Yotam Ottolenghi recipesFruitThe tomato season is nearing its end for another year, so make the last of the summer vine There’s no fruit or vegetable I associate more with summer than tomatoes. Sweet, small cherry tomatoes, mainly, eaten by the handful, as though they were grapes. So many of the dishes with which I’ve had summer flings over the years have had this little “love apple” at their heart. The rusk-like Cretan dakos biscuits I fell for a couple of years ago, for example, piled high with chopped tomatoes; the simple chopped salad of cucumber, tomato and feta that I often have for breakfast whenever the sun is shining; the tomatoes topped with sumac onions and pine nuts that I served alongside just about every other dish last year.

TheatreReviewMinerva theatre, Chichester Amy Herzog’s play about a grandmother surprised by her grandson is given a contemplative staging by Richard Eyre Timothée Chalamet and Eileen Atkins were fully rehearsed for this family drama at London’s Old Vic when theatres closed due to Covid in 2020. After its eventual cancellation, Atkins picks up her role as 91-year-old Greenwich Village lefty Vera, directed instead by Richard Eyre in Chichester, opposite Heartstopper’s Sebastian Croft in lieu of Chalamet.

Radical ConservationEnvironmentCan Namibia’s desert lions survive humanity?The lions of the Namib Desert survive against incredible odds, but can they survive trophy hunting, human-wildlife conflict and climate change? Desert lions aren’t a distinct species or even a subspecies, but they are different. Drop a plains lion into the Namib Desert — where it may rain only 5 millimeters a year — and watch it perish. According to Izak Smit, who runs the local NGO, Desert Lions Human Relations Aid (DeLHRA), the desert lions of Namibia are able to go long periods of time without water, getting most of their moisture from the blood of their kills.

Houseplant of the weekHouseplantsNot only does this plant look striking, it can also improve the air quality in your home Why will I love it? Prepare to be enchanted by the striking silver-green foliage of the silver snake plant, also known as Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Moonshine’. It’s easy to look after and makes a great beginner plant as it’s near indestructible. Light or shade? It thrives in both low and bright, indirect light conditions.

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