Denmark

‘Freedom is a city where you can breathe’: four experts on Europe’s most liveable capitals

The angry rumble of a speeding SUV. The metallic smog of backlogged traffic. The aching heat of sun-dried neighbourhoods baking in an oven of concrete and asphalt. For most people, the mundane threats that plague our environments are likely to annoy more than they spark dread. But for scientists who know just how dangerous our […]

Daredevil scales Copenhagen’s tallest hotel before leaping from top

Joy Schaverien obituary

The Jungian psychoanalyst and art psychotherapist Joy Schaverien, who has died aged 82, will be remembered beyond her professional world for her book Boarding School Syndrome: The Psychological Trauma of the “Privileged” Child (2015). It became a bestseller for the publisher Routledge: among its readers were adult boarding school survivors who found that it described […]

Retailer Søstrene Grene joins Nordic invaders hoping to revive UK high street

Family-owned homewares-to-crafting retailer Søstrene Grene is joining a raft of Nordic invaders hoping to revive the British high street, jumping into retail space emptied out by the pandemic and cost of living crisis. The Danish retailer, which now has 47 of its market-like shops in the UK and is targeting 100 by 2027, will neighbour […]