‘There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right’ A room full of clever people falls silent when someone speaks with total confidence. Doubt creates space for discussion, compromise, and checking the facts. Absolute certainty does the exact opposite. It shuts down debate, ignores warning signs, and treats any disagreement as a…

File photo: A drone view of mud-covered properties following the flash flood at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal (Picture credit: Reuters) Nepal on Monday suspended all non-essential search and rescue operations 40 days after the Aug 26 Bhotekoshi-Trishuli floods, which left 1,455 people dead and 5,285 missing. It is now shifting focus to reconstruction and…

By 2015, estimates suggested that around one million pieces of chewing gum had found their way onto the wall. Some landmarks are built with steel, stone or glass. Seattle has one made largely of something far less permanent: chewing gum. Tucked beneath the famous Pike Place Market, the Seattle Gum Wall has spent decades attracting…

David and Victoria Beckham’s £6.15 million Cotswolds home gets the green light for ‘Blackpool-style’ lake illuminations, a hot tub and firepit despite objections from a critic based in Australia. (Photo: Instagram/Alamy) David and Victoria Beckham have secured planning permission to install extensive lighting around a lake at their £6.15 million Cotswolds home, despite objections from…