces combover as best baldness-hiding hairstyle
THE man-bun is now the most popular hairstyle choice for desperate men who are fighting a losing battle with baldness. After several decades of unconvincingly…
Saturday 30 December Tamu Lhosar in Sikkim
Tamu Lhosar is the main festival of the Gurung community. It marks the beginning of the Gurung New Year which falls on the 15th day of Pusa,…
Smoking in offices, and other things you tell your kids happened but they don’t believe
AS children grow, they are told stories of the recent past that sound like made-up bollocks. These former commonplaces seem scarcely credible now: Smoking in…
Friday 29 December Independence Day in Mongolia
From the end of the 17th century, Outer Mongolia had been a territory of the Chinese Qing dynasty. A move for Mongolian independence had been…