New Zealand This article is more than 10 months oldKia ora e hoa: dozens of New Zealand and Māori words added to Oxford English DictionaryThis article is more than 10 months oldNewly-added words include koha – a gift or offering – and kōrero, meaning a conversation or chat
New Zealanders will now see the common and casual te reo Māori greeting Kia ora e hoa! – meaning “hi mate” – in their Oxford English Dictionaries, as the institution moves to recognise the “profound and lasting impact” the Indigenous tongue has had on New Zealand’s language. Read More...
Online shoppingAmid the cost of living crisis, China’s answer to Amazon is proving wildly popular, with more than 100m app downloads this year. But are the items any good?
The adverts may be following you around the internet. Some are for practical things: reusable sandwich wrappers, rechargeable torches, T-shirts. The rest are far less practical: plush toys shaped like cups of bubble tea, teaspoons shaped like shovels, plastic covers for TV remote controls. Read More...
StageReviewNational Theatre, London
This new musical traces the intersecting lives of three families on the Park Hill estate in this spine-tingling and sentimental love song to the steel city
This musical “love letter to Sheffield” springs from the idea that the walls of a building retain imprints of its inhabitants, past and present.
The building here is the city’s Park Hill housing estate, its interior and exterior ingeniously created on stage, and its inhabitants zigzag past each other across 60 years. Read More...