Diving
Diving the Maldives: Atolls, Channels and the Seasons That Matter
The Maldives is not one dive destination but hundreds of atolls with different currents. Here is how the calendar actually decides what you see.
Aug 9, 2024
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60 stories for“seasonality”
Travel
The Case for Travelling in the Weeks Nobody Else Books
Shoulder season is cheaper, emptier and usually better weather than the peak it sits beside. It also has failure modes, and knowing which ones apply is the difference between a bargain and a wasted trip.
Aug 8, 2026
Recipes
Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts for a Cider Season That Peaked Earlier Than the Calendar Says
Krispy Kreme launched an Apple Cider Original Glazed Doughnut on 10 September, and a 18 September report found orchard cider donut season had already peaked early after a warm spring pushed the apple harvest ahead of schedule. These bake, not fry.
Sep 29, 2026
Recipes
A Butternut Squash and Apple Soup for Squash Season's Opening Weeks
Recipe sites refreshed their butternut squash soup pages this month as the fruit came into season, one update landing on 11 September and a vegan coconut variation on 22 September. This version folds in sweet apples for extra depth.
Sep 29, 2026
Travel
Kyoto in Autumn Colour: How the Season Moves Across the City and How to Beat the Crowds
The leaves turn from the hills in first and the city temples last. Plan around the colour front rather than a fixed date, go early, and know which routes and rail lines save you the most time.
Sep 16, 2026
Business
The Gulf Exhibition Season Starts in Two Weeks and Runs to December
Riyadh opens at the end of August, Abu Dhabi takes November, Dubai takes the rest. Four shows account for most of the region's commercial calendar between now and the new year.
Aug 14, 2026
Sports
Tottenham Beat Coventry 3-1 for Their First Premier League Win of the Season as Kulusevski Returns
Spurs, bottom of the table and winless after six games, got goals from Maddison, Marmoush and a stoppage-time Davies finish, and 526 days later Kulusevski was back on the pitch.
Oct 20, 2026
Recipes
Cottage Cheese Chips, the One-Ingredient Snack a 18 September Recipe Called the Only One You Need
A recipe published on 18 September and picked up in syndication the next day set out to perfect the viral cottage cheese chip. This version uses everything bagel seasoning and a low, slow bake so the chips actually crisp rather than just drying out.
Sep 27, 2026
Recipes
Smashed Figs With Prosciutto, Cheese and Honey for the Last Weeks of Fig Season
Fresh figs are only around for a few short weeks each year, and food writers spent mid-September racing to use them before the window closes. This five-minute smashed fig plate pairs them with prosciutto, cheese and honey, no oven required.
Sep 29, 2026
Recipes
High-Protein Egg Bites for a Back-to-School Season Built Around Federal Guidance to Double Up on Protein
A 3 September piece on back-to-school cooking cited federal guidance that children may need nearly double the protein previously recommended, while a 18 September report tracked schools scrambling to meet new standards. These bake ahead for lunchboxes.
Sep 27, 2026
Sports
The Premier League Restarts 33 Days After a World Cup Final
Arsenal open against Coventry on Friday night. The interesting number is not the scoreline but the gap: a month and two days between the end of a 48-team World Cup and the start of a 380-game league season.
Aug 16, 2026
Sports
New Rules Turned Formula One Upside Down: Antonelli Leads, Verstappen Is Sixth, and Two Gulf Races Are Gone
Twelve rounds into the most significant regulation change in a decade, the four time champion is more than a hundred points adrift and a driver in his second season leads by fifty. The war removed two races from the calendar as well.
Aug 24, 2026
Diving
Freediving's 2026 Pool Season Ran Twice, in Two Rulebooks
Budapest and Novi Sad staged world championships nine days apart under rival federations. Four AIDA world records fell, then CMAS records fell again, often to the same athletes.
Aug 4, 2026
Sports
The Women's Super League Adds Two Clubs and Finds Out What Expansion Costs
Fourteen teams instead of twelve, a season running from 4 September to 23 May, and twenty-six league games where there were twenty-two. Growing a league is easier than filling it.
Aug 17, 2026
Recipes
The Maqluba Spice Mix, and Why Turmeric Is Doing Two Jobs
Allspice, cinnamon, turmeric, cumin and black pepper. A warm, sweet-leaning blend that has to season rice, meat and fried aubergine at once, and colour the whole thing while it is at it.
