8 d. ago I suspect there's something poisonous about money. That’s why I’m embracing a gift economy | Kelley Swain

A slow and gentle lifestyle is possible; it’s just not sold to us, so it is harder to listen out forGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI’ve heard from a very wise friend that something she hadn’t previously considered, which she read in my “tiny house” article, was that the housing market requires most people to be in debt. It’s been a strangely positive experience to come to the concept of “economics” through living my life as a poet, novelist and medical journalist, because it allows me to critique things that might otherwise go unnoticed. Another very wise friend told me that her husband went to university to study economics, was told on day one that the entire model is built on a concept of infinite growth, and he quit to become a gardener. No wonder we’re friends.The first book of economics I read was The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The point of this beautifully written, small book (a long essay, really) is that different concepts of “economies” exist – we need...

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This narrow property is half the size of its neighbours

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The post-pandemic revival of Wales' seaside towns generally relented last year, but in the tiny village with Europe's longest name an upward trend in house prices is showing no sign of slowing down

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3 w. ago Is this the world’s smallest mobile house? Inside the tiny home on wheels that’s just 7

The camper truck has been created at a cost of around $9,000 by YouTuber Levi Kelly

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3 w. ago Is this the world’s smallest mobile home? Inside the tiny home on wheels that’s just 7

The camper truck has been created at a cost of around $9,000 by YouTuber Levi Kelly

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3 w. ago Spain hit with nationwide mobile phone outage weeks after electricity blackout

Phone lines reportedly collapsed early on Tuesday morning following network updates by Telefónica

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4 w. ago Moment dog walker hurls two pets into a house before dragging tiny dog with lead trapped under its leg through the door

EXCLUSIVE: Ring doorbell footage reportedly shows Mike Johnston, who runs a local business, lifting a bulldog into the air and using its lead to carry it into the house.

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