James Wong on gardensGardening adviceEasy to grow, easy to harvest and easy to peel… the super-sweet mini kiwi is a grape-sized delight Imagine if a food-industry marketing board sat down to redesign the kiwi fruit: “First, let’s get rid of that nasty fuzz. Consumers want easy-peel.” “Yeah, and can we up their sugar content? Maybe give them added Vitamin C?” “How about making them fun size?” Ladies and gentleman, introducing the cocktail kiwi: the easy-to-grow exotic fruit that is ready to plant (and harvest) right now.

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The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali. Were surrealism and other movements influenced by mind-altering substances? Photograph: Peter Barritt/AlamyThe Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali. Were surrealism and other movements influenced by mind-altering substances? Photograph: Peter Barritt/AlamyScience and nature booksReviewHumphry Davy on laughing gas, Sigmund Freud on cocaine … how self-experimentation shaped science and art Before writing this review, I got hold of some tiny canisters of nitrous oxide, filled a balloon or two and, watched by my bemused wife, breathed in the gas.

UK news This article is more than 9 years oldRolf Harris letter to alleged sexual assault victim's fatherThis article is more than 9 years oldThe full text of a letter written by the entertainer to the father of one of his alleged victims in March 1997, and read at his trial Rolf Harris sexually assaulted girl of 13, court told Dear [the father], Please forgive me for not writing sooner. You said in your letter to me that you never wanted to see me or hear from me again, but now [the alleged victim] says it's all right to write to you.

Apps This article is more than 9 years oldScissr dating app: the new Tinder for lesbians?This article is more than 9 years oldIt’s the latest dating app for women seeking women, but what’s the app, named after a lesbian sex position, all about? It’s being tipped as the lesbian equivalent of Grindr, but “classier”, a dating app “for lesbians, by lesbians”: introducing, the none-too-subtly named, Scissr. The free app, which will be available on iOS and Android, will fill a gap in the women-seeking-women app sector.