You’ll never be bored when you can draw! Drawing or doodling doesn’t just alleviate boredom. It can also help with concentration and keep you focused. It gives you something to do in your spare time ...

To the local people feeding the growing flock every day, they are ‘perfect’ creatures with beautiful plumage. To others, they are creating a Hitchcockian nightmare – defecating, stealing and spreading ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. No good deed goes unpunished. Many householders feed wild birds in the belief it helps them. Increasingly, some ...