Super noodles: the rise and rise of ramen
Toshiyuki Kamimura eats 400 bowls of ramen a year. That’s a bowl every day for lunch or dinner, plus one for breakfast about once a week. For that weekly breakfast bowl he usually goes to Ganso Nagahama out toward the ocean, housed in what looks like an auto-parts warehouse that stays open 20 hours a day. “Sometimes I can’t wait until lunch,” says Kamimura, who consumes his ramen with a sense of u
The world's 10 best bookshops
1) Boekhandel Selexyz Dominicanen in Maastricht What does a city do with an 800-year-old church with no congregation? Well, it could make like the Dutch and convert it into a temple of books. The old Dominican church in Maastricht was being used for bicycle storage not long ago, but thanks to a radical refurbishment by Dutch architects Merkx + Girod it has been turned into what could possibly be t
Lynn Anderson, singer of Rose Garden, dies aged 67
It was Rose Garden that sealed her country music legacy, earning her a Grammy and Country Music Association’s female vocalist of the year award in 1971. Written by Joe South, the song has been covered by artists including kd lang, Martina McBride and Kon Kan, who had a hit with a Hi-NRG-tinged version in 1989. “It was popular because it touched on emotions,” she said “It was perfectly timed. It wa
Is any word untranslatable?
Not long ago I was given the task of presenting an untranslatable word at an event at the Free Word Centre, where I am translator in residence. This interest in untranslatable words, which ties into one of the centre's new lines of inquiry, The Power of Translation, began last year with a blog that compiled untranslatable words from different languages. There were some fantastic words that would a
Interactive European language map: how does everyone say cat?
Interactive European language map: how does everyone say cat? Cat, gato or kissa? How do words change as we travel across the European continent?. The creator of this interactive James Trimble was inspired by a series of maps showing the etymological links and differences between countries. Type any word into the search box and see if it shows shared linguistic heritage or not Who made this? James
Gallery: 50,000 issues of the Guardian
This is a copy of the front page of the Guardian, published on May 5 1821. As you can see, our news values have changed a bit since then: it is unlikely we would lead the paper now with an ad for a lost dog. On Monday the Guardian will publish our 50,000th issue. To celebrate we have brought together 50 more memorable pages from our archive, covering great events of the day, from the death of Vict
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