Aug 15, 2026
Sports
Edwards Scores 45 as Timberwolves Rout Heat on Giannis Antetokounmpo's Debut, and Pistons Rally From 22 Down
Anthony Edwards hit nine threes, Giannis scored 35 in his Heat debut and Tyrese Haliburton returned after 486 days as the NBA's 2026-27 season opened with a tripleheader and an 11-game night.
Oct 22, 2026
Lifestyle
The City Fills Back Up, and Nobody Warns You It Will Be Loud
For ten weeks the Gulf empties. In the last fortnight of August it refills, all at once, and the version of the city you got used to disappears in about four days.
Aug 16, 2026
Sports
Northwestern Opened Its $875 Million Ryan Field by Running Through Penn State, 34-13, on 413 Rushing Yards
The Wildcats christened their rebuilt stadium on Friday night with a season-high 506 yards, and Matt Campbell's Penn State fell to 0-2 in the Big Ten after a second straight loss.
Oct 3, 2026
Recipes
Korean Bibimbap: Mixed Rice Bowl Perfected
A Korean rice bowl: steamed rice topped with seasoned vegetables, beef, and a fried egg, finished with gochujang and the act of thorough mixing.
Jan 3, 2025
Fashion
Royal Purple Is Fall 2026's Shortcut to Looking Intentional
The season's saturated purple works best as a decisive color block, not a costume. Here is how to wear it with denim, brown, grey and evening black.
Jul 27, 2026
Recipes
What Spices Go in Shish Tawook, and What Each One Is Doing
Paprika for colour, cinnamon and allspice for warmth, garlic for everything else. The blend is small, the quantities are smaller than people expect, and one spice is doing a job you cannot taste.
Aug 14, 2026
Sports
Lando Norris Breaks Through With a Dramatic Hungarian Grand Prix Win
Norris claimed his first victory of the 2026 Formula 1 season after a tense McLaren contest, traffic, strategy shifts and Oscar Piastri's late retirement.
Jul 28, 2026
Crypto
Bitcoin Is Having Its Best August Since 2017. It Is Also Still a Third Below Its Record.
August has closed red for bitcoin every year since 2022. This one is up about a quarter, spot ETFs took nearly two billion dollars in five sessions, and the price is back near eighty thousand. It peaked at a hundred and twenty six.
Aug 25, 2026
Travel
Coolcations Are Becoming Climate Adaptation for Travelers
Travelers are shifting destinations and seasons to avoid extreme heat, turning the coolcation from a catchy label into a planning strategy.
Jul 31, 2026
Diving
Tubbataha Is the Dive Trip You Plan a Year Ahead
The Philippines' remote World Heritage reef rewards careful planning with walls, sharks, turtles and a conservation model built around a short liveaboard season.
Jul 25, 2026
Fashion
Fashion's Autumn Answer to a Decade of Beige Is Everything at Once
Tartan, tuxedos, trains, brocade and thigh high boots all landed in the same season. After years of quiet luxury, the autumn runways went loud on purpose.
Aug 4, 2026
Sports
The Saudi Pro League Spent About 230 Million Euros This Summer, and the Biggest Deal Was a Winger From West Ham
The seventieth season began on 13 August. Crysencio Summerville to Al Hilal at 64.5 million euros is the summer's largest move, and the shape of the spending says more about the league's direction than the total does.
Aug 24, 2026
Business
Kingdom Holding's Profit Slips, and the Reasons Are Instructive
Weaker dividend income, higher operating costs and a bigger tax line pushed the Saudi investment house lower in the first half. Each of those pressures applies well beyond one company.
Aug 7, 2026
Sports
Red Bull Extends Laurent Mekies as Team Principal to 2031 After Verstappen's Back-to-Back Wins
A five-year deal for the man who replaced Christian Horner lands as Red Bull ends a winless start to its first season building its own engines.
Oct 14, 2026
Health
A Night-Owl Subtype of Depression Appears to Start Earlier, Hit Harder and Respond Worse to Common Antidepressants
Sydney researchers who analysed more than 10,000 Australians with depression found a group with seasonal, late-sleeping patterns. The findings are associations, and treatment claims are untested.
Oct 21, 2026
Diving
Oman Below the Surface: Daymaniyat Islands and the Hallaniyat Wrecks
Oman splits its diving into two distant reserves, one a protected reef north of Muscat, the other a remote wreck-strewn archipelago in the south.
Mar 15, 2025
Travel
Qatar's Summer Tourism Bet Is Bigger Than Escaping the Heat
Hala Summer, new rewards and a packed events calendar show how Qatar is turning an indoor-friendly season into a broader tourism proposition.
