Our favorite affordable makeup products look more expensive than they really are We asked a beauty creator and lab scientist to build a budget-friendly makeup routine. Here are their favorites The Guardian - US · Feb 28
Dystopian ‘coffins’ or savior of the housing crisis? Welcome to the $700 sleeping pod Critics have called them ‘creepy’ and ‘dystopian’. But residents tell Io Dodds that they’re nothing of the sort — and essential to solving Silicon Valley’s brutal housing crisis The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2025
$700 for a bed? San Francisco startup plots ‘sleeping pod’ expansion Brownstone firm buys building with plan for 400 pods in city where median apartment rent tops $3,000 a month The Guardian - US · Dec 3, 2025
A small Texas think tank cultivated COVID dissidents. Now they’re running U.S. health policy. People with ties to Brownstone Institute have significant authority over access to vaccines and scientific research. The Texas Tribune · Nov 19, 2025
Lazarus Man by Richard Price review – hard times in Harlem The collapse of a brownstone building sparks this panoramic view of life in a New York neighbourhood, from a writer on The Wire The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2025
Widespread relief for Shanghai's restaurant sector as dine-in resumes Restaurants and eateries in China's largest city Shanghai begun reopening their doors to diners on Wednesday, bringing widespread relief to an industry that was badly hit by the city's two month COVID-19 lockdown. Reuters · Jun 29, 2022