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March 19, 2023 | Spring Travel

London's Elizabeth Tower, also known as Big Ben.

How to get the most out of a visit to London, before the coronation crowds take over

Practicing a yoga pose by the Stockbridge Bowl, which is also called Lake Mahkeenac.

Learning to relax at the Kripalu retreat in the Berkshires

The town of Myrina, capital of Lemnos island.

Looking for a gorgeous Greek island you can actually afford to visit?

The latest advice

An online match disappeared before our date. Should I seek her out IRL?

This week's daters: Anna and Chris

Blind date: ‘We both enjoy music; he is much more into classical music’

If I'm invited to my niece's wedding, I'd like to bring a guest

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This week's columns

PerspectiveThere’s an easy way to retrain the nasty internal voice telling you you’re not good enough

Negative self-talk can color how we and our kids interact with the world.

ConnectionsTo stay safe on bike trips, we rely on planning and our guardian angels

As we explore the world on our bicycles, we know our guardian angels — our deceased mothers — watch over us.

Turkish beef with peppers and tomatoes

CookingRecipes: Try Aleppo peppers to spice up beef and peppers, mashed potatoes, and egg salad

Use the Turkish staple to add zest to some classic American dishes.

The original kitchen in this 1950s farmhouse was an addition inspired by Vermont sugar shacks.

Style WatchRemaking a kitchen originally inspired by a Vermont sugar shack

This Sherborn kitchen gets a remodel that highlights its architectural roots.

20 Houston Avenue, Milton

For sale: Homes set on foundations of granite sourced from local quarries

A Milton Victorian rests on stones likely cut from nearby quarries in Quincy, and a Rockport Colonial rests on stone from a quarry in that community.

Your Week ahead

The Gently Used Book Sale will be held at Gore Place in Waltham on Saturday and Sunday.

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, March 20-26

Buy gently-used books, check out a bike travel film festival, and more.

CommentsLetters to the editor of the Globe Magazine

Readers write in about a column on being sensitive to a parent who’s lost a child, the robot vacuum wars, and grandparents who compete to be the kids’ favorite.

Past Perspectives

Front view Oscar award statue isolated on white background. 3D illustration. The base of the statue has been altered to say "Consolation Prize."

Why I reserve special, ornery ire for the ‘we owe you’ Oscar nomination

Pigs on a farm in Illinois.

The thing that could finally get us to eat less meat is — meat

Illustration of a female scientist wearing a white lab coat walking toward a double-helix.

Why are we more likely to call men ‘geniuses’?

Marion Westermeyer (pictured in 2006) was a daily swimmer well into his 90s.

When it comes to aging, 90-plus or even 100 might not be ‘extreme’ anymore

March 12, 2023 | Spring Arts

Clockwise from top left: A photograph from the Todd Webb in Africa exhibition; Jamez McCorkle in "Omar"; Simone Leigh’s Cupboard IX; a scene from Justin Peck's ballet "Everywhere We Go"; and The Great Mystery by Kent Monkman.

30 of the best dance, theater, book, art and classical music events in New England

James Tellin and John O’Reilly in a 2017 photograph by Seth David Rubin.

In the ’60s, a gay couple made their Worcester home into a refuge of art and community

Artists John O’Reilly and James Tellin built an extraordinary life together at a time when gay couples rarely lived openly.

After a bruising 2022 Academy Awards, Oscar could use some professional advice

Here’s how a conversation between Hollywood’s favorite golden statuette and a therapist might have gone.

An illustration of the Oscar statuette lying on a therapist's couch with a male therapist, with glasses, a balding head, and a black moustache, sitting on a chair behind the statuette's right shoulder taking notes. The illustration is on a white background and the color palette for the drawing is gold, a dark red, and black.

March 5, 2023

An alleged drug trafficker, a detective trying to take him down, and the woman caught in the middle

The strange story of the man behind the popularization of ‘resilience thinking’

February 26, 2023 | Health & Biotech Issue

12 conditions from Alzheimer’s to Lyme that Mass. biotechs are developing treatments for now

Dr. Anthony Fauci retired as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the end of 2022.

Why Dr. Anthony Fauci, recently retired, will never retire

Recommended reads

Looking down at Crawford Notch from Mount Willard.

Why do hikers keep dying in the White Mountains of New Hampshire?

With millions of visitors a year, twisted ankles and slips are bound to happen. But a small accident — or miscalculation — in these unforgiving mountains can turn catastrophic.

We’re too tired to be helicopter parents. Our kids will be happier for it.

A photo illustration of a large bear standing over a large pile of trash in a landfill.

The big stink: How a proposed landfill is roiling a tiny New Hampshire town

Denied a state job because she was Black, she took a stand. And became a hero.

Special Projects

Bostonian of the Year 2022

In the face of the ugliest adversity, legendary Celtic Bill Russell fought for and lived a beautiful life for himself and for us. A champion of basketball and human rights, Bill Russell is the 2022 Bostonian of the Year. Read six tributes to No. 6.

Find out who received an Honorable Mention, and explore the full special issue.

The 2022 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

After a couple of long, weird years, companies are pulling out all the stops to keep employees happy.

An in-camera double-exposure photograph of Kate Price overlaid with the woods of a Pennsylvania rest area, where she remembers being taken as a child.

Kate Price remembers something terrible

An authority on child sex trafficking, she spent decades trying to understand whether the unthinkable happened to her, too.

Women & Power 2022

The Women’s Edge and Globe Magazine celebrate the state’s leading companies and nonprofits run by women.

Tyrone Anthony Figueroa teaching at East Boston High School.

My NFL dream didn’t pan out. But now that I’m a teacher and coach, I know I’ve ‘made it.’

Did you miss any 2022 features? Explore our story archive.

Catch up on features you may have missed in 2021

Look back at the magazine's feature stories from 2020

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

Top Spots to Live: Boston NeighborhoodsTop Spots to Live: West of BostonTop Spots to Live: North of BostonTop Spots to Live: South of Boston

A collage of historic front pages from The Boston Globe from over its 150 year history.

150 years of The Boston Globe

We're marking the Globe's 150th year with a look back through 15 decades of coverage. Explore 150 of the most significant front pages, revisit classic sports moments, try a crossword from 1917, and more.

The Gratitude Issue

To those striving to save lives. To those keeping us going. To those fighting for a better future.

Health care workers at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford photographed as part of #thefrontstepsproject.

See the full list from the Gratitude Issue →

2020 Bostonians of the Year

2020 BOSTONIANS OF THE YEAR

The Front Line

The Front Line

In 2020, they stood up to fight the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice. Meet the people leading us through a harrowing year.

THE COVID SCIENTISTS

Stacey Gabriel and the Broad Institute, plus Galit Alter, Lindsey Baden, and Ashish Jha

THE SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES

Monica Cannon-Grant, Queen-Cheyenne Wade, Segun Idowu, and Sofia Meadows

SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES

THE COMMUNITY LEADERS

Gladys Vega and La Colaborativa

THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS

Health care workers, grocery store employees, delivery drivers, and so many more

ESSENTIAL WORKERS

THE HUNGER FIGHTERS

Erin McAleer and Project Bread

THE ROLE MODEL

Jaylen Brown, activist and athlete