Dealing with people who exhibit passive-aggressive behavior is easily one of the most challenging aspects of our social lives. Here’s what you need to know about this annoying personality quirk and how you can handle people who express their hostility in indirect and backhanded ways.
I quit my job to set up a post-apocalyptic commune | Society | The Guardian
Dylan Evans was worried about the end of the world. So he sold his house and headed for the Scottish Highlands with his cat, Socrates, and a couple of yurts. What could possibly go wrong?
The mystery of the missing hen harriers | Patrick Barkham | Environment | T
The long read: Who has been killing one of England’s rarest birds? Patrick Barkham reports on the fierce conflict between game hunters and wildlife conservationists
Do the right thing, Wait to get fired | Brendan Sterne
I stumbled upon this bit of wisdom in Team Geek: A Software Developers Guide to Working Well with Others, and it resonated. It comes from Google engineer Chade-Meng Tan: Do the right thing, wait t…
Q&A: Amy O’Leary on eight years of navigating digital culture change at The
"In 2007, as digital people, we were expected to be 100 percent deferent to all traditional processes. We weren't to bother reporters or encourage them to operate differently at all, because what they were doing was the very core of our journalism."
Farmer builds a house for just £150 using materials he found in skips... an
Michael Buck, 59, used only natural materials or unwanted items to build the 'cob house' (pictured) at the bottom of his garden in the Oxfordshire countryside.
Cool as a cuke: Mary-Ellen McTague's cucumber recipes
The humble cucumber is far more than just an ingredient in a salad. It can be jellied or pickled, turned into a soup or drink, and barbecued or stewed and served as a side dish for roast chicken or seafood
Jon Winokur on Twitter: "Always make room for the unexpected in yourself. S
Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.STEVE MARTIN#amwriting #writing pic.twitter.com/NeIT8EXbFL— Jon Winokur (@AdviceToWriters) December 5, 2014
The 10 best films of 2014: No 1 – Under the Skin | Film | The Guardian
By turns breathtaking, hilarious and disturbing, Jonathan Glazer’s extraordinary, erotic film achieves a rare blend of fantasy and realism, writes Peter Bradshaw
As we face the world’s greatest environmental challenges, BBC Earth brings you solutions in psychology, food, climate change, health, social trends, and technology that can make the world a more sustainable place.