The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft has set off from New York to cross the Atlantic for the longest leg of an attempt to fly around the globe using solar energy. The pilot, Bertrand Piccard, will attempt to reach Seville in Spain in about 90 hours. He was due to take off on Sunday but was delayed by bad weather. Mr Piccard will only...
In most cities, different neighbourhoods have a different character and those who live in them can develop tribal loyalties — sometimes even a snobbish disdain for some other parts of town. In London the River Thames forms a natural and psychological boundary dividing southerners from northerners, and it's the same in...