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By Luisa Metcalfe For too long the mushroom has been regarded as the grey man of the fridge vegetable drawer. It’s fair to say that thanks to decades of bland cream of mushroom soup and slimy button mushrooms served with fry ups, Britain has not had a love affair with its fungi. But the tide is turning and the unsung hero of winter stews, chicken pies and vegetarian cooking is finally having its day. Supermarket fruit and vegetable aisles are now groaning with them, from the classic cup mushroom and vitamin D-packed chestnut mushrooms to meaty portobellos and firm, fragrant shiitakes. Not only...

Forests play a key role in the fight against pollution and environmental degradation. They remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide, reduce the risks of natural disasters, help moderate air and soil temperatures and on top of all that they’re enchantingly beautiful. But across much of the world these natural wonders are in decline. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that 420 million hectares of forest, larger than the size of the EU, disappeared between 1990 and 2020. In the last several decades Europe has bucked this trend. According to Eurostat data, 39 per cent of the European ...

Most people would love to boost their productivity levels. Who wouldn’t like to get more done in less time with less effort? Yet even the most widespread productivity-boosting methods can only do so much. Take the concept of turning off the notifications on your phone. It can give you a little productivity bump if you’re trying to focus. However, you eventually have to pick up your phone again. At that point, you can wind up getting lost in a myriad of missed texts and messages. While you still may have improved your productivity briefly, you still had to pay for it later. That being said, you...