Jul 31, 2026
Sports
Case Keenum Threw Two Touchdowns as the Bears Stunned the Eagles 27-7 With Caleb Williams Sidelined
Chicago's backup quarterback went 24 of 34 for 247 yards and ran for a score as the Bears dominated Philadelphia on Monday night, outgaining the Eagles 375 yards to 248 while starter Caleb Williams sat out with a hamstring injury.
Oct 1, 2026
Sports
Brewers Sweep Dodgers 6-4 in NLCS Game 4 to Reach Their First World Series Since 1982
Garrett Mitchell's sixth-inning homer and David Hamilton's ninth-inning insurance shot ended the two-time champions' season at Dodger Stadium and sent Milwaukee to the Fall Classic.
Oct 16, 2026
Sports
Five of the Top Eight Teams Lose in One Saturday, a First Since the AP Poll Began in 1936
Auburn won in Athens on a last-second field goal, BYU stopped Notre Dame at the goal line and a 156-1 parlay on Auburn, Florida and Tennessee paid, in the wildest Saturday of the season.
Oct 18, 2026
Lifestyle
September Is the Real New Year, and There Is Research Explaining Why That Works
People start things at the beginning of a week, a month or a school year far more often than at any other moment. Behavioural scientists call it the fresh start effect, and it is worth using deliberately.
Aug 17, 2026
Lifestyle
Swicy, Nostalgia and a Duck Comeback: What Fast Food Chains Are Actually Serving This Autumn
Taco Bell paired with Olivia Rodrigo for a pink Baja Blast, Chick-fil-A launched a chicken and waffle breakfast sandwich, and P.F. Chang's brought duck back after a decade. Chains are chasing sweet-and-spicy flavour and old favourites over pumpkin spice.
Sep 25, 2026
Fashion
Fashion Has Rediscovered Colour, and Picked Lilac to Prove It
Pantone named Burnished Lilac and Amethyst Orchid for the season while runways ran rainbow brights. After a decade of neutrals, saturation is the statement.
Aug 6, 2026
Sports
Expected Goals, Explained Without the Spreadsheet
The number on the broadcast graphic is simpler than it looks and more limited than its critics admit. What xG measures, what it cannot see, and how to read it over a season rather than a night.
Aug 9, 2026
Recipes
Pumpkin Spice Scones for a September That Ree Drummond Calls Being All In
Pumpkin spice season officially opened on 1 September, and brands are still rolling out new products a week later. These tender, spiced scones use real pumpkin puree rather than syrup, so the flavour survives the oven instead of just coating the top.
Sep 27, 2026
Diving
Freediving in the UAE: Where to Train When the Sea Is 34C
The east coast has the depth, the Gulf side has the pools, and summer changes the answer entirely. A practical guide to training here across the year rather than flying to Dahab every time.
Aug 13, 2026
Travel
Europe’s Wildfires Are Rewriting the Summer Travel Map
Evacuations near Cap-Ferret and one of Spain’s largest fires show why Mediterranean and Atlantic holidays now require a live risk plan, not just insurance.
Jul 23, 2026
Fashion
Celine Dion Made a Surprise Return to the Catwalk to Close L'Oreal's Paris Fashion Week Opening Show
The singer emerged in a black gown to perform 'I'm Alive' beneath the Eiffel Tower at Place Joffre, closing a public runway show that also featured Kendall Jenner, Heidi Klum and Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn as Paris Fashion Week opened.
Sep 29, 2026
Sports
A Blocked 57-Yard Field Goal With 22 Seconds Left Sealed Wake Forest's 30-27 Upset of No. 16 Louisville
Gio Lopez threw for 225 yards and Carlos Hernandez caught a 77-yard touchdown as Wake Forest, outgained in total offence, ran for 4.2 yards a carry and got a game-saving blocked kick to hand Louisville its first loss of the season.
Sep 27, 2026
Recipes
Palestinian Food: A Guide to the Dishes, Regions and Rules
Not a single cuisine but several, split between coast, hills and desert. What defines it, which dishes matter, and why so much of it is built on olive oil, wheat and the seasons.
Aug 9, 2026
Fashion
Fashion Spent Two Years Changing Every Designer It Had. Now Comes the Part That Counts.
Jonathan Saunders starts at Kate Spade today, near the end of the largest reshuffle of creative leadership the industry has run. Fifteen debuts landed in a single season. Almost nobody is asking whether it worked.
