All Stories published by The Awl on January 22, 2013

When Women Look Old

“Women look their oldest at 3.30pm every Wednesday, a study has found, because that is when energy levels plummet, work stress is at a peak and the effects of any weekend late nights finally kick in.” But? There must be a but, right? Ah, yes. “But they reveal Thursday is the day they are most…


Designing Grand Central

The centenary of the Grand Central Terminal that we all know and mostly love is just about here, and Times urban affairs correspondent Sam Roberts wrote a whole book about it. You can read an excerpt about its creation here. If that’s not your speed, here’s a little thing about the ideas behind a slightly more modern monument.


Cheese Melty

“A truckload of burning cheese has closed a road tunnel in Arctic Norway for the last six days.”

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