Aug 26, 2026
Sports
George Russell Held Off Max Verstappen to Win a Safety Car Interrupted Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Russell converted pole into victory at the Baku City Circuit as reigning champion Lando Norris retired after 35 laps, with Isack Hadjar completing a strong Red Bull weekend by taking third for the constructor.
Sep 27, 2026
Fashion
Louise Trotter Doubled Down on Colour and Oversized Bags for Her Latest Bottega Veneta Show in Milan
The British designer drew on Maria Callas and Pier Paolo Pasolini for a collection of vivid tailoring and enlarged Intrecciato totes, shown to a front row that included Solange, Tyler the Creator and Julianne Moore.
Sep 27, 2026
Diving
Reef Manners: Why Fins, Gloves, Sunscreen and a Single Touch Matter More to a Coral Than the Boat Above It
Coral is an animal with a skin a few cells thick. The diver who kneels for a photograph, the snorkeller who stands to adjust a mask, and the oxybenzone in a lotion each do damage that the reef cannot repair in a season.
Jun 4, 2024
Sports
Matthew Stafford Threw Four Touchdowns and Aaron Donald Returned as the Rams Routed the Injury-Hit Giants 28 to 6
Davante Adams caught eight passes for 195 yards and two scores in the Monday Night Football win. New York's Jaxson Dart left with a left knee injury on the Giants' seventh offensive snap, and Jameis Winston could not close the gap in his place.
Sep 24, 2026
Recipes
Keto Shawarma Bowl: The Spice Does the Work, Not the Bread
Shawarma seasoning was never the carbohydrate. Roast chicken thighs and cauliflower hard, build a garlic sauce that is not thickened with anything, and the bread turns out to be optional.
Aug 10, 2026
Recipes
Pecan Pie Bars With a Shortbread Base and a Caramel Filling That Slices Cleanly
Firehouse Subs added a house-made pecan bar this season and Starbucks has a pecan mini pie. This bake gives you the filling of a pecan pie on a crisp shortbread base, cut into squares.
Oct 17, 2026
Sports
The Transfer Window Shuts on 2 September, and the Last Six Hours Are Where Clubs Lose Money
Deadline day is not a shopping trip. It is a forced auction with a countdown, in which every buyer's alternatives disappear at the same moment, and the selling club knows it.
Aug 21, 2026
Sports
The Saudi Pro League Is Selling More Players Than It Buys
With the season opening on 13 August, outgoing transfers outnumber incoming ones by a wide margin and summer spending sits far below the headline years. That is a strategy shift, not a slowdown.
Aug 8, 2026
Sports
Paul Seixas, 20, Wins Il Lombardia Solo and Becomes the Youngest Winner in the Race's History
The Frenchman attacked on the Civiglio and rode alone to a 48-second win over Enric Mas, ending Tadej Pogacar's five-year run in cycling's season-ending Monument.
Oct 10, 2026
Fashion
New York Fashion Week Ends Tonight: Hilfiger at the Plaza, Khaite at Ten in the Navy Yard, and Ralph Lauren's Bow at 86
The spring 2027 shows close with Thom Browne on Tuesday. What stood out: Hilfiger's prep reunion in the hotel he lived in, Catherine Holstein's 1920s lingerie and shrunken leather, Ralph Lauren's feathered denim. Then London, where McQueen comes home.
Sep 15, 2026
Recipes
Cheesy Ramen on the Stove: Instant Noodles in a Real Cheese Sauce in Ten Minutes
Kraft Mac & Cheese announced a Cheesy Ramen line on 6 October, due in April 2027. You can have the idea tonight with a packet of noodles, stock, milk and a handful of cheddar.
Oct 18, 2026
Business
England Had 8 Percent of Its Normal July Rain. Now Come the Bills.
Wheat and oat yields are poor, livestock farmers are eating into winter feed in August, and growers are running out of irrigation water. The Farmers' Union calls this the third drought in five years.
Aug 4, 2026
Sports
Indiana Held Off a Northwestern Comeback, 29-23, to Extend College Football's Longest Active Winning Streak to 20
Running back Lee Beebe rushed for 203 yards and a late touchdown as the fifth-ranked, defending national champion Hoosiers survived a fourth-quarter scare from an unranked Northwestern team that twice had a chance to tie.
Sep 26, 2026
Fashion
Brazilcore Is Bigger Than a Flag-Color Outfit
Brazilcore is spreading through sport, music and streetwear, but its most compelling expression comes from local creativity rather than copied symbols.
Jul 27, 